High Performance

Lessons from the Best on Becoming Your Best

High Performance
Jake Humphrey, Damian Hughes
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Hardback
h240 x 162mm - 304pg
9 Dec 2021 UK
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9781847943682
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A revelatory guide to excellence in sport, business and life - based on the hit High Performance PodcastUnlock the secrets of high performance. Jake Humphrey has spent decades interviewing the world' s greatest sportspeople, seeking to understand first-hand what drives their success. And in his multi-million download podcast, High Performance, he teams up with Professor Damian Hughes to examine the secrets of the world' s highest-performing people - in sport, in business and in life. Now, Jake and Damian reveal how we can all become high performers. Drawing on interviews with leading athletes and entrepreneurs, they uncover the nine hidden principles that high performers use to excel- from taking absolute responsibility for their situation, to working out their non-negotiable ' trademark behaviours' , to getting the very best out of their teammates. And they draw on cutting-edge psychology to explain why these methods have such a transformative impact. Above all, Jake and Damian reveal how to build the principles of high performance into our own lives, whether on the pitch, in our careers, or at home. You too can harness the secrets of high performance. This book explains how. 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 . . .
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. Damian Hughes is an expert on high-performance sporting cultures and a visiting professor at Manchester Metropolitan University. The author of a number of bestselling books, Damian' s research has been praised by the likes of Sir Richard Branson, Muhammad Ali, Sir Roger Bannister, Tiger Woods, Jonny Wilkinson and Sir Alex Ferguson. In 2020, Jake and Damian launched The High Performance Podcast to offer an intimate glimpse into the lives of high-achieving individuals. In its first year, the podcast received 4 million downloads, became a fixture in the podcast chart top 10, and featured guests including Rio Ferdinand, Kelly Holmes, Matthew McConaughey and Jonny Wilkinson.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781847943682
Published: 9 Dec 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Random House Business Books
Publisher: Cornerstone
Format: Hardback
Height: 240mm
Width: 162mm
Spine: 29mm
Weight: 517g
Pages: 304

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