High Performance: Lessons from the Best on Becoming Your Best

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However, the book is mostly based on stories from sport-related careers and sometimes it is hard to make the connection to a working day in a normal office. 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.

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. High performance is never just about one aspect, whether it be natural talent, luck, timing or hard work.Half way through the book I was very annoyed about the concoction of stories and theories in this book.

A nice read if you haven’t listened to the podcast before, and want to a reminder about how to be your best. This book might be more targeted for men since most of the examples are about football/soccer and rugby. All things you’d have covered in an undergrad business degree, but perhaps could have lost sight of in the real world.

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. It is intended to help you understand exactly what all of the individuals that they have has on the podcast all mean, even if they have different ways to explain it. 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.

While the book does not have every guest as an example, I found it to be a more digestible way to understand some core concepts that anyone who achieves at the top of their chosen field. He has spoken to audiences worldwide, sharing his insights and wisdom with business leaders, entrepreneurs, and students. 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. High performance is and attitude and a lifestyle that those at the top live their entire life with, which also explains why they always seem to be achieving in multiple things at once. Covers the importance of taking responsibility, motivation, emotions, strengths, flexibility, leading a team and crafting a culture.

The only criticism is that at times the author’s own ego seems to come out in places that are not necessarily as useful as the book ascribes these parts to be.