High Performance: Lessons from the Best on Becoming Your Best

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It took me a while to finish but that was because I choose to see how each of the top tips can help me in my personal and business life. Covers the importance of taking responsibility, motivation, emotions, strengths, flexibility, leading a team and crafting a culture. The only thing that jump out of the pages for me was that you have to own where you are and in the situation that you are in.

In 2011, he co-founded Whisper, one of Europe’s fastest growing independent production companies with over 100 staff. I enjoyed the tone of this book and the way that each chapter was a standalone lesson so you can easily pick the book up after time away and not need to 'follow' what was previously discussed.Drawing on interviews with leading athletes and entrepreneurs, they uncover the nine hidden principles that high performers use to excel: from taking absolute responsibility for their situation, to working out their non-negotiable ‘trademark behaviours’, to getting the very best out of their teammates. It does not shy from what it needs to be done and doesn't go into fantasy land saying that if you want something it will happen. Having struggled for motivation and focus in both my personal and professional life it provided me with the message I needed to drive forward and achieve. It will show you how to build a high performance culture that spreads beyond your actions into those of the whole team.

I will regularly reread this to keep myself on the right track to being my best and in know that the lessons / tips in here will help me along the way. 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. Don’t let striving define you, because you miss an awful lot when all you can focus on is the far horizon. 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. 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.There are some new anecdotes from Jake and Damian personally but with respect to the pair of them, they aren’t why I listen/read. In 2009, he fronted the BBC’s highly successful and award-winning F1 coverage where he remained for 4 years. I read tonnes of business, psychology mindset and growth books and I also love sport so this was perfect. Their competitor was working just as hard, was just as determined, just as focussed, just as ready, just as driven…. It is such a complicated industry to work in, with many varied opinions and different leaders, but many friends.

The mix of direct codes from the people interviewed, to descriptions by the authors and teaching moments is absolutely perfect.Jake and I met in F1, and he has always had a perspective that looked beyond the blinkers of motor-racing.

Damian Hughes is an expert on high-performance sporting cultures and a visiting professor at Manchester Metropolitan University. Take any success story - take any famous person - who is famous because they are successful, and they will regale you for hours with stories about their training programme, the sacrifices, the early morning starts…. Dina Asher-Smith | Steven Bartlett | Tom Daley | Steven Gerrard | Evelyn Glennie | Ole Gunnar Solskj r | 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. We’ve joined together with one of the best running communities in the country, Run Through, to bring you the High Performance London Half at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 3rd March 2024.The guys cover some great points and give insights into lots of different areas on how to become a high performer. He has spoken to audiences worldwide, sharing his insights and wisdom with business leaders, entrepreneurs, and students. One thing that I loved about this book is that thought they regularly give references to their podcast, but more importantly other quotations and case studies outside of their own podcast.