The High Performance Podcast

Pippa Grange is an applied psychologist, culture coach and author. She worked as the Head of People and Team Development at The Football Association until the end of 2019, leaving to focus on “the broadening definition of success and winning in sport, especially for women and girls”. Her most recent book, Fear Less: How to Win at Life Without Losing Yourself, Pippa shares how living with less fear...

Winter Olympic legend Angela Ruggiero brings the bitesize brilliance this week. Angela is a four-time Olympian and Gold Medalist in Ice Hockey and was the first female non-goalie to play in a men’s professional hockey league.  In this clip, Angela talks about the advice her father gave her growing up - everything is a choice. You decide how you react. Angela took this advice to become one of...

Lee Child (aka James Dover Grant CBE) is an author, most well known for his thriller series Jack Reacher. The novels follow Jack, a former American military policeman, who ambles around the United States. The series has sold over 100 million copies, selling 9 books every second. Lee Child was born in Coventry, went to law school in Sheffield and after part-time work in the theatre, he joined Grana...

On the eve of a new Six Nations campaign, we throw it right back to episode 40 with England Rugby Head Coach, Eddie Jones.  In the episode Eddie shared insights from the lessons he had learned from the head of a top London hotel, how teaching children shaped his approach to elite athletes and the unintended benefits from suffering from a stroke.  Through all of it, he advocates that you...

Karl Lokko is an activist, public speaker, influencer and businessman. Son of previous illegal immigrants, Karl became a gang leader at 14 years old. His gang (Mayhem and Destruction) had over 60 members at its height. But, aftering finding spirituality in his late teens he has turned his life around. Now, he works to reform gang culture and empower black youth with his companies Black Seed and BR...

We rewind back to episode 59 and our chat with Grace Beverley. Grace is founder and CEO of two successful businesses, Tala and Shreddy. Grace talks brilliantly about how passion and purpose has now been sold as a ‘must have’. With the rise of social media, we now want this at the beginning of our working lives rather than finding it through our working life. Sometimes we need to go through the har...

We celebrate our 100th episode with a very special guest! Bear Grylls is an adventurer, writer and presenter. He’s helped many people explore, and learn to love, the wild; including some very famous faces in his show Running Wild with Bear Grylls. In 2009, Bear was appointed the youngest-ever Chief Scout at age 35.  Bear shares the best way to deal with failure, how key family is in his life,...

In this week’s bitesize we jump back to episode 15 with the fastest women in British history, Dina Asher-Smith.  Jake tells Dina his family motto passed down from his parents to him - roots & wings. A phrase that rings true with Dina and her own family. Having the confidence to go off to chase your dreams, but no matter what happens there are always roots to come home any time you need suppor...

Vicky Pattison is a bestselling author and TV star. Vicky began her career on reality TV (Geordie Shore, Masterchef, I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here), but now she uses her platform of 5 million followers to spread awareness of key feminist issues, such as body image, imposter syndrome and mental health. Vicky shares with us the value of maintaining good relationships and happiness in a high per...

What a pleasure it was to welcome Sir Ian McGeechan to the podcast, one of rugby’s most popular and well regarded figures, most notably for being a true legend of the world’s most famous touring team - the British & Irish Lions.  A PE and Geography teacher by profession, Ian has a great empathy with players, an ability to get the right people around him and is incredibly knowledgeable about t...

Chrissie Wellington OBE is a former British professional triathlete and four-time Ironman Triathlon World Champion. She held all three world and championship records relating to ironman triathlon races and remains the world record holder for Ironman distance (8hrs,18 mins). But her success doesn’t stop there, she also has an MA in Econ Development Studies, is the Global Lead for Health and Wellbei...

Former FBI hostage negotiator and author Chris Voss joined us for E67 educating us on how to be a world class communicator.  One of the most profound pearls of wisdom of the enlightening chat was also the simplest: just listen.  We talk at around 150 words a minute yet are capable of listening to around 600 words in the same period. Our brains are often thinking ahead, planning our respo...

Eric Dier is a footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and England. Although Eric was born in Cheltenham, his family moved to Portugal when he was 7 - where he grew his talent at Sporting Lisbon through the youth ranks. Training in Portugal was a key aspect of Eric’s life, teaching him about respect, commitment and the importance of embracing discomfort.  Eric shares wi...

