How to Win

Lessons in Success from the Front Line of Performance Psychology

Dr Kate Hays, Tom Daley

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HarperCollins
23 July 2025

Self-help & personal development; Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem; Sporting events, tours & organisations; Olympic games; Sports psychology

This is a book for any Individual who wants to succeed.

This is a book for any Team who wants to thrive.

This is a book to help You fulfil your potential.

Lessons in success from the front line of performance psychology to help you find your purpose, fulfil your potential, and thrive.

During her two decades as a sport psychologist, Dr Kate Hays has been developing ‘The Building Blocks of Success’, a framework which has become a transformative programme for forging a winning mentality in both an individual and group setting.

The process has the power to transform good teams into great teams, while turning underperforming or misfiring athletes into title-winning forces. Crucially, the process accepts that it is important to win but it is more important to thrive. The priority focus is creating a sustainable culture that allows athletes to succeed, over and over again.

In How to Win, Dr Kate Hays will show you how her framework isn’t a resource solely reserved for elite Olympians or international football teams. In fact, anyone can find long-term and sustainable success using these methods.

Work your way through a series of easy-to-understand psychological exercises and challenges; apply the learned lessons and skills to your environment (whether that be in sport, business, family, or any individual or group endeavour); follow the processes set out in ‘The Building Blocks of Success’ to create a greater understanding of self and of the people working, playing or striving alongside you.

How to Win will help you find your purpose, fulfil your potential, and thrive.

By: Dr Kate Hays
Afterword by: Tom Daley
Imprint: HarperCollins
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9780008698294
ISBN 10: 0008698295
Pages: 356
Publication Date: 23 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

One of the world's most recognised Olympic athletes and double World Diving Champion, Tom Daley won gold at the European Championship in 2008 at the age of just thirteen. In 2012, he won the overall FINA World Series title, alongside his second European gold, before scooping bronze medals at the London Olympics and then again in Rio. Recently, he won gold medals in the individual and synchro events at the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup, and the upcoming Tokyo Olympics will be his fourth. A three-time BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year winner, Tom currently lives in London with his husband and son.

Reviews for How to Win: Lessons in Success from the Front Line of Performance Psychology

‘Kate and I share the same vision for how people can succeed sustainably’ Sarina Wiegman ‘Through working with Kate I was able to see that I was so much more than my achievements’ Tom Daley 'provides a map for anyone inside or outside sport to set themselves up for sustainable success' The Guardian 'delivers with clarity and authenticity … engaging and deeply thought-provoking … this book holds immense value for leaders in any field … it’s a leadership essential' Vicky Huyton, founder of the Female Coaching Network