Legendary Kiwi Neuroscientist On True Happiness, Success & Why Talent Is Overrated
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Hello and thank you for listening to the Dom Harvey Podcast, sponsored by the Generate KiwiSaver Scheme. Coming up? Doctor Kiry Speckman.
This is gonna sound a bit harsh, but I came back to New Zealand after McLaren and it was like an old man's home. Everything was just so poorly done. At McLaren, if you had a meeting, for example, everyone would be fully briefed. Mm. You would know all the issues and what would needed to be decided in the meeting. The documents were all circulated, everyone understood it and you had twenty minutes. Not forty, not an hour, twenty minutes. And you'd come out with the decision.
Dr. Kerry Speckman has spent much of his career trying to answer one simple question. What separates the very best from everybody else? He's a neuroscientist, mathematician, author and performance consultant who has worked inside the Formula One with the All Blacks, Olympic athletes, and some of the highest performers in the world. He wrote a book called The Winner's Bible, which sold out and became a bestseller after Dan Carter endorsed it. And he has a brand new book out now called The Winner's Formula. In this conversation we get into what Kerry learned from organisations like McLaren and the All Blacks, what he learned from people like Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher, why champions work differently, what causes people to choke under pressure, and why simply working hard is not enough.
Thanks very much to the sponsors of this episode, the Generate KiwiSaver Scheme. Generate, like Dr. Kerry Spackman, put performance first. And your KiwiSaver account, it's one of those things that's easy to set up and then completely ignore while you're hoping it's all working out in the background. I had a chat with the Generate KiwiSaver advisor when they came on as a show sponsor and it gave me genuine clarity on what it means to have a Kiwi Saver plan and whether mine was actually set up to perform over the long term. Spoiler alert, it wasn't, but now it is. Generate are an award-winning Kiwi Saver provider with a strong track record of long-term performance. You can check out their latest returns online or book a no-obligation chat with one of their advisors at generatewealth.co.nz forward slash DOM.
I'll put that in the show notes, but it's generatewealth.co dot nz forward slash dom. No pressure, just clear advice to help you feel confident you're on track without any judgment for leaving it on the to-do list a bit longer than what you planned. The issuer of the scheme is Generate Investment Management Limited. To see their PDS and financial advice provider info, see generateKiwiWisaver.co.nz forward slash disclosures. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. And remember, I'm not a financial advisor, so this is just general information. I recommend getting expert advice before making any financial decisions. Okay, here we go. Dr. Kerry Spackman on the Dom Harvey podcast.
Hey, thanks for having me along. It's really good to be here.
And mate, it's really nice to meet you. Um I've I've been a fan of your work for a long time. You've got this brand new book out called The Winner's Formula.
Yep.
Um, but it's this book here that I'm holding for anyone that's watching this on YouTube, The Winner's Bible. Um what what year did this come out?
That came out in two thousand and nine. Right. And uh it was just extraordinary. It went to number one. It was brilliant. It went right off top of the shelves. We outsold everything. Um and we ended up printing it about six or seven print runs on that one. So it was very lucky. It just hit the hit the market at the right time and we got some very good PR. So it was good. And you what PR did you get? Well, uh fortunately um Dan Carter was on T T V uh on a sixty minutes and he mentioned it, uh saying it was a really good book. And of course Dan and Dan is the man and uh we sold every single copy within thirty minutes of him mentioning it. Unbelievable. Unbelievable, yeah. He's a great guy.
Did did you know Dan Carter at the I know you worked with the All Blacks um for their twenty eleven uh World Cup campaign and helped them break the drought?
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