Jake and Damian take some time to reflect on the conversations they’ve had in June, delving a little deeper into some of the key lessons from each episode.They explore the idea of finding your purpose with Kevin Sinfield, how they would have done the interview with Edwin van der Sar differently with the knowledge he left Ajax a few days later. They also examine how to challenge negative thoughts with Tom Grennan’s method of “thought flipping”, wrapping up the conversation with the importance of asking for help and the power you can find when all seems lost, with Matt Willis.There were some incredible and insightful take-aways from each guest this month, you can listen to the full episodes here:Kevin Sinfield - https://pod.fo/e/1819c9Edwin Van Der Sar - https://pod.fo/e/183472Tom Grennan - https://pod.fo/e/185044Matt Willis - https://pod.fo/e/186e2b

We had the immense good fortune to spend an afternoon in the company of Kevin Sinfield for episode 42, a leader who provided so many golden nuggets of information. In the hard sport of rugby, we chatted about the importance of soft stuff: the ability to show our emotions, let people know we care and the power of friendship. In this key takeaway, Kevin talks about the moment as a young boy, he realised in order to succeed he needed to get the best out of the people around it and the value it carried for the rest of his life.  For the full episode with Kevin - listen or watch: https://www.thehighperformancepodcast.com/podcast/kevin-sinfield- - - - - -Pre-order the new High Performance Daily Journal - 365 ways to become your best! smarturl.it/HPJournalWant even more from High Performance? We have launched our brand new premium podcast service 'High Performance Plus' for people who want to support the podcast, listen to ad-free episodes and have access to exclusive bonus content so we can get you even closer to a life of high performance. Sign up on Apple Podcasts apple.co/highperformance or Supercast https://highperformanceplus.supercast.com/Watch all our episodes on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/c/HighPerformancePodcast/videos

Kevin Sinfield returns to the podcast, after two years, to discuss how his career, mindset and approach to life has changed since Jake and Damian last sat down with him.Kevin is a rugby coach, currently the defense coach for the England Rugby Union national team. In his career as a player, spanning almost three decades with Leeds Rhinos, Kevin played 521 games for the club, finishing with 3,968 points. As a coach, he was a key part of the World Cup management team that took England back to the World Cup Final in 2017.In this episode, Kevin shares how Rob Burrow’s diagnosis has changed his life, including finding fulfilment, community and providing hope to others. He discusses his most important lessons as a coach and why it is so crucial to focus on empathy. Jake and Damian catch up on everything they’ve missed in the last two years, including how he gets through the most difficult days, the importance of family and overcoming micro-annoyances.Kevin’s book The Extra Mile: My Autobiography is available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Extra-Mile-My-Autobiography/dp/152990305XDonate to the Rob Burrow Centre for MND Appeal: https://www.leedshospitalscharity.org.uk/Appeal/mnd-centre-appeal

This week’s bitesize brilliance is from rugby league legend Kevin Sinfield. We chatted about the importance of soft stuff: the ability to show our emotions, let people know we care and the power of friendship. This is the intangible stuff that produces the hard currency of silverware. "When it is all over, you don't remember games as well as the friendships and relationships you share."In 2020 Kevin set the challenge to run 7 marathons in 7 days hoping to raise £77,777 in honour of his best Rob Burrow, who wore the No 7 shirt. He raised more than £2.5 million to help his friend’s family and the fight against MND.Listen to his full episode: https://pod.fo/e/b899a. . . . . . . Pre-order copies of our new book, High Performance: Lessons from the best on becoming your best, right here: http://smarturl.it/hv0sdzWant to hear the guys read it? Pre-order the audiobook right here: https://adbl.co/3xQQSCF

Jake and Damian reflect on the key takeaways from the incredible guests from Series Four, including Kasper Schmeichel, Eddie Jones, Kevin Sinfield, Susie Ma, Jo Malone, Osi Umenyiora, Sol Campbell, Nims Purja, Toto Wolff, Stuart Webber and many more.This series wrap up we’re basing around the five stages of successful change: Dream, Leap, Fight, Climb, Arrive. Jake and Damian talk through these stages and both pick out their favourite clips and tell you why. Thank you for all your comments and reviews this series, you all make the High Performance Podcast what it is by sharing, commenting and reviewing. And huge thank you to Lotus Cars our sponsor for their continued support. We couldn’t do it without you!Visit the Bulldog Skincare website to see their entire range at www.bulldogskincare.com. Use promo code PERFORMANCE20 for 20% off.Thank you to GIVEMESPORT - the exclusive sports partner of the High Performance Podcast. To gain further access to editorial and social content from the Podcast click here https://www.givemesport.com/podcastPRE-ORDER THE NEW HIGH PERFORMANCE BOOK NOW! smarturl.it/hv0sdzAnd this week we just launched our brand new members club THE HIGH PERFORMANCE CIRCLE! Where you can get exclusive podcasts, keynote speeches and boosts from some very special guests. Go to www.thehighperformancepodcast.com to sign up for FREE!