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E172 - Adrian Gore: Building a business empire on a core purpose Jan 11, 2023

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Adrian Gore is a businessman, entrepreneur, founder and CEO of multi-billion dollar company Discovery Holdings with 40 million customers around the world. Discovery is the parent company of Vitality. The Vitality Programme is the world’s largest incentive-based health promotion programme designed to encourage and reward people for having good lifestyle habits with a focus on prevention and wellness instead of curative care. Discovery was names in the top 5 companies changing the world by Fortune Magazine.

Adrian talks about taking risks, achieving potential, the power of purpose and why you should avoid egotistical people. “IQ divided by ego must be much greater than one!”

This is a special bonus episode you can hear in full on our premium service High Performance Plus. Sign up (there’s a free trail) and get ad-free podcasts and exclusive bonus content - https://highperformanceplus.supercast.com. In the extended version on High Performance Plus - Adrian discusses the power that comes from setting yourself a goal for realising your full potential, something he is putting into practise by setting himself the challenge of running a 5-minute mile at 58 years old with expert guidance from Lord Sebastian Coe.

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E171 - Mark Manson: How to give a f*ck about the right things Jan 09, 2023

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Mark Manson is a bestselling author best known for his book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k, selling over 10 million copies worldwide. This episode dives deep into what it means to lead a great life, exploring questions such as, how to focus on the things we care about and shut out the rest? How to create a sense of purpose? How to prevent suffering more than you need to? They delve into parenting, asking the question: should we tell our kids they are special?

Mark opens up about the deep depression he faced after publishing his first book and his experience of burnout. They discuss his belief that it feels better to be racing for success, rather than being successful. He acknowledges that although life won’t be easy, we should focus on making it manageable. This episode examines what it means to live a meaningful life.

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck has been turned into a cinematic piece and is available on demand now. #SubtleArtMovie

Warning: Explicit language used

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The Year of Change: Week One - Setting Goals Jan 06, 2023

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This is a special mini-series focusing on change. Rethinking how we can create change and helping you understand and implement the building blocks for lasting change. If you’ve become used to setting New Year's resolutions which you don’t meet then you’re not alone.

Jake and Damian have put together a short series of episodes to look at some ideas which might help you to break that cycle featuring expert advice from our guests.

We want 2023 to be the year of the change for you! So every Friday in January we’re going to discuss a different focus;

Week One - Goals

Week Two - Motivation

Week Three - Consistency

Week Four - Sustain

This week we focus on GOALS and the three ways to understand them to build a lasting structure. Including:

Outcome goals feat. Mel Marshall (Ep74): https://pod.fo/e/dbefd

Performance goals feat. Eddie Hearn (Ep26): https://pod.fo/e/a4ba2

Process goals feat. Chrissie Wellington (Ep98): https://pod.fo/e/103df1

Next Friday we focus on Motivation and share the secrets of our guests! Let’s make 2023 the year of change.

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E170 - Courtney Black: The Story I Haven't Told About My Fitness Empire Jan 02, 2023

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Courtney Black is a fitness influencer, Sunday Times best selling author and the owner of one of the most successful UK fitness apps, ‘Courtney Black Fitness’. Courtney believes that high performance is 'being successful at something that you are truly authentic with', a motto she has employed in the building of her fitness empire. In this episode, Courtney shares how she scaled her business, utilising her social media following to grow her brand and having to change direction due to the pandemic. She highlights the importance of self development, finding purpose and making difficult decisions in business.

Courtney also discusses the eating disorder that she developed as a teenager. She offers insight into how her eating disorder overwhelmed her life, opening up about her lack of self-confidence and the changes in her personality. She encourages us to challenge our own beauty standards, and shares that exercise shouldn't just be about looking good - it should be about feeling good!

If you, or someone you know, is struggling with an eating disorder, please follow the link below:

https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/get-information-and-support/get-help-for-myself/i-need-support-now/helplines/

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Adventurer Oli France On Finding Light In The Darkest Places Dec 30, 2022

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Oli France has led many expeditions, guiding groups through some of the world’s most hostile destinations, from Syria to Iraq, Somalia to Siberia, Congo to Yemen. Here, he has encountered countless bleak situations. He has been caught in a 6.9 magnitude earthquake, held at gunpoint, detained for 5 days on the Afghan border and severely ill with meningitis, while facing spies, interrogations, militia groups, avalanches and more. All this, while attempting to complete intrepid journeys across the globe. What he has learned, however, is that in the bleakest places and the hardest situations we can encounter untold beauty, if we allow ourselves to find it.

