#158 From Rugby to TikTok Influencer — Ben Mercer on navigating the transitional periods in his life, being a professional athlete with an English literature degree, the diversity of the rugby world, various motivations in sports, his passion for rugby, his love of reading and writing, self-publishing and becoming a Tik Tok creator
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd
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The Importance of Law School
I was at an event around London. I bumped into a guy who had been probably three or four years ahead of me at school. He'd been a really good junior athlete, a hockey player. So he'd kind of gone to university, done law, done very well and got into one of the big firms in London. And then like, latterly, he's kind of in venture capital now, I think, but as a sort of legal advisor to VC fund,. But I bumped into him. And you know, in some ways, he was a bit like me if I'd not gone and played professionally. It was like, this seems interesting. These people are weird. All
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