Dan Carter: The Autobiography of an All Blacks Legend

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So, instead of “retiring” he began a process of repurposing – where he established his own set of values and beliefs. Plus, get an EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT until December 15, 2023 to ADAM GRANT LIVE on his new book Hidden Potential , and topics around work-life and work culture. His autobiography tells of that redemption, and gets you up close and personal with one of the most celebrated sportsmen of our time. In the 2015 Rugby World Cup Final against Australia, he kicked four penalties, two conversions and a drop goal, and was named the man of the match.

p>Read about how we’ll protect and use your data in our Privacy Notice. Over the course of the next five years, there were plenty of times when I thought I should retire - but that fear of retirement, that worry about what came next drove me to come back ever stronger. I had an education of another kind to draw upon, as part of the unbelievable culture of excellence in the All Blacks. I’d worked with some of the top mental skills coaches in the world, but always on the pursuit of greatness in the rugby environment: never on the small matter of what I was planning on doing with the rest of my life after rugby.Never forgetting where you came from is about staying true to your key values, who you are deep down,” he says. He truly delivers a book full of hints and tip of how to grow your leadership skills and the importance to being part of a team. He also learned to demand excellence from others, and have the uncomfortable conversations that this entails. It reminds us that winning isn't just about the score; it's about the journey, the lessons, and the person we become in the process.

Will usually dispatch within same working day if paid before 22:00 GMT (excludes weekends and holidays). He also talks about his unflinching loyalty to the famous black jersey and the reasons why he elected to make a long-term commitment to New Zealand.

Dan's red-head response is to freeze, and in rugby games he would slap himself on the leg to remind himself to keep a blue head. And when I failed the medical and learned I needed surgery on my neck, my immediate thought was, “it’s time to give up”. Alongside this purpose, I had everything structured: training, meetings, nutrition, exercise, travel, doctors and health and wellbeing staff from across the spectrum, all laid on for me. The vast majority of these women do so, against a backdrop of raising families, holding down 'proper' jobs and generally swimming against the tide of what is expected from them.

Dan says he wouldn’t be the man he is today if it wasn’t for difficulties and setbacks along the way. Some days I had to remind myself to be grateful, but what I discovered is that gratitude is like so many other habits: it can be developed over time. Sets out a powerful common sense framework on how to get the best out of yourself and those around you. After retiring from a sport he played for 32 years, he set out to inspire the next generation of leaders to create purposeful impact, joining the Oxford Foundry – Oxford University’s Entrepreneurial Institute, founded by LinkedIn co-found Reid Hoffman – as its first ever Leader in Practice.He watched that victory from the sidelines, as he had the All Blacks' defeats in two previous tournaments. In the words of Mark Twain, many of us might say "I'm writing a novel" to which his sharp reply was "Neither am I". But there was nowhere to hide anymore, and over the course of that year I came to accept that my days as a professional rugby player were over.