Winning Performance

Striving is in our nature. We all want to perform at our best when it matters most. But in today's world, many of us feel lost, isolated, and overwhelmed. We're paralyzed by fear of failure and crippled by insecurities. We know we’re capable of more, yet no matter how hard we try, we feel stuck. We’ve been sold the wrong path to success and personal fulfillment. Renowned performance scientist and bestselling author Steve Magness reveals a new path to sustainable success.

If one George Carlin audio is funny, then two are funnier and three must be funniest, right? That's our thinking behind this new collection. t's a HighBridge library of laugh-out-loud, award-winning recordings featuring George himself performing many of his best bits.

The High Performance Playbook is not just a book of theory. It’s a playbook designed for you to create an amazing life. It will show you step-by-step how to become a High Performer and give you tactical strategies for reaching the next level.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was one of the most brilliant, mercurial actors of his generation—a performer capable of unspeakable tenderness and unflinching ugliness, often within the same scene. From his breakout roles in Boogie Nights and The Talented Mr. Ripley to his Oscar-winning performance in Capote and his devastating work in The Master and Synecdoche, New York, Hoffman carved a path through modern cinema unlike anyone else. Nothing Left to Perform traces the shape of that path—its peaks, spirals, vanishing points—and lingers inside the contradictions that defined him. This is not a...

From local coffee shops to the largest Fortune 500 companies, everyone is struggling to make the impossible choice between chasing short-term objectives and creating a secure future for their company.

Gapology is the term Mark Thienes and Brian Brockhoff coined to describe what winning leaders do to identify and close performance gaps in their teams. Gapology is their process. For more than a decade, they analyzed the results, leadership behaviors and tactics of winning leaders as compared to those of leaders who were not winning. They wanted to understand how winning leaders win and if winning could be replicated. They were deeply curious about whether winning can be taught to those not winning or if winning leaders are simply born with the skills to win.

Inspired by Jannik Sinner’s example—calm under pressure, respectful in victory—this field manual shows how humility, discipline, and intelligent practice compound into sustainable wins in sport, business, and everyday life. No gossip. No hero worship. Just verifiable lessons mapped to performance psychology so you can execute with clarity when it counts. Built for listening on the go, each chapter ends with a micro exercise and a simple metric—tight, practical, and usable the same day—plus a 30-day challenge to lock in momentum.

Best-selling author Denis Waitley, in conversation with Dan Strutzel, offers timeless and timely advice on how to apply his philosophy to the digital age and attain personal and professional excellence today.

Winning Words by Adam Blicher is the ultimate guide to magnify your tennis coaching. Drawing on insights from over 100 of the world’s most accomplished tennis coaches, this game-changing book unveils the secret to creating unshakable bonds with tennis players, unlocking their full potential, and driving performance to unparalleled heights. Are you tired of repeating the same instructions without seeing results? Do you want to turn your knowledge into action that inspires growth on and off the court? Adam Blicher, a master communicator and coach, shows you how to transform frustration into...

Streamline KPIs to craft a simpler, more effective system of performance measurement.

Master your mind, dominate your game, and rise above every challenge —no more fear, no more hesitation, just unwavering confidence and elite performance. Imagine unlocking the mental strength that propels elite athletes to greatness—confidence, focus, and resilience that others only dream of achieving. Most young athletes, parents, and coaches seek to enhance mental skills and achieve success, yet few truly understand how developing mental toughness can change lives both on and off the field. With Mental Mastery, you’ll discover how to enhance focus, build resilience, and boost ...

Michael Jordan was undoubtedly the greatest basketball player of all time, unless of course you are a Lebron James fan. Despite his incredible success as a player, Jordan could not have won 6 championships on his own. The championships, which made him a true idol were part of a team effort. Just like in sports, high-performance teams are crucial to the success of any business. Whether you’re a large or mid-size firm, if your teams aren’t performing at an optimum level, you’re losing at least some of your return on investment. Think about it.

