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The High Performance Podcast

Welcome to High Performance. Through fascinating conversations with remarkable guests, Jake Humphrey and Damian Hughes uncover the secrets behind High Performance and explore how we can all become the best version of ourselves. We focus on uncovering the learnings from top performers in every field, from sport to entertainment, business, health and wellness.​ No matter where our guests have excelled, they all have fi

Why You Can't Stop Comparing Yourself
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
do you remember john haight when he he told us when we had him on and we were talking about his book the anxious generation ▶ tap to play from here
Christian Horner: Red Bull Betrayal, Geri’s WARNING & Unfinished Business in F1 (E443)
Oct 2026
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Dr Chris van Tulleken: The Food Industry Wants to Buy My Silence
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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Ultra-Processed People
Chris van Tulleken
the author of the best selling book ultra processed people ▶ tap to play from here
Are We Part of the ‘Optimisation Podcast’ Problem?
Oct 2026
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How a Clothing Brand Dominated F1's Greatest Teams: Alessandro Benetton (E442)
Oct 2026
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Jess Ennis-Hill: Why I Wanted London 2012 To Feel Scary
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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Unbelievable: From My Childhood Dreams to Winning Olympic Gold
Jessica Ennis-Hill
like when i was reading your book that you brought out the year after that olympic win i noted that you use the word fear fifteen times in it ▶ tap to play from here
The 5 Things High Performers NEVER Say
Oct 2026 · 3 books
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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
Twyla Tharp
tyler tharp is she's an author of creative habits but she describes how she gets up at half past five ▶ tap to play from here
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Black Box Thinking
Matthew Syed
he's done a number of books the uh black box thinking and bounce uh the two that come to mind ▶ tap to play from here
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Bounce
Matthew Syed
he's done a number of books the uh black box thinking and bounce uh the two that come to mind ▶ tap to play from here
Linford Christie: The Real Story Of Olympic Gold, The Doping Ban & Walking Away (E441)
Oct 2026
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Robin van Persie: The Truth I Had to Admit to Become World-Class
Oct 2026
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The Permission You're Waiting For Doesn't Exist
Sep 2026 · 3 books
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Clear Thinking
Shane Parrish
let's listen to shane parrish she's the author of the brilliant book clear thinking ▶ tap to play from here
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Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
Susan Jeffers
someone bought me a book by a lady called susan jeffers when i was seventeen called feel the fear and do it anyway ▶ tap to play from here
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The War of Art
Steven Pressfield
stephen pressfield called the art of war ▶ tap to play from here
Kevin Sinfield: The Day He Said Goodbye to Rob Burrow (E440)
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom
i don't know if you've read the book tuesdays with morrie yeah yeah yeah mitch auburn yeah yeah i read that and i'm like that's rob that's rob that's rob that's rob that's rob ▶ tap to play from here
Usain Bolt: The Failure That Changed Everything
Sep 2026
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Is Alcohol Permission To Stop Performing in Sport?
Sep 2026
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Why Diets Always Fail: Harvard Professor Exposes Food Myths | Daniel Lieberman (E439)
Sep 2026 · 2 books
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Fed Up: What Evolution Reveals About Food, Diet, Health, and Eating Well
Daniel Lieberman
what would what would she think of of your new book fed up what would she make of this do you think ▶ tap to play from here
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Ultra-Processed People
Chris van Tulleken
well we interviewed chris van tulliken who wrote the book ultra processed food and he told us this um about mexico ▶ tap to play from here
Toto Wolff: The Brutal Truth Behind My Success, Self-Doubt & Leadership
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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Inside Mercedes F1: Life in the Fast Lane
Matt Whyman
i'd like to talk about the impact on lewis because in the book bono his race engineer says as time passed the doubt crept in for lewis as much as me ▶ tap to play from here
Why High Performers Wish They'd Enjoyed It More
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
Bronnie Ware
it reminds me of bronny ware's book the regrets of the dying ▶ tap to play from here
How I Rebuilt After Losing Three Limbs: Army Veteran Josh Boggi (E437)
Sep 2026 · 2 books
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Trauma
Gordon Turnbull
the psychiatrist gordon turnbull wrote a book on this called trauma ▶ tap to play from here
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Atomic Habits
James Clear
i've read atomic habits that changed my outset ▶ tap to play from here
The Accidental Cancer Discovery That Saved Anastacia (E437)
Sep 2026
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9/11 - 25 Years Later: The Company That Lost 700 People and How They Rebuilt
Sep 2026
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My Life Fell Apart After 50: Lawrence Dallaglio Gets Brutally Honest (E436)
Sep 2026
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