Jake Humphrey

children i know exactly um all right well let's crack on with the episode because um for people that don't know on a wednesday we love to delve into the archives of high performance we go through some of the most interesting conversations we've had but we like to tie it to a theme so normally on a monday or a tuesday the messages between myself and damien and will the producer start flying around and we talk about things that are going on in our own lives things that we've spotted things that we've seen that we want to talk about

And you had an idea this week, Damien, that maybe we should talk about pressure, which is so apt when kids are going through exam times.

And I know, you know, you had double exams, didn't you, last summer with your kids?

You know all about this.

This is a very, very interesting conversation to have because the question isn't whether pressure is going to find us, right?

Because it finds everyone.

I guess the question is what we do when it arrives.

And so therefore we've gone into the archives and heard from people who I guess in many ways have been in situations that

most people can't even imagine.

And therefore we can learn a lot from them.

Okay, great.

Two Premier League footballers, a legendary all-black, a UFC fighter, and an Ironman female triathlete.

All of them answering the same question.

What do you actually do when the pressure hits?

Who should we start with, Damien?

Why is it important to expect it?

Yeah, I'll tell you what I think is quite interesting when it comes to expectation, right?

Is that two people can live the exact same experience, can't they?

Same outcome, same result in the same moment, yet walk away with totally different emotions because one had way more expectation and one had less expectation.

And I think the outcome obviously doesn't change, but the expectation does.