The New York Times bestselling authors of The Carrot Principle and All In deliver a breakthrough, groundbreaking guide for building today’s most collaborative teams—so any organization can operate at peak performance.

A massive shift is taking place in the business world. In today’s average company, up to eighty percent of employees’ days are now spent working in teams. And yet the teams most people find themselves in are nowhere near as effective as they could be. They’re often divided by tensions, if not outright dissension, and dysfunctional teams drain employees’ energy, enthusiasm, and creativity. Now Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton share the proven ways managers can build cohesive, productive teams, despite the distractions and challenges every business is facing.

In The Best Team Wins, Gostick and Elton studied more than 850,000 employee engagement surveys to develop their “Five Disciplines of Team Leaders,” explaining how to recognize and motivate different generations to enhance individual engagement; ways to promote healthy discord and spark innovation; and techniques to unify customer focus and build bridges across functions, cultures, and distance. They’ve shared these disciplines with their corporate clients and have now distilled their breakthrough findings into a succinct, engaging guide for business leaders everywhere. Gostick and Elton offer practical ways to address the real challenges today’s managers are facing, such as the rise of the Millennials, the increasing speed of change, the growing number of global and virtual teams, and the friction created by working cross-functionally.

This is a must-read for anyone looking to maximize performance at work, from two of the most successful corporate consultants of their generation, whom The New York Times called “creative and refreshing.”

In How to Win in a Winner-Take-All World, Neil Irwin, senior economic correspondent at the New York Times, delivers the essential guide to being successful in today’s economy when the very notion of the “job” is shifting and the corporate landscape has become dominated by global firms. He shows that the route to success lies in cultivating the ability to bring multiple specialties together - to become a “glue person” who can ensure people with radically different technical skills work together effectively.

The Proven Playbook for Building Championship Teams and Cultures Looking for the secret to what makes a team that wins? Award-winning author and championship coach Lee M.J. Elias has the proven blueprint. In How to Win: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating a Championship Culture for Your Team, Lee expands on his acclaimed 2017 release with fresh insights, updated strategies, and practical tools. This new edition delivers more than just theory—it’s a hands-on guide filled with real-world examples, leadership lessons, and a winning mentality that any team in any sport can adopt. Whether ...

As the winner of the 2010 Ironman Championship in Kona, Hawaii, Chris "Macca" McCormack may be the world's greatest athlete. In I'm Here to Win, McCormack shares his story along with training tips and practical advice to help listeners develop their own routines, diet, exercise programs and race strategies. Chris McCormack has dedicated his life to training for - and winning - the Ironman World Championships, one of the most grueling tests of mental and physical endurance in the world.

For almost a century, movie fans have been riveted by the Academy Awards and the stars who have won Oscars. 50 Oscar Nights takes listeners behind the scenes of Hollywood’s most storied awards show through new and exclusive interviews with dozens of A-list actors, filmmakers, and craftspeople spanning sixty years of the Oscars. Here these artists reflect on their winning work and recount all the details of how they got ready, how they felt when they heard their name and got up on stage to accept their award, what they wore, how the entire experience impacted their life, and more.

Rainer Maria Morita is proud to reveal, for the first time, the breakthrough interview methodology - Peak Performance Interviewing for Executives. The goal is to win C-suite job interviews at the $200K-$1 Million level. Worldwide it has gained great popularity among thousands of job seekers who owe their career advancement and job interview success to this technique. Bestseller author Rainer Morita distilled the essence of what drives ultimate job interview success in this short book with one goal in mind - help you be # 1 in interviews and get you the job offer.

Jackson Pierce goes from hero to zero in four seconds. Despite an amazing comeback performance against the cross-town rival, he can’t get past the last play that ends the season, one game short of state.

Imagine yourself in the heat of competition, adrenaline pumping through your veins, and the roar of the crowd urging you on. Will you rise to the occasion, unyielding and determined, or succumb to doubt and pressure? Now envision a different scenario. You're in that same intense moment, but this time you embrace the challenge with confidence. You seize the opportunity, push past limits, and achieve greatness.