His experiences have helped him to develop a range of mental strategies, which he will share alongside harrowing and uplifting stories from his adventures:

How can we reframe and regain control over our most ambitious goals?
How can we shift dire situations into positive outcomes?
How can we become the master over our restrictive perspectives?

With these guiding principles, we can begin to realise that the difficulties we face need not define us or limit our aspirations. We have the power to seek the good amongst the bad, to find resilience through adversity, and to become undaunted by even the harshest setbacks. Even in the darkest places, we hold the power within us to uncover the light.

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Lessons From The Year: The Most Impactful Of 2022 Dec 28, 2022

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Join Jake and Damian as they look back at the guests who have joined us in 2022 and highlight three key takeaways from the whole year after speaking to over 80 guests. Not an easy task! Listen to see who made the list, their key lesson and why it was chosen.

You can listen to their full episodes via the links below;

Bear Gyrlls: https://pod.fo/e/10702c

Vicky Pattison: https://pod.fo/e/105426

Tyson Fury: https://pod.fo/e/14ef0f

We hope you had a brilliant Christmas. Thank you for your support.

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Jake on Embracing The Mundane And Ordinary Dec 26, 2022

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Happy Christmas from everyone at High Performance! Today Jake reflects on 2022 and delivers a short message for the start of a new year.

If we break down an average life in numbers, from sunrise to sunset, taking in account the snoozing and everything in between - we have on approximately 5 hours a day to live our life. We need to embrace the mundane and thrive in the ordinary moments.

We really hope 2023 is a great one for you. Thank you for listening and your support.

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E169 - Mat Fraser, CrossFit legend: Being disciplined when no one is watching Dec 23, 2022

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Mat Fraser is a retired CrossFit athlete and legend of the sport. He is the first athlete to have won five CrossFit Games titles consecutively from 2016 - 2020. After breaking his back in two places as an Olympic hopeful weightlifter, Mat was told he'd never be able to lift again. In this episode he shares how he has overcome his setbacks through hard work and discipline. Discipline is a crucial aspect of Mat’s work, most importantly, being disciplined when no one is watching.

He shares how his parents' parenting style encouraged him to try everything from figure skating to t-ball, he tells Jake and Damian the lessons from his parents he carries into his work today. In this episode they discuss, why we should all do things we are bad at, training for the right reasons and finding the right people for you.

Mat’s book Hard Work Pays Off is out on the 29th of December 2022. You can find it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hwpo-Transform-Crossfits-Five-Time-Fittest/dp/0593233751

Thanks to WHOOP for being our partner on this series speaking to world leading experts who can positively impact you and the life you live. WHOOP is a wearable health and fitness coach that helps you to sleep better, train smarter and recover faster.

If you're interested in improving your health and overall performance, you can go to join.whoop.com/hpp to get a 20% discount on a WHOOP membership this holiday season.

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E168 - Barry Hearn: 10 life lessons that made me a multi-millionaire Dec 19, 2022

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Barry Hearn OBE is a sporting events promoter and the president and founder of Matchroom Sport. Barry is involved in many sports including snooker, darts, pool and golf. Barry’s ‘10 rules for life’ have carried him through his career and personal life, today he shares them with Jake and Damian. These rules include: it’s better to be lucky than good looking; tell the truth, it’s easier than telling lies and life begins with smiles and ends with tears. They discuss the three stages of life and how to use them to your advantage, whilst giving back to the people around you.

In this interview, Barry shares with Jake and Damian his wisdom and the source of his ferocious self-belief, with take-aways that can be applied to anyone’s and everyone’s life.

“I'm unbeatable. You can dim me, you can damage me. You’re never ever gonna beat me.”

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E167 - Nick Littlehales, elite sleep coach: Rethink what you know on sleep Dec 16, 2022

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Expert sleep coach Nick Littlehales joins us for the second episode of our special series with WHOOP, speaking to world leading experts who can positively impact you and the life you live.

Nick causes Jake and Damian to rethink how they look at their sleep patterns for high performance and provides practical tips we can all use for improving sleep patterns.

Nick has worked with elite sports teams from Team Sky to Manchester United on improving performance through sleep patterns. He is the author of the book Sleep: The Myth of 8 Hours, the Power of Naps... and the New Plan to Recharge Your Body and Mind.

Thanks to WHOOP for being our partner on this series. WHOOP is a wearable health and fitness coach that helps you to sleep better, train smarter and recover faster.

If you're interested in improving your health and overall performance, you can go to join.whoop.com/hpp to get a 20% discount on a WHOOP membership this holiday season.

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