E157 - Jamie Peacock: Being the best at the things that require no talent

The High Performance Podcast

High Performance

Sports, Self-improvement, Mindset, Growth Mindset, Health & Fitness, Non-negotiables, Education, Life Lessons, High Performance

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In the third of our series to celebrate the Rugby League World Cup, we are delighted to welcome Jamie Peacock, a man who has burnished his legendary status within the sport, by consistently doing “the things that require no talent” at the very moments when the pressure is at its greatest, the margins are at their narrowest and the competition is at its fiercest. In turn, he has acquired a medal haul which would fill a museum. He shares with us the transferrable lessons learnt along the way and which can be adopted into your own life.

Jamie was a leader through his example and helped shaped high performance cultures at Bradford, Leeds and England. The foundation stone on which these were built were accountability. “Tell people what you are going to do, then do it” is his succinct message. “This is how trust is created, nurtured and maintained.”

This is a powerful, profound and incredibly practical interview which will leave you ready to create your own high performance culture.

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0:00.0	Hi there, welcome along to the latest special episode of the High Performance Podcast to celebrate the Rugby League World Cup.
0:07.0	And today, Professor Damien Hughes, who has for years worked with elite rugby league coaches, players and clubs, is sitting down with a true legend of the game.
0:18.0	Here's what you can expect on today's episode.
0:21.0	No one's ever taken a great challenge and I'm 100% said to himself, I'm absolutely going to nail this.
0:27.0	That's the reason why we have big challenges because there's a doubt of whether you can do it or not.
0:32.0	But the first step in doing it is believing in yourself and that's what I learned that day.
0:37.0	It wasn't as bad as a player it was going to be, I think that's what always happens when we're front up to big fears.
0:42.0	And that basically is what courage is in it, I think courage is fronting up to fear.
0:46.0	It's about leaning into it rather than taking the easy option like I did the first time around.
0:51.0	I think the more decisions in our life that we make hard decisions, I think our easier our lives become, but I think the more easy decisions we make, the harder our lives become,
1:03.0	do you know what my dad at the best mind said? He refused to let anybody like boxing in, you know, like say,
1:10.0	he refused to let the oncologist say, you've got three months left, left to leave, I'm not having that.
1:14.0	For one, actually, that is to have, so I applied that actually to the last couple of years of my career, you know, I won't let it up.
1:21.0	I pundit, I played on before me, my coach or anyone dictate, you know, what I could do in the backstage of my career.
1:28.0	I firmly believe by him doing that, the last couple of years, I played my best, as a player, you know,
1:34.0	I was like the lead rannos player of your year twice, nearly one of the men I steal in the dream team.
1:38.0	It all came together me and that for me, showed out of a really crappy, negative situation, can draw a positive out of it,
1:45.0	and for me, inspired me right at the death.
1:47.0	So today, Damien is talking to Jamie Peacock, like you will know him as someone who had an amazing rugby league career playing for
1:54.0	Leeds Rhinos and the Bradford Bulls in the Super League, he kept in Great Britain and England at international level.
2:00.0	He retired seven or eight years ago and then he went on to become a director of rugby and he also is a motivation speaker,
2:08.0	he's a leadership mentor and he's an all round, impressive individual.
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