#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 Diversity of Missions in Sports
When you're younger, everyone starts playing because it feels good. And then they get good and they start getting praised for it in all sorts of different ways. So I think there's a sort of arrogance of youth element in a way that's like, yeah, I'm going to be the best. But once people get kind of their ambitions dashed, or they get a sort of dose of realism, or maybe something else happens in their life,. Maybe they just think, Oh, this is actually just really good work for me right now.
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