Habits can go either way. Bad habits can take you down the path to disaster while good ones can elevate to a new position. But there are some habits like procrastination and not being proactive that can be most harmful when it comes to professional success. While bad habits like drugs and drinking are often loud, these other ones often fly under the radar. In High Performance Habits, success coach Brendon Burchard gives you six behaviors that can mean the difference between being on the top or down in the dump.
An early pioneer in online education, Brendon’s personal development videos have now been viewed over 100,000,000 times. He is is the world’s leading high performance coach and one of the most watched, quoted, and followed personal development trainers in history. He travels the globe speaking, and serves as the lead trainer at High Performance Academy and an Innovation Board member at XPRIZE.
High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way
Author: Brendon Burchard
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Hay House, Inc. (September 19, 2017)
ISBN: 1401952852, 978-1401952853
High Performance Habits Summary
Brendon Burchard was not sure if success is part of the genetic makeup and that is why some of us perform better as individuals and teams than others. His quest to decode success of teams and individuals took him on a research path that included interviews of hundreds of successful people over the years.
The author clarifies what he means by high performance by differentiating it from success. High performance according to the the author is delivering consistently over a long period. It is going beyond what hundreds others are deliver at their job and make an impact. or in today’s buzzword, become disruptive.
The research confirmed that success has nothing to do with genes, but heavily depends on certain behaviors and habits. He observed that the desire to succeed and the pull to want things is critical to becoming successful. Interactions with the outside world too determine whether you can be successful at anything that you do. In this book, he identifies six critical habits and divides them in three main area or spheres in which they operate.
The first sphere is personal and forces you to look inside. He talks about how it is important to understand what you really want and what you aims are in Seek Clarity. Unless you know what you really want, it is likely that you will be going against your nature and fighting with yourself. But that clarity doesn’t mean a lot if you cannot energize yourself and get some momentum going. This momentum can come only by raising your standards and demanding more from yourself and motivating yourself.
The second sphere the author focuses is the external sphere. One that deals with your interaction with the world. Part of being successful is being able to make people do what you want them to do. To push them to fulfill your vision. Here he talks about how you can develop your influence and build a support network. He points out that being courageous and taking bold decisions is essential part of this sphere and taking important decisions.
The third part of High Performance Habits is about how you can sustain this performance and habits that you will need to form to keep delivering the goods over a long period.
High Performance Habits Reviews
High Performance Habits has generally favorable reviews with readers believing that the author gives a genuine opinion on most things. They also like the book because it provides a complete look at the important habits and gives you the What, Why, and How of the habits that you need to develop.