#009 — Eric Partaker: The ​secret of high performing leaders

As a Peak Performance Expert, Eric Partaker helps CEOs, entrepreneurs, and leaders reach their full potential, become better leaders, and build better businesses. Within his approach he draws from his time advising Fortune 50 CEOs at McKinsey, his experience helping build up Skype’s multi-billion dollar success story, and his own entrepreneurial journeys – together with behavioural science from Stanford University, as well as techniques from the worlds of elite sports and the military, areas where peak performance is key. Eric has been named “CEO of the Year” at the 2019 UK Business Excellence Awards, one of the “Top 30 Entrepreneurs in the UK”, 35 and under, by Startups Magazine, and among “Britain’s Most Disruptive Entrepreneurs” by The Telegraph. His work has been featured on over 7 major TV stations, in the Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. He has also appeared as a guest judge on The Apprentice with Lord Alan Sugar. He is also the author of the new bestselling book The 3 Alarms: A Simple System to Transform Your Health, Wealth, and Relationships Forever. EPISODE LINKS: The 3 Alarms book: https://www.amazon.com/Alarms-Simple-Transform-Relationships-Forever/dp/0990378527/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+3+alarms+eric&qid=1602856031&sr=8-1 The 3 Alarms, Free digital book and training: https://www.ericpartaker.com/the3alarms Website: www.ericpartaker.com Podcast: https://www.ericpartaker.com/podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYRealX1sBZmvCw9VXUvWyg/featured Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericpartaker/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PPIericpartaker LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-partaker-5560b92/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://www.mindnarrative.co.uk/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1BlZEf3k4ifhvi0XkL8Au1 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mind-narrative/id1562903429 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL21pbmRuYXJyYXRpdmUvZmVlZC54bWw RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/56b4a504/podcast/rss Full episodes playlist: https://bit.ly/2OFUN3V SOCIAL: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mind-narrative/?viewAsMember=true Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mindnarrative TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 1:08 Who is Eric? 3:06 "CEO of the Year" at the 2019 Business Excellence Awards 4:32 How does your heritage impact how you lead? 5:28 The secrets of high performing teams and individuals 8:52 The ''IPA'' Framework (Identity, Productivity, and Anti-fragility across health, wealth & relationships) 13:31 Design productivity, how you can design productivity into your day with a powerful evening and morning routine, how you can add 13 weeks to your life every year by optimising your productivity 20:07 Anti-fragility, how you can build your anti-fragility and turn stress into strength 27:04 Eric's approach when working with its clients 30:09 Describe your relationship to ambition, what it means to you and how you would use it in your programs 33:54 Who/what inspires you, your work and life? 36:30 Key moments that have changed the course of your life and give you some practical takeaways for each of them 39:22 How to stay in touch with you? 40:34 What are the skills and/or character traits that helped you so far in your life?