High Performance: Lessons from the Best on Becoming Your Best

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Jake and I met in F1, and he has always had a perspective that looked beyond the blinkers of motor-racing. 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 a few interesting thoughts and techniques mentioned as well as some unique stories from sports people. 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. As of the time I am writing this review (March 20th 2023), they have released 182 episodes of the podcast that are around an hour long each, with around the same amount of mini talks that are between 7 – 15 minutes.

Don’t let striving define you, because you miss an awful lot when all you can focus on is the far horizon. Having joined CBBC in 2001, by 2005 he was hosting Sportsround, covering major international sporting events such as the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the World Cup from Germany and the Cricket World Cup from Antigua. 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. Each of these sections really get down to the basics of what makes some people perform at high levels than others.

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. If you want to stop making excuses and take responsibility for your life, I recommend you read this book. Jake joined BT Sport at the start of the 2013/2014 season as the face of BT Sports Premier League coverage. It will help every reader apply these insights to their own lives - so they can become high performers themselves. Drawing on interviews with: Robin Van Persie | Tom Daley | Osi Umenyiora | Eddie Jones | Siya Kolisi | Dilbagh Gill | Ole Gunner Solskjaer | Matthew McConaughey | Lily Cole | Rio Ferdinand | Steven Gerrard | Jo Malone | Sir Chris Hoy | Kelly Jones | Frank Lampard | Ant Middleton | Phil Neville | Ben Ainslie | Kelly Holmes | Nims Purja | Mauricio Pochettino | Jonny Wilkinson | Clive Woodward | and many more .

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.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.

I've recommended this book to all my friends and family and I would absolutely recommend anybody read this. 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.

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.

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 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.