Dan Carter Live Event Announcement!

We are so excited to invite you to an Audience with All Blacks legend Dan Carter at Hackney Empire on June 14th 2023. The event will be a live podcast with Jake, Damian and Dan, followed by an audience Q&A.

Tickets go on general sale today (Friday 11th of May) at 10am. All tickets include a signed copy of Dan Carter's new book - THE ART OF WINNING.

To announce this special event, Jake shares some of his favourite moments from Dan’s episode of the podcast, including his first day playing for the All Backs. 

Buy your tickets here: https://tourlink.to/HPDanCarter

Can’t wait to see you there!

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**Summary of the Podcast Episode: Dan Carter's Journey to Rugby Greatness and His Philosophy of Continuous Improvement**

The upcoming event, "An Audience with Dan Carter," promises an inspiring evening with the legendary All Blacks rugby union player. Dan Carter's remarkable career, marked by two Rugby World Cup victories, exemplifies the power of dedication, focus, and embracing the 1% improvements that lead to world-class performance.

Dan Carter's personal purpose emerged after his first All Blacks test match in 2003. Inspired by childhood memories of watching John Kirwan's iconic try, Carter set his sights on becoming an All Black. However, he recognized that this dream required more than just talent; it demanded unwavering hard work and sacrifice.

Upon becoming an All Black, Carter immersed himself in the team's history and legacy, understanding that his role was to contribute to the All Blacks' enduring greatness. He adopted a growth mindset, continuously striving to improve every day, both on and off the field.

Carter emphasized the importance of pressure as a privilege, acknowledging that the presence of pressure indicates the pursuit of greatness. He believed that pressure demands meticulous preparation, ensuring that he was always ready to deliver under the weight of expectations.

His disciplined approach extended beyond the rugby field. Carter meticulously planned his week, breaking down his goals into daily tasks. He utilized a notebook to outline his schedule, ensuring that every day, even recovery days, contributed to his overall growth and development.

Carter's dedication and unwavering commitment to improvement have continued beyond his rugby career. He remains a firm believer in the power of setting goals, writing them down, and working diligently to achieve them.

The upcoming event, "An Audience with Dan Carter," offers a unique opportunity to hear Dan Carter share his insights on high performance, resilience, and the pursuit of excellence. Attendees will also receive a signed copy of Dan Carter's new book, "The Art of Winning," before its official release.

Tickets for this exclusive event are limited and expected to sell out quickly. Fans of Dan Carter and those seeking inspiration in their own pursuit of greatness are encouraged to secure their tickets promptly.

