Performance Intelligence

October 12, 2002. AFL star Jason McCartney was on holiday in Bali. By the end of that night, 202 people were dead, and he had burns to 50% of his body. Most people with his injuries spend 3-4 months just getting out of hospital. Jason was back on the football field in 5 months.

What got him there was not superhuman toughness. It was a specific set of skills, built through years of setbacks, that clicked into gear when everything was on the line. Skills that translate far beyond sport.

1:05 A career built on resilience before Bali even happened

6:15 Nearly walking away from football...and what brought him back

14:50 That night in Bali: what he remembers

20:25 Goal-setting from intensive care

27:20 The decision to return and play one last game

32:40 What he pushed through in training that he never told anyone

39:20 Doing the psychological work: compartmentalisation, exposure therapy, and why talking about it healed him

48:25 Building elite culture at GWS and what leaders get wrong about performance

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