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High Performance

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...

High Performance will help you think clearly, act decisively and keep calm under pressure. If you want to stop making excuses and take responsibility for your life, I recommend you read this book.

This book captures so many different lessons from so many remarkable people. It will help every reader apply these insights to their own lives - so they can become high performers themselves.

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

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.

A fantastic book that will help you think like an Olympic champion - in mind, body and spirit.

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.

This excellent book won't just teach you how to be a high performer. It will show you how to build a high performance culture that spreads beyond your actions into those of the whole team.

A powerful book containing powerful tools to create high-performing cultures.

Jake and I met in F1, and he has always had a perspective that looked beyond the blinkers of motor-racing. This book perfectly reflects that open-mindedness. It's full of valuable principles and approaches shared by teams and athletes across professional sports, with real-world relevance to people's everyday lives.

I loved this book. It isn't just about how to be a high performer sometimes, but about how to be a high performer all the time - on the pitch, at home and at work.

Jake Humphrey has interviewed some of the most iconic individuals around. He has a wealth of wisdom to share.

VEX KING, author of Good Vibes, Good Life

Focuses the mind on how to be your best . . . Thought-provoking signposts to a more fruitful 2022.

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

365 Ways to Become Your Best

High Performance: The Daily Journal

'Jake Humphrey has a wealth of wisdom to share' Vex King, author of Good Vibes, Good Life 
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High performance is not an outcome. It's a journey. 
 
This guided journal will help you uncover the secrets of high performance, every day of the year. 
 
Drawing on exclusive interviews with the world's leading athletes, leaders and entrepreneurs, its 365 hands-on exercises and nuggets of wisdom will help you unlock your potential. It's a process with three elements: 
 
- Inspire. Uplifting quotes from the planet's highest-achieving people 
- Think. Thought-provoking prompts that invite you to reflect on your day, your work and your life 
- Do. Practical exercises that will help you identify your strengths and hone your skills 
 
The resulting book will help you achieve success on your terms - whether that's becoming a better professional, a better parent or simply a better person. 
 
High performance is already within you. This book will help you find it. 
 
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Drawing on exclusive new conversations with... Grace Beverley | Rangan Chatterjee | Lee Child | Pippa Grange | Mandy Hickson | Steph Houghton | Russell Kane | Vex King | Steve Morgan | Lando Norris | Adam Peaty | Mary Portas | Nims Purjah | Mel Robbins | Joe Wicks and many more...

Jake Humphrey is one of the UK's best-respected sports presenters. Currently the lead Premier League football presenter on BT Sport, Jake previously spent over a decade at the BBC - covering Formula 1, the FIFA World Cup, the London Olympics and BBC Sports Personality of the Year, as well as becoming the youngest ever presenter of Match of the Day. 
 
In 2020, Jake Humphrey launched the High Performance podcast with Professor Damian Hughes. Since then, the podcast has been downloaded over 20 million times, featured guests from Jonny Wilkinson to Joe Wicks to Mary Portas, and been hailed by Gareth Southgate for 'getting me through lockdown'.

'Jake Humphrey has a wealth of wisdom to share' Vex King, author of Good Vibes, Good Life 
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High performance is not an outcome. It's a journey. 
 
Jake Humphrey has spent years interviewing the world's leading athletes, leaders and entrepreneurs, all to uncover the secrets of high performance. Now, he reveals how anyone can unlock their potential every day of the year. 
 
This guided journal invites you to reflect on how far you've come - and push yourself to go even further. It's a 365-step process with three elements: 
 
- Inspire. Uplifting quotes from the planet's highest-achieving people 
- Think. Thought-provoking prompts that invite you to reflect on your day, your work and your life 
- Do. Practical exercises that will help you identify your strengths and hone your skills 
 
The resulting book will help you achieve success on your terms - whether that's becoming a better professional, a better parent or simply a better person. 
 
High performance is already within you. This book will help you find it.

Jake Humphrey

Damian Hughes

An inspiring, entertaining and motivational read with advice that will change the way you think, feel and live.

If your goal is not only to achieve more, but also to live a happier, more rewarding existence as you do, then this book is for you

Rangan Chatterjee, creator of Feel Better, Live More

An indispensable book for anyone who wants to optimise their performance and change their situation. It will transform your life if you let it

Dan Carter, former All Blacks player and the world’s all-time highest try-scorer

Knowing when and how to change is the beating heart of high performance. This transformative book offers a one-stop guide for anyone seeking to effect change – whether that’s to yourself, your peers or a whole culture

Eddie Howe, manager of Newcastle United F.C.

A powerful guide for anyone seeking a more successful and vibrant life. It is truly revolutionary. I absolutely loved it!

Vicky Pattison, reality TV star and author of The Secret to Happy

I wish I had had this amazing book when I was starting my career. It reveals that however hard the journey ahead might seem, change is always within our grasp.

This is an extraordinary book. It&rsquo;s more than just a guide to changing your life &ndash; it&rsquo;s a manifesto for how change holds the key to true happiness.

Kevin Sinfield, England rugby union coach and author of The Extra Mile

If you don't know how to change, you’ll never create the life you want. In this book, Jake and Damian equip you with the top-notch, practical advice you need to make your dreams a reality.

Five Steps to Achieving High Performance

How did the world's most remarkable people get that way? 
 
This is a book about how the highest-performing people changed their lives - and how you can change yours. 
 
Drawing on interviews with record-setting athletes, Olympic coaches and billionaire founders, Jake Humphrey and Professor Damian Hughes introduce the five simple steps that take you from where you are to where you want to be. And they introduce the cutting-edge research that explains why these surprisingly simple tools are so effective. 
 
It is never too late to change. This book shows you how.

Jake Humphrey

Praise for How to Change Your Life

An inspiring, entertaining and motivational read with advice that will change the way you think, feel and live.

If your goal is not only to achieve more, but also to live a happier, more rewarding existence as you do, then this book is for you

An indispensable book for anyone who wants to optimise their performance and change their situation. It will transform your life if you let it

An inspiring, entertaining and motivational read with advice that will change the way you think, feel and live.

If your goal is not only to achieve more, but also to live a happier, more rewarding existence as you do, then this book is for you

An indispensable book for anyone who wants to optimise their performance and change their situation. It will transform your life if you let it

An inspiring, entertaining and motivational read with advice that will change the way you think, feel and live.

If your goal is not only to achieve more, but also to live a happier, more rewarding existence as you do, then this book is for you

An indispensable book for anyone who wants to optimise their performance and change their situation. It will transform your life if you let it

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