[00:00.000 -> 00:04.200] Hey everyone, welcome along to another bite-sized episode of the High Performance Podcast.
[00:04.200 -> 00:09.000] So what we traditionally do every Friday is we just reflect, look back on an episode of High Performance
[00:09.000 -> 00:13.200] from maybe a few months, sometimes maybe a few years ago,
[00:13.200 -> 00:18.200] because I just get this feeling that there's so many lessons, there's so much learning on these episodes.
[00:18.200 -> 00:20.200] How do we harness it all and remember it all?
[00:20.200 -> 00:24.700] I think one of the best things to do is to do just this, to reflect and to look back.
[00:24.700 -> 00:29.520] I remember actually Jo Malone, the incredible perfumier, she came on High Performance and
[00:29.520 -> 00:34.400] she spoke about when she had her breast cancer diagnosis and she said that in the years after
[00:34.400 -> 00:38.500] that, the lessons from that period slipped through her fingers like sand. And I always
[00:38.500 -> 00:42.280] remember that when we talk about lessons from High Performance. How do we help you to grasp
[00:42.280 -> 00:45.160] that sand? Well, by doing this really,
[00:45.160 -> 00:49.840] and also by putting the people who are the stars of our show, by putting those legends,
[00:49.840 -> 00:55.340] those leaders at the forefront of what we're doing. And therefore, I'm very excited to
[00:55.340 -> 01:03.340] announce this. We are going to bring you Dan Carter, the All Blacks rugby union legend
[01:03.340 -> 01:06.720] to the UK. We are going to bring you high performance, an
[01:06.720 -> 01:11.640] audience with Dan Carter at the Hackney Empire on June the 14th. Now not only has
[01:11.640 -> 01:16.920] Dan won two Rugby World Cups, he's also done it through incredible application,
[01:16.920 -> 01:22.980] true focus on those small margins, those 1%, those world-class basics. The way
[01:22.980 -> 01:25.280] that he lives, the way that he thinks, the
[01:25.280 -> 01:30.200] way that he operates, there is so much about it that is inspiring and applicable to all
[01:30.200 -> 01:34.840] of us in our everyday lives. And we are going to be on stage talking to Dan, myself, and
[01:34.840 -> 01:38.980] Professor Damien Hughes. We'll have a Q&A with him. And you will also get a signed copy
[01:38.980 -> 01:44.240] of Dan's new book, The Art of Winning, before it's even released.
[01:44.240 -> 01:46.240] So what can you expect from Dan Carter? Well,
[01:46.240 -> 01:50.600] he's a previous guest on High Performance, one of the most celebrated, one of the most listened to
[01:50.600 -> 01:56.000] episodes we've ever recorded. This is what he told us when he joined us on the podcast. You're
[01:56.000 -> 02:01.960] going to love some of this stuff. I stumbled across my personal purpose. Looking back now,
[02:01.960 -> 02:06.720] I'm just so grateful that I had that vision, that purpose.
[02:06.720 -> 02:12.040] And that came about when I walked off the field in 2003 after playing my first test
[02:12.040 -> 02:19.960] for the All Blacks. So if I rewind back to a five-year-old Dan Carter, it was the inaugural
[02:19.960 -> 02:25.600] Rugby World Cup. It was here in New Zealand, co-hosted with Australia.
[02:28.400 -> 02:31.280] And one of the first games, the All Blacks played Italy. And from one of the kickoffs, John Kirwan got the ball.
[02:31.280 -> 02:34.760] He beat 11 players to score this incredible try.
[02:34.760 -> 02:36.360] It was one of the most amazing tries.
[02:36.360 -> 02:39.020] As a little five-year-old kid, I'm like, man, he's my hero.
[02:39.020 -> 02:40.920] So I went straight outside and I was pretending
[02:40.920 -> 02:43.220] to score tries like John Kirwan.
[02:43.220 -> 02:45.760] Now the All Blacks went on to win that World Cup.
[02:45.760 -> 02:48.200] And I remember watching David Kirk,
[02:48.200 -> 02:49.320] who was captain in that game,
[02:49.320 -> 02:53.320] holding the William W. Ballis Cup above his head.
[02:53.320 -> 02:54.400] And as a five-year-old,
[02:54.400 -> 02:56.720] I don't remember a lot from when I was five years old,
[02:56.720 -> 02:59.600] to be honest, but I remember that moment of going,
[02:59.600 -> 03:01.160] I want to be an All Black.
[03:01.160 -> 03:03.180] This is my dream.
[03:03.180 -> 03:04.800] Now I never actually thought it would happen.
[03:04.800 -> 03:25.840] I grew up in a little town of only 700 people. So in my opinion, as a five-year-old, I thought all blacks aren't supposed to come from these little these little villages of only 700 people. So anyway, I love rugby so much. I did it because it was fun. All my mates were doing it, I was okay at it, I was never the best,
[03:26.560 -> 03:33.120] and then all of a sudden, through hard work and a lot of sacrifice, I became an All Black. I played my
[03:33.120 -> 03:41.520] debut against Wales in 2003, and all of a sudden my dream had become a reality, and I walked off
[03:41.520 -> 03:45.000] that field, and I was like, is that it?
[03:45.000 -> 03:50.000] And that was the most incredible feeling, but I don't want this feeling to
[03:50.000 -> 03:51.000] either end.
[03:51.000 -> 03:55.000] Like, I don't want to be just another all black where I play three or four games.
[03:55.000 -> 03:57.000] I don't want to be an all black that plays one season.
[03:57.000 -> 03:59.000] I want to be an all black.
[03:59.000 -> 04:00.000] Great.
[04:00.000 -> 04:01.000] Every day I got out of bed.
[04:01.000 -> 04:04.000] So what is the was an all black?
[04:04.000 -> 04:06.960] Great. Do I just spark this real growth mindset in me.
[04:06.960 -> 04:11.120] I just, right, I'm just going to use every day to try and be the best.
[04:11.120 -> 04:13.920] Let's just try and get better every single day.
