This book is a collection of summaries of interviews from the author’s podcast, the high performance podcast.
‘Nothing you do is neutral.’ – Eddie Jones
‘Micro-habit’ is the term we have come to use for the simple, imperceptible behaviours that we have noticed many of the highest perfomring people depend upon. Over the years, we have come to difne a micro-habit as a simple, repeatable beaviour with three qualities.
- It needs to be small.
- Needs to be simple.
- Needs to be speedy.
People don’t fall in love with brands, teams or places because of sweeping gestures. They fall in love through the accumulation of small, creative, human moments. Do sweat the small stuff. That’s where the magic lives.
‘Part of making things better is recognising when you’re wrong.’ – Brian Cox
Social psychologists have learned that people with higher levels of intellectual humility – i.e. who focus on what they don’t know, rather than what they do – tend to be more high performing.
‘You can’t give your everything to everything’ – Shane Parrish
Decision controls, a set of simple questions designed to make better high-stakes judgement.
- What is my goal?
- What do I expect to happen?
- How does the benefit outweigh the risk?
‘Negotiation is the art of letting the other side have your way.’ – Chris Voss
‘People only ever get better if they are constantly in pursuit of feedback.’ – Sara Davies
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