Dan Carter: The Autobiography of an All Blacks Legend

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By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. He watched that victory from the sidelines, as he had the All Blacks' defeats in two previous tournaments. A lot of the book is intended to be read by people who are responsible for a team, a business, or a business that refers to itself as “a team”, so if none of those refer to you, you might get limited use out of it. During his 20-year career he broke several world records and scored the winning points in the 2015 Rugby World Cup final, earning him his third World Rugby Player of the Year Award and a second consecutive World Cup win for New Zealand.

By now I knew the inevitable was just around the corner, and it was all about finishing on my terms. Never forgetting where you came from is about staying true to your key values, who you are deep down,” he says. 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.

Like anyone who devotes themselves completely to a discipline and becomes hooked on the buzz that success brings, I couldn’t imagine a life without rugby, and I had other things I wanted to achieve in the game.

A legendary All Black, global sports icon and Man of the Match in the 2015 Rugby World Cup final, discusses his intriguing and distinguished career. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. I also spoke in Paris with the general managers of Louis Vuitton, at the invitation of their CEO, Michael Burke, about the importance of humility in a team environment. How can we remain humble and grounded when we’re winning – and how can we keep on winning, even when a loss may be just around the corner? 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.So, instead of “retiring” he began a process of repurposing – where he established his own set of values and beliefs.

He is the highest point scorer in test match rugby, and is considered by many experts as the greatest ever first five-eighth (fly-half) in the history of the game. 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. I hadn’t had this much time to think since the injury layoffs I’d experienced during my career, when it becomes a daily battle to put the dark thoughts to one side, to stop yourself becoming overwhelmed by the enormity of the road ahead and simply focus on the process.

Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice. Even if your life is lower stakes than playing international rugby and being very much in the public eye, this is just a lovely and relatable sentiment. But the spectre of retirement was never far away: I suffered a serious injury in my third and final season with Racing 92, at the age of 36. Through this process of repurposing, firstly through Kevin’s help and then with that of others and on my own, I have tried to establish my own set of beliefs and values, looking back through my life so far and finding what really resonated with me.