[04:13.920 -> 04:17.200] As soon as you became an All Black, you had to look where the All Blacks came from.
[04:17.200 -> 04:21.040] This incredible history of over 100 years, so successful.
[04:21.040 -> 04:24.800] So we called it our whakapapa, like, where have you come from?
[04:24.800 -> 04:25.680] You're belonging.
[04:25.680 -> 04:31.360] There's an excellent book called Belonging by Owen Eastwood and he talks a lot about that,
[04:31.360 -> 04:37.360] actually looking back at where you've come from to know where you're going. So as an all black,
[04:37.360 -> 04:42.400] as soon as you come into the environment, you soon learn this incredible history. So your one job
[04:42.960 -> 05:12.000] while you're an all black is to add to the legacy. You're just a custodian of the all black jersey, tēnā koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou koutou kout I felt like I was able to do that and there was some great synergies between my personal vision of wanting to be a great All Black and the mission of every All Black, of trying to add to the legacy.
[05:12.000 -> 05:46.040] There are different types of pressure. There's pressure that a homeless person goes through to try and find a meal every day. kiau kaiti i kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kaiti kait I recently talked about pressure being a privilege. It's as simple as that. Like I want pressure in my life.
[05:46.040 -> 05:51.040] If I'm going through a week and it's all too easy,
[05:51.160 -> 05:55.440] then I know that I'm not on the verge of greatness.
[05:55.440 -> 05:57.120] So when I have pressure in my life,
[05:57.120 -> 05:58.800] I have people relying on me,
[05:58.800 -> 06:02.880] I know that my preparation has to be second to none.
[06:02.880 -> 06:49.280] I know that I've got 80,000 people in a grandstand, millions of people watching me Hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, hei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te tekei, te te I in? Super rugby. Okay, what goals do you want to achieve in super rugby? And then I bring it into the week. Okay, well, what is my week going to
[06:49.280 -> 06:55.520] look like? And then I break it down to what is every day going to look like. So every Sunday,
[06:55.520 -> 07:01.440] I would write down, okay, Monday, I'm doing this. Tuesday, I'm doing this. Wednesday is my day off.
[07:01.440 -> 07:05.400] I'm actually, I'm going to do this. I don't want to waste any day, even my recovery days, I'd write down, right, I'm going to do a swimming recovery, right, I'm gonna do this. You know, I didn't wanna waste any day,
[07:05.400 -> 07:07.040] even my recovery days, I'd write down,
[07:07.040 -> 07:08.640] right, I'm gonna do a swimming recovery,
[07:08.640 -> 07:09.920] right, I'm gonna get a massage, right,
[07:09.920 -> 07:12.560] I'm gonna use the afternoon to unwind,
[07:12.560 -> 07:14.320] actually do some hobbies that I want.
[07:14.320 -> 07:17.280] Okay, after dinner, I'm gonna spend half an hour
[07:17.280 -> 07:19.200] just in my playbook, you know,
[07:19.200 -> 07:22.360] just getting up-skilled in the game plan some more.
[07:22.360 -> 07:26.160] So I was really strict in my preparation.
[07:26.160 -> 07:30.720] And I think that was a big part of my success and my drive.
[07:30.720 -> 07:33.800] And it's something I've actually taken into life after rugby.
[07:33.800 -> 07:36.440] You know, I get to my Sunday and I just don't wanna waste any day.
[07:36.440 -> 07:40.200] I really want to plan each day and just going back to that saying,
[07:40.200 -> 07:43.880] have a growth mindset of, I just wanna get better each day.
[07:43.880 -> 07:45.040] So do you still keep a notebook?
[07:45.760 -> 07:50.880] I do. Yeah, it's right here actually. So even at the end of my career, a lot of the young guys
[07:50.880 -> 07:56.080] were doing it all on their iPads and here I was this dinosaur, quite old school like that. Just
[07:56.080 -> 08:01.280] really something about writing it down. As soon as you write it down, it's the same with my goals.
[08:01.280 -> 08:05.020] It's, I have to do it.
[08:05.020 -> 08:08.960] I'm a firm believer of you do the work and you earn yourself a beer at the end of the
[08:08.960 -> 08:09.960] week.
[08:09.960 -> 08:14.040] So there we go, a few clips from Dan Carter when he joined us on High Performance and
[08:14.040 -> 08:17.200] now you get to see him live in person.
[08:17.200 -> 08:19.360] A really rare, really unique opportunity.
[08:19.360 -> 08:23.360] Dan is over here from the other side of the world, from New Zealand and we're going to
[08:23.360 -> 08:28.540] put him in front of you live at the Hackney Empire. So if you want to join us, if you want to
[08:28.540 -> 08:31.600] get a copy of his new book The Art of Winning signed by him before it's even
[08:31.600 -> 08:35.920] released, if you want to hear myself and Professor Damien Hughes in conversation
[08:35.920 -> 08:40.760] with Dan, then make sure you join us at high performance an audience with Dan
[08:40.760 -> 08:47.760] Carter on the 14th of June at the Hackney Empire. Now I'm gonna to be totally honest with you okay, tickets to this are gonna go fast. This
[08:47.760 -> 08:52.120] is not an opportunity that comes around very often so if you want in then there's
[08:52.120 -> 08:55.720] limited numbers that can be there. Hit the link right now in the description to
[08:55.720 -> 09:01.680] this podcast and we will see you in June for a night that you will not forget.
[09:01.680 -> 09:06.320] I can't wait to bring you an audience with right here from High Performance.
[09:06.320 -> 09:07.320] Speak soon.
[09:07.320 -> 09:08.600] See you on June the 14th.