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The High Performance Podcast · 2026-10-14 · 44 min · 8,909 words

Are We Part of the ‘Optimisation Podcast’ Problem?

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Hi there, welcome along to another episode of High Performance by myself and Damien. Hey buddy. Oh, Jake. You're right. Very good. This is an episode where we just sit and we talk about something that's on our minds. And there's something that's been on our minds for the last couple of weeks. You and I have been WhatsApping each other, talking about it in person. And

To be honest, it's a slightly uncomfortable question. Right and the question is Are we part of the problem? Are we part of the grind set problem? Are we part of the grind slot issue that seems to be Washing over everyone these days. Because

When we first started high performance and this episode is gonna take a little bit of vulnerability, a lot of honesty, and quite a lot of reflection, when we started this, we were fascinated, right, by winning. That was why we both came together by routine. My sacrifice. By discipline, by marginal gains. We spoke all the time, didn't we? Marginal gains, marginal gains. And we were interested in what

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