High Performance: Lessons from the Best on Becoming Your Best

Product Information

We ask experts to recommend the five best books in their subject and explain their selection in an interview. I think he’s one of the most significant thinkers of our era. Again he helps put a stake in ground zero: that the inner life is what determines the quality of life. Damian shares a life-changing piece of advice, given to him by the best teacher he’s ever had. He analyses what the most important moment of a lesson is and how good teachers, coaches and parents can utilise this to make the biggest impact. In this discussion Chris explains how techniques used in kidnapping negotiations can be used in our everyday lives. Jake shares how Chris’ teachings from this episode helped him to communicate with his wife, children, colleagues and even himself.

Each lesson contains the real-life stories of high performing individuals who have been interviewed on the podcast. These individuals explain how they have achieved their success, with raw honesty. Many describe the times they failed, and how failure was a pivotal moment on their journey to succeeding. The book highlights how success and high performance are not always the linear journey people looking from the outside in may think it is. And, the book is filled with examples of inspiring stories such as: What motivates people to reach for higher levels of success in the first place, and what practices help them improve the most I’m really interested in how this translates to high performance psychology. I assumed that top sportspeople, business leaders and the like need to stay utterly focused on what leads to success—perhaps at the detriment of a work/life balance, and finding purpose through, say, family life. From the first chapter it has been surprising how good the book actually is and how much content is in the book, all nice and clear, and it's not just repetition of what you can find elsewhere. Perhaps some is, but you'd need to read about 50 great books to get what is nicely distilled in this one amazing volume.Teamwork won us the Rugby World Cup, and teamwork can transform your life. In this brilliant book Jake and Damian get to the heart of defining, creating, and inspiring the team around you, so you too can achieve high performance. SIR CLIVE WOODWARD Wow. I know some people say that you come to things when it is the right time in your life, but boy do I wish that I had found either this book or the podcast earlier.

While at first glance these seems rather obvious or bland, the chapters describing each one are very helpful. What makes the most powerful people in the world is that they are able to line up their thoughts, their words, and their actions in any environment” Humphrey and Hughes’s popular podcast High Performance works so well because it makes successful people’s methods seem relatable and attainable. The book of the show is more than just excerpts from their best episodes. Instead, it’s one of those confidence-building self-help guides – using insight from guests such as Ant Middleton, Chris Hoy and Kelly Holmes – which focuses the mind on how to be your best, rather than the best. Pop psychology at its most obvious, but Humphrey and Hughes lay out some thought-provoking signposts to a more fruitful 2022. LusterThe book is full of amazing coaching guidance and inspiring stories as means to better yourself in what ever circumstances that you are in, e.g. dead end job, thinking life is unfair and feeling low with out visionary purpose. In this exclusive episode preview, Gordon shares his advice for up-and-coming chefs facing challenges in their careers, and why finding your weakness is crucial to developing your skills. He debates with Jake the difference between arrogance and confidence. High performance begins in the mind: before you can behave like a high achiever, you must think like one. Next comes behaviour, in which you turn that newfound psychological state into concrete actions. Then, through that behaviour, you can pass a culture of high performance on to your wider team, which will help both you and them. High performance ripples outwards from our minds to our actions, to our teams.” Pulling excerpts from previous podcast guests like Eddie Jones, Damian explains how we should be utilising desire and future planning to get a learner's attention. The Tim Ferriss Show : Interviews of top performers by the famous performance coach and the author of the 4 Hour Workweek

I won’t share the six habits of high performance (HP6) that are the heart of the book. And the reason is that we don’t learn if we don’t learn in context. And that task is up to the author, not me, a reader. My main takeaways are a few things. The first is "the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing". I've heard that before but I think I had to go through some experiences in life, getting lost from a well-defined path and only sort of finding out just how lost I am when something radical happens in my life. I have problems keeping the main thing the main thing, at least partially because I haven't really defined what the main thing is for me. I've never really had 1 main thing, so it's easy for me to pretend that my main thing is something generalized like "I make stuff" or "I'm good at knowing things other people don't". That's not my main thing and I think I'm in a position to embrace that notion now. My second main takeaway was that all things not envisioned, considered, planned for, measured, monitored, managed, are inherently and inescapably left up to chance. If I want to succeed, I can't just leave all of these things up to random chance. I'm losing out on opportunity, on well-being, and on contribution to the future of the entire species by letting things like my emotional state, my health, my sanity, my ambition, my energy, my career trajectory and my influence be coin flips. raise necessity (for high performance, excellence, success) - know who needs your a game today, hang around more successful people, and know why success in this particular endeavor is a must for you.Looked at from a less romantic point of view, the true lesson from any Steve Jobs or Usain Bolt story is that dozens of other people stood on the same start line after putting in just as much work and had their efforts come to nothing.

I had to read this for a course at work. I don't really enjoy self help books but if you're into that sort of thing and enjoy sports anecdotes this is for you. That’s really fascinating, thank you. Next, let’s discuss Walter Isaacson’s biography of Leonardo da Vinci. This amazing book will teach you the mindset and habits of champions. High Performance has already impacted some of the best players and coaches across the world, but Jake and Damian's insights are equally valuable to people from any walk of life. I urge you to open this book and open your mind to the lessons within. FRANK LAMPARDAfter extensive original research and a decade as the world’s leading high performance coach, Burchard found the answers. It turns out that just six deliberate habits give you the edge. Anyone can practice these habits and, when they do, extraordinary things happen in their lives, relationships, and careers.