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184 LIVE: The Mindset that Drives an AFL Premiership and a Full Career Reinvention | Kieren Jack
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- Performance Intelligence
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- Jun 10, 2026
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- 3597
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Summary
Talent gets you through the door. It does not keep you in the room, and it has almost nothing to do with what you become. Kieren Jack is proof. The last pick in the AFL rookie draft, too small and too slow on paper, he outworked every reason he should not have made it. Kieren played 256 games for the Sydney Swans , co-captained the club, won the 2012 premiership and earned a place in its Hall of Fame. Then he did the harder thing. He walked away at the top and started again, building a whole new career in business where his name meant nothing. What carries across is the useful part. How do you keep performing when you are running on empty? What actually holds a team together when pressure hits? Why do the people who get knocked down and underestimated often end up the most dangerous? Recorded live, in a room that was never meant to be a podcast. No script, no second takes. You've got a seat that wasn't on sale. Whatever you are trying to build, you'll leave this one thinking differently about how you get there. 0:00 Pick 138, a famous surname, and why talent only opens the door 1:50 How the Swans built a dynasty on character, not talent 5:10 Missing the draft, choosing his own sport, and finding his identity 9:20 The 2012 flag, and what that team had that he's never seen again 17:40 Take the baton: the motto that outlived the players who made it 19:15 A season as co-captain, played on empty, in a dressing gown 22:05 When a private family conflict went public before his 200th game 28:10 Twins, no sleep, and what sport does and doesn't teach you about parenting 33:45 Why he studied an MBA mid-career, and why leaving the game made him better 37:00 A $120m deal in four months, and what footy gave him no MBA could 41:05 Joining the West Coast rebuild and flipping the member…