High Performance: Lessons from the Best on Becoming the Best

As someone who reads about 50-60 books a year, mostly on success, autobiographies, psychology, business and mindset (I'm boring, an accountant, a CFO actually with 50 investment properties so think it's working). Being too much of a geek to be in to sports so hadn't ever heard of Jake Humphrey and wasn't interested in the book until seeing Adam Peaty had a testimonial on the cover. As a former swimmer he is someone I do respect.From the first chapter it has been surprising how good the book actually is and how much content is in the book, all nice and clear, and it's not just repetition of what you can find elsewhere. Perhaps some is, but you'd need to read about 50 great books to get what is nicely distilled in this one amazing volume.The audiobook is particularly great, like listening to a conversation. It's easier to remain engaged if you listen while running or washing up.

I’m a 15 year old girl and have listened to most of the HP podcasts. Damian and Jake have accompanied me through long runs in the cold, painful sessions in the gym, and endless car journeys. I was so excited to see the book come out as I knew I would love it, and I really have loved it. I was captivated from the start all the messages I have taken from the book I am sure I will use for the rest of my life.As Jake said, ‘To unlock your potential, you don’t need to be a born leader. You just need to be ready to try, fail, and try again,’Thank you Damian and Jake for helping me find ways to live a high performance life. All your work and efforts are so appreciated 😁

I really enjoyed this book at first, and highlighted many important lessons and constructive ideas I could implement. Around 30% in, the book basically became waffle about sports and athletes and mostly irrelevant information. Examples should be boiled down to the essential features. I don't care about football, their upbringing, anything. From 30% onwards, the book could have been a bullet point blog post about entirely obvious high performance habits. I'm annoyed I spent so much money on a book that was basically a transcript of interviewing people in sports, with 15 pages of pointless information just to say 'be consistent'.

Been a Gaelic football coach and always looking to improve to better my players. Leading on from their podcast. This book is simply a must have not just for aspiring coaches etc. Its got everything you'll need to improve ur coaching and how u treat life etc. You'll only improve how you approach life too after reading this book. To the authors simply thank you for putting time to producing this gold mine of a book. I cant recommend this enough, You want to improve just buy this...

As an avid listener to the podcast on my weekly commute to work, I would often hear some great words of wisdom but unable to make notes as I was driving. This book has done that all for me in a neat, logical way! A great read, easy to follow with awesome, easy to follow hints and tips to hit high performance.

As someone who lives just up the road from Jake Humphrey I thought I should buy this, it's always good to support local business :)Read it cover to cover in two days, which is saying something as I don't have a lot of free time at this time of year. Lots of things to take from this, if you're even vaguely introspective about how you live your life then you'll find something to take from here to increase your chances of hitting your goals - and you can't put a price on that. Well - maybe you can, but if it's less than the price of this book then your goals are probably pretty small, or related to not reading any new books.All in all, very much worth it, and it will be read again in 12 months or less. So thank you, almost-neighbour!

Engaging and inspiring from the first chapter.Cleverly draws on different interviews to weave themes in a really coherent way.I will keep reading this book - and recommending it to others. It really is excellent and I'm so pleased to have got my hands on a copy.Massive thanks to Damien and Jake for writing it, you've done a brilliant job and it will help so many in so many ways.

I loved sports at schools. Team sports to be exact. But hated cross country running in the winter. I’m more a player than a watcher of sports. I bought this book because I worked with Jake in his CBBC days. No, I didn’t make him dress up as a lobster. I’m a huge fan. Jake is the ultimate professional. He came to set prepared and ready to have fun. I trust him and love his work ethic. I can only guess the amount of effort he put into this book.This review won’t be bias I haven’t seen Jake in almost 18 years. I’ve retired, so I’m not looking for a job! But I feel motivated to start a new hobby after reading this book.High Performance is brimming with captivating content. It’s logical and concise. Many books in this genre go round the houses and you learn nothing. I was inspired by the stories from sports and business people. I wish I was back leading a team. I might get it right this time.I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to reach their full potential. I’d bet money that you’ll feel engaged through out and motivated at the end. I’m off to listen to the podcast for the first time.