#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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What Were the Scripts You Grew Up With Around What You Were Supposed to Do in Life?
"I'm a listener, a regular listener of your school. So I knew this was coming and I was having a think about it." "My parents are both doctors. We grew up with that's a pretty traditional career path. It's sort of predicated around just working really hard from what I saw of it," he says. 'It seemed very linear and kind of obvious in a way, but they never kind of pushed doing that on any of us'
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