Two weeks into my dream job at a professional rugby club, a journalist rang to tell me one of our players had been involved in an alleged fight. Did I have a comment?
I had been in the job fourteen days. I had no idea what the protocol was. I had no idea if it was even true. And I absolutely could not let him hear any of that in my voice.
In this episode I talk about what that moment taught me about backing yourself before you have any evidence that you should. Why fake it till you make it is one of the most misunderstood phrases in the performance world. And what twenty years behind the scenes in elite sport actually looks like when the pressure is on.
You’ll also hear about Michael Jordan being cut from his school basketball team at fifteen years old, a horse called Callboy who won a very significant standoff, and forty professional rugby players who behaved exactly like feral five year olds on a Tuesday morning.
One lesson from sport. One story from me. One thing you can take away and use today.
Press play. I’ll see you in there.
