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High Performance: Lessons from the Best on Becoming Your Best

High Performance: Lessons from the Best on Becoming Your Best

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  • Create Date：2023-01-04 00:51:33
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Jake Humphrey
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Summary

The phenomenal Sunday Times bestseller

'Massively motivating' Fearne Cotton
'A wealth of wisdom' Vex King
'Read this book' Ant Middleton

High performance isn't born。 It's made。
This book uncovers the eight essential habits of the world's leading sportspeople， coaches and entrepreneurs。

From taking responsibility for your situation to finding your 'Trademark Behaviours'， it reveals how the world's highest-achieving people unlocked their potential - and how you can too。 Anyone can learn the secrets of high performance。

'Full of valuable principles with real-world relevance to people's everyday lives' Toto Wolff

'So many different lessons from so many remarkable people' Adam Peaty

Drawing on conversations with。。。 Dina Asher-Smith | Steven Bartlett | Tom Daley | Steven Gerrard | Evelyn Glennie | Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 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。。。

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Reviews

Emma ，

DNF。 Ain’t nobody got time for books that aren’t good。

Steph ，

loved itGreat， easy to read。 I love the podcast and this captured best bits。 Will recommend to others！ Good lessons to take forward。

Aaron Lindahl ，

Excellent reminders and actionable steps

Vinay Nagaraju ，

Bad book - the book is written with a clear purpose to try and motivate。 In doing so， I think the author over simplifies a lot of things such as tenor， perseverance et。 the book mentions almost all popular works such as Daniel kahneman， Daniel Pink and others and uses those case studies to make a point。 Most of these points are repetitive and dull。 It does poor justice to those references and isn’t well tied。 He tries to give strategies in a few places to tackle a few situations but those too ar Bad book - the book is written with a clear purpose to try and motivate。 In doing so， I think the author over simplifies a lot of things such as tenor， perseverance et。 the book mentions almost all popular works such as Daniel kahneman， Daniel Pink and others and uses those case studies to make a point。 Most of these points are repetitive and dull。 It does poor justice to those references and isn’t well tied。 He tries to give strategies in a few places to tackle a few situations but those too are over simplified and poorly orchestrated。 Half way through the book I was very annoyed about the concoction of stories and theories in this book。 It would’ve been better if he’d just focussed on stories。 I’m afraid this sits in my catalogue as a badly written book 。。。more

Martin Tielemans ，

Goed boek over presteren。 Ik ben een fan van de podcasts en dit boek is een extensie van alle afleveringen。 Zeker een aanrader en de casestudies maken 'high performing' erg concreet。 Goed boek over presteren。 Ik ben een fan van de podcasts en dit boek is een extensie van alle afleveringen。 Zeker een aanrader en de casestudies maken 'high performing' erg concreet。 。。。more

Connor Boultby ，

Great insight from some of the highest profile athletes， business people and leaders in the modern world。 Highly recommend Jake and Damian’s book to anyone of any age wanting to maximise their own performance in their chosen field（s）。

Zamfir Andrei ，

💪💪🤯

Chloe ，

This was not my kind of book。 I really thought this was going to be better than it was。 It would be a great for a person who is really sport minded and into sports personalities， but unfortunately I am not that person。I found a lot of it was like waffle and unnecessary。

James Bonella ，

A really thoughtful book that brings together many elements that make people successful。 Most of these things you’ll have seen in others and yourself but wouldn’t be able to name what it is specifically。 This book has changed the way I think to make me more focused on the positives and the controllables。 It’s actually reduced my work anxiety by helping me focus on what I can control and what I am good at。 Much appreciated， thank you。

Alex ，

Loved the podcast but slightly underwhelmed by the retelling

Philip William ，

This book is based on a series of broadcast interviews by the authors。It is good in parts and reasonably easy to read but suffers from being partly a number of "Just so" stories This book is based on a series of broadcast interviews by the authors。It is good in parts and reasonably easy to read but suffers from being partly a number of "Just so" stories 。。。more

Callum_Read ，

Fantastic for those interested in sport or just want to explore how to get the best out of themselves ion their day to day life。

Summer Benson ，

A really good insight into how the average person can level up their life to become a ‘high performer’Bite size lessons that can be taken away and implemented。

Mark Andrew Roberts ，

Great readStarted listening to the podcast after reading the beginning of the book。After binging the first series over a weekend， really enjoyed the varying perspectives from many different career paths。 And how although there are differences， there are also many similarities the authors discovered in the pod， which are outlined in the book and given a bit more fleshing out。 Well worth a read