To celebrate the New Year, this is a very special episode of the High Performance Podcast! We were lucky enough to record a collaboration with the podcast Happy Place, presented by Fearne Cotton, in which Jake, Damian and Fearne all share their favourite moments from Happy Place and High Performance in 2021, and discuss the impact those chats had on them, as well as reflecting on what their guests...

Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed, also known as Saliha Cooks, is a chef, a Gastroenterologist working for the NHS and the 2017 winner of MasterChef UK.  Her work for the NHS focuses on Digestive disorders, which she combines with her passion for gastronomy. Saliha began cooking at age 12, heavily inspired by the Kashmiri style of cooking she saw from her mother and grandmother. Now, she draws upon her fa...

In Series 3 we had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with Matchroom chairman Eddie Hearn. Eddie was humble, honest, driven, and delivered invaluable lessons based on hard work, passion and consistency. In this featured clip Eddie speaks about the the greatest achievement being comfortable in yourself.  Listen to the full episode: https://www.thehighperformancepodcast.com/podcast/edd...

Today we are returning to a very special episode from the beginning of 2021, when we were lucky enough to chat to mountaineer Nims Purja. Since then, Nims’ incredible documentary: 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible has been released on Netflix, following Nims as he takes on the quest to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks in just seven months. To celebrate Nims’ success, we wanted to re-re...

Back in Series 5 we were extremely fortunate to spend an afternoon with the incredible Adam Peaty. Adam wrote his name into the history books once again as he powered to 100m breaststroke gold in Tokyo to become the first British swimmer to defend an Olympic title. In the full episode we spoke about his intense focus on mental skills to allow his physical gifts to flourish. His use of visuali...

What a special series it’s been for all the HPP team! Our biggest series to date, we released our first book, met you at our first live shows and announced our 2022 Live Tour! 💥💥 As customary now, Jake and Damian reflect on the key takeaways from the incredible guests from Series Six including Mark Cavendish, Mel Robbins, Michael Bisping, John McAvoy, Will Ahmed, Alastair Campbell, Dan Carter, A...

Today’s bitesize we compare two former guests that go head-to-head for the F1 World Championship this weekend, Team Principals Toto Wolff and Christian Horner.  Different characters that operate in different ways, but both lead to high performance.  Listen to the full episodes… Toto Wolff: https://pod.fo/e/c2b53 Christian Horner: https://pod.fo/e/cda02 ....... Tickets are on sale for our...

Our special guest this week is nine-time Grand Prix winner and FIA World Endurance Champion, Mark Webber. Listen to his conversation with Jake and Damian about the importance of consistency, organisation, reliability and always staying true to yourself. Mark has worked in some of the greatest, and most challenging, high performing cultures in the world. Despite the glamorous trappings and lifestyl...

Jake and Damian discuss their forthcoming tour in 2022. Tickets for the High Performance Live Tour 2022 – Unlock The Impossible are on sale at 10am today (Friday): https://sjm.lnk.to/HPPL The High Performance Podcast Live tour will be a truly unique and interactive event, where Jake and Damian reveal the secrets used by the world’s most remarkable athletes, coaches and entrepreneurs to excel, and...

Angela Ruggiero is a pioneer and leading figure in the sports world. She is a four-time Olympian and Gold Medalist in Ice Hockey and was the first female non-goalie to play in a men’s professional hockey league.  Angela is the Co-Founder of the Sports Innovation Lab, a technology-powered market research firm empowering industry-leading sports brands to identify the trends, products and servic...

An exclusive chance to hear Jake reading his introduction to our first book out on December 9th - 'High Performance: Lessons from the Best, on Becoming Your Best'. Listen to Jake describe the origins of the podcast and how it all began. Pre-order your copy : http://smarturl.it/hv0sdz Get a special signed copy : https://bit.ly/3kCqhFp Pre-order the audiobook :  https://adbl.co/3xQQSCF   H...

Sam Heughan is an actor and entrepreneur best known for his starring role in drama series Outlander.  Sam is owner of The Sassenach Whisky brand, which has picked up a host of awards and has been a sell out success both here in the UK and America. He is also founder of My Peak Challenge, a community dedicated to inspiring its members to live healthier, happier and more balanced lives whi...