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"Success is an inside job": James Laughlin breaks down habits for high performers in new book

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Tue, 9 Sept 2025, 9:47am
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"Success is an inside job": James Laughlin breaks down habits for high performers in new book

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 9 Sept 2025, 9:47am

What does it take to achieve excellence? 

James Laughlin is a 7 time world champion drummer, a high-performance leadership trainer, and the mental skills coach for Canterbury Rugby.  

He's written a book, ‘Habits for High Performers’, distilling his approach to life into a book that’s shot to #1 on the Book Scan List, and comes highly recommended by the likes of Sir John Key and Sam Whitelock. 

The book contains 27 simple principals for those aiming for success. 

“High performance is not a birthright, it’s a habit,” he told Mike Hosking. 

“What separates high performers from everyone else is not hustle, it’s not luck, it’s simply habits.” 

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