Sean Flatley ，

Read this yearly and makes notes from itI loved this book and it blew me away from the start until the end。 I read his pervious book "Winning Mind" which is equally brilliant。 The 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。 But definitely 100% a must have book to have in your collection。 Best wishes Sean ex RE veteran Read this yearly and makes notes from itI loved this book and it blew me away from the start until the end。 I read his pervious book "Winning Mind" which is equally brilliant。 The 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。 But definitely 100% a must have book to have in your collection。 Best wishes Sean ex RE veteran 。。。more

Will ，

This is the second book based on a podcast that I’ve read， and on this evidence it will be the last （the other one was “Talking Sopranos”）。I love the High Performance podcast and listen to it fairly consistently （！）; my issue with the book is that about 90% of the material has already been shared on the podcast。 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。 On reflection I think I’d have got more out of using the This is the second book based on a podcast that I’ve read， and on this evidence it will be the last （the other one was “Talking Sopranos”）。I love the High Performance podcast and listen to it fairly consistently （！）; my issue with the book is that about 90% of the material has already been shared on the podcast。 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。 On reflection I think I’d have got more out of using the time I spent reading this book （which was maybe four hours at most- it’s 200ish pages in quite large， widely spaced font） re-listening to my favourites episodes of the podcast。 。。。more

Philip Phillipou ，

Inspiring read！！！

Nalini Naidu-Sawhney ，

A brilliant book， for anyone who wanted to create or have an understanding of a high performance Mindset - Behaviour - Culture。 It has a good amount of references from various books as well as great in person examples of high performers。 I absolutely loved reading this book and recommend it。

Dr Tim Baker ，

This is a high performance bookWonderful stories and practical lessons。 Plenty of wisdom。 These two authors are wonderful together on the high performance podcast。 Bravo。

The V Man ，

Basic and sport-focused。Having not listened to the podcast that forms the basis of this book， I wasn’t sure what to expect。 As such， the basic and sport-centric nature of this book took me a little aback。There are some tips to be found amongst the chaff but， on the whole， this book offers nothing new and is far too reliant upon the message that the lessons of sporting superstars are relevant to the average person。

Sam Brand ，

I am a huge fan of the podcast so it was a nobrainer for me to buy the book。 I read tonnes of business， psychology mindset and growth books and I also love sport so this was perfect。 The guys cover some great points and give insights into lots of different areas on how to become a high performer。 They don’t go into huge amounts of depth on each topic but what they do cover is sufficient。Solid book， would recommend。

Oliver Clifford ，

Excellent book。 I loved how they showed the 5 pillars of success。 Will definitely read again。 In January， I went to the live event and it took my breath away。 There were some outstanding takeaways。

Chris McBurney ，

The podcast this book was grounded on has popped up regularly on my feed。 The book itself is like a ‘Greatest Hits’ from the podcast and ultimately there are a lot of helpful insights in it。There’s a real recognition of failure， why you need to persevere and develop a team。 And as someone who followed many of the sports people they reference， I found that fascinating。 But many books also share these insights and arguable a little bit more fluently。A helpful book but there’s other great performan The podcast this book was grounded on has popped up regularly on my feed。 The book itself is like a ‘Greatest Hits’ from the podcast and ultimately there are a lot of helpful insights in it。There’s a real recognition of failure， why you need to persevere and develop a team。 And as someone who followed many of the sports people they reference， I found that fascinating。 But many books also share these insights and arguable a little bit more fluently。A helpful book but there’s other great performance driven books out there that may help you more。 。。。more

Erika ，

Love it ！

Allie Webb ，

Great book about becoming your best self。 Some helpful tips on habits and creating a strong team。 There were mainly examples from sport heroes and would have loved to have heard from other careers。 I still thoroughly enjoyed it。

Syborg ，

Best thing: the interviews and the way the authors have curated them to relate to the chapterWhat should be improved: there should be a summary chapter at the end collating all of the high performance categories and we can apply them to our own life。 It's not a very practical guide book which is what I was hoping for。 Best thing: the interviews and the way the authors have curated them to relate to the chapterWhat should be improved: there should be a summary chapter at the end collating all of the high performance categories and we can apply them to our own life。 It's not a very practical guide book which is what I was hoping for。 。。。more

Dushy Clarke ，

Really useful if you listen to the podcast too as it collates lots of lessons from different people into well thought out sections。

Sophie ，

Interesting book written in a different way。 The anecdotes mixed with the theory made a fascinating read。 A great summary to a great podcast series

Tom ，

Really good - might have hit the big five if I hadn't already heard some of the lessons/anecdotes on the podcast。 Really good - might have hit the big five if I hadn't already heard some of the lessons/anecdotes on the podcast。 。。。more

John ，

A really readable book， that flows well， and can be dipped into again and again。 I am pleased to have it on my shelf。Useful positive information。

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