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High Performance

Lessons from the Best on Becoming the Best

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This audiobook contains an exclusive Q&A with Jake and Damian, answering questions posed by listeners of the High Performance Podcast.

How do Olympic medal-winning athletes turbo-charge their motivation?

How do multi-millionaire founders develop the habits of champions?

And how do Premier League football coaches lead their teams to victory?

High Performance reveals the methods the world's most remarkable athletes, coaches and entrepreneurs use to excel.

From taking responsibility for your situation to finding your 'trademark behaviours', thinking flexibly to crafting a high performance culture, Jake Humphrey and Professor Damian Hughes identify the eight crucial steps to becoming the best 'you' possible.

Along the way, they draw on cutting-edge research to explain why these methods work - and how we can all use them. Anyone can learn the secrets of high performance.

Drawing on conversations with: Dina Asher-Smith, Steven Bartlett, Tom Daley, Steven Gerrard, Evelyn Glennie, Kelly Holmes, Chris Hoy, Eddie Jones, Siya Kolisi, Frank Lampard, Jo Malone, Matthew McConaughey, Ant Middleton, Tracey Neville, Robin Van Persie, Mauricio Pochettino, Gareth Southgate, Holly Tucker, Jonny Wilkinson, Clive Woodward, Toto Wolff and many more....

©2021 Jake Humphrey and Damian Hughes (P)2021 Penguin Audio
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Critic reviews

"If you want to stop making excuses and take responsibility for your life, I recommend you read this book." (Ant Middleton)

"High Performance will help you recognise your inner strength and celebrate your achievements. It's inspiring, exciting and massively motivating." (Fearne Cotton)

"Captures so many different lessons from so many remarkable people." (Adam Peaty)

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Each chapter and interview refreshes my perspective and gives me food for thought.
Really enjoyed it.

Loved it

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I’ve really enjoyed listening to this. It’s interesting to hear the examples from famous high performers. There’s nothing particularly new but it is memorable and I will ponder and practise what I’ve heard this year and beyond. The only downside is the example of Ant Middleton - I’ve read his books and don’t think he’s a great example to others but can’t argue that to be in the SAS you have to be a high performer so fair enough. Recommended.

Very enjoyable and informative

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Absolutely brilliant listen. Jake and Damian aren't trying to reinvent the wheel here but simply putting great ideas into a layman's perspective so that the people educated in the university of life rather than academics can understand.

Well done

Game changer

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This is a must listen I definitely recommend. Lots of great takeaways to improve yourself.

Fantastic!!!!

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Mash up of best bits and insights from the podcast. I didn’t listen to the podcast so I benefit from the newness. Easy to listen to and some very valuable insights. However the delivery let’s it down…blokey and sort of patronising ‘basic’ in parts (assumes the listener is a bit thick).

Good in parts

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