A Horse Snapped My Leg In Half. It Built My Entire Career.

Most people who talk about executive performance talk from the sky down.Self-help books. Spreadsheets. Mindset.I was built from the ground up.In this episode I tell the full origin story. County-level cricket, tennis and javelin as a kid.Leaving home at sixteen to chase professional rugby. Captaining at National One.Signing my first professional contract at Doncaster Knights. And then, eight weeks in, the moment that broke everything: a horse trampling my partner, a lunge line wrapping my leg, and my knee snapping in half. ACL, PCL and MCL, gone in one step.The first thing I felt was not pain. It was fear that my rugby career was over.What followed was three operations, joint infections, ten months of rehab, and a surgeon telling me I would be lucky to walk properly again. I started at number seven against Cross Keys ten months later. But the deeper rebuild was not the leg. It was the identity. I had spent years spinning plates for everyone else and calling it loyalty. The crisis forced me to stop.This is the story of how physical collapse rebuilt me, why I believe physiology precedes psychology precedes leadership, and how working with heads of banks, founders and fund managers in Singapore taught me the real lesson: Why leadership infrastructure relies on physical performance.I am running a few minutes late; my previous meeting is running overHow to deal with real pressure in a corporate enviroment?. How to not lose the human inside of the process. Pressure is not the problem. Infrastructure is the gap. This is where Built For Pressure was born.If you lead under pressure and want to understand what actually builds capacity, start here.If you want to connect with me:Linkedin: @willfodenInstagram: @willfodenWebsite www.builtforpressure.net#LeadershipPerformance #Highperformance #ExecutiveMindset #PeakPerformance #BusinessLeadership #EnergyManagement #ResilientLeadership #OptimizeYourself#mentalclarity #peakperformance #PersonalStandards#SuccessUnderPressure #EntrepreneurLife #ElitePerformance #ProductivityHacks #CEOHealth #sustainablesuccess  #leadershipdevelopment  #worklifebalance  #trainsmart #masteryourenergy