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.

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. Feels like a lot of recycled content from their podcasts though so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who already listens to the podcasts. After a period of serious incidents and service review I read this book to get myself back on track. And they draw on cutting-edge psychology to explain why these methods have such a transformative impact. Unfortunately, there are thousands of books out there which perpetuate the myth of being “special”, being a winner, achieving your goals and battling against the odds, but there aren’t many books that encourage you to be realistic about your aims, understand and accept your limitations, recognise when the juice simply isn’t worth the squeeze, and learn to appreciate what you already have.Like many “positive thinking” books, HP’s underlying message is that, if you put in the hard work, if you take responsibility, if you’re single minded, dedicated and determined, and if you stay focused and driven; you’ll get to the top. 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. This is the second book based on a podcast that I’ve read, and on this evidence it will be the last (the other one was “Talking Sopranos”). It will show you how to build a high performance culture that spreads beyond your actions into those of the whole team.

Thoughtful and considered, this is a careful summary of the excellent High Performance Podcast but it also goes beyond that to dig into the roots and uncover multiple little gems that anyone can take into any walk of life. It does not shy from what it needs to be done and doesn't go into fantasy land saying that if you want something it will happen. The High Performance book was an enjoyable, inspirational book that does it’s best to inspire its readers. This is a must read for anyone, be it someone who is into sport and fitness, what’s to become a actor or actress, a business owner or entrepreneur, a teacher or someone who just wants to be a better parent.Rise is a premium English Breakfast Tea that has been crafted to meet modern needs, with a high-performance edge. Solid book that gave a lot of insights from a range of athletes, sports people and people successful in other fields as to what got them there. 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. This is an interesting in book about what it takes to be a high performance or high achiever person. It is such a complicated industry to work in, with many varied opinions and different leaders, but many friends.

Each of these sections really get down to the basics of what makes some people perform at high levels than others. Half way through the book I was very annoyed about the concoction of stories and theories in this book.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. 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. In 2006 he also started working with BBC Sport, presenting Football Focus, Final Score and becoming the youngest ever host of Match of the Day. There are a few interesting thoughts and techniques mentioned as well as some unique stories from sports people. Yes there were overlaps and the book certainly went into detail from previous audio guests but I love the way the book not only produced different techniques for readers to explore but theories from other sources.