F*CK, I'VE STILL GOT IT! WITH SHANE WATSON
Guest: Shane Watson
Season 1, conversation 14 · Published 26 September 2025
What elite sport teaches you about the second half of life.
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About Shane Watson: Former Australian cricketer, mental skills performance coach.
Conversation guide
Can we stop trying to control all of it? Shane and I talk about pressure, purpose and where we put our energy. His experience comes from sport, but there’s plenty to think about when we’re facing a meeting, a new chapter or something we’re nervous about trying.
- Put what you can and can’t influence on paper.
- Choose a song or cue that brings your attention back.
- Work backwards from a goal, including recovery and help.
Put your energy where it makes a difference.
What in my week is outside my control?
Try this week: Before one nervous moment this week, choose the one thing you can control and focus on that.
These ideas come from our conversation. The activities are a few suggestions to try, when you’re ready.
Transcript excerpt.
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Conversation excerpt · 29:18-30:01
[29:18] >> find out the best way to be able to like [29:20] try and reduce how high that cliff is [29:24] >> and and it's and it's so daunting. It [29:26] is. And but just for athletes, it's just [29:28] it's earlier in your life, [29:30] >> but it's still the same thought process. [29:32] It's the same transition. You're like, [29:33] what what's where can I how can I [29:36] repurpose my energy? [29:38] >> Do I need to repurpose my energy and [29:40] like and support my family [29:42] >> financially or is it repurpose my energy [29:45] because I'm set up financially like [29:48] fine, but I need still I can't just like [29:50] sit on the couch. No, that's not going [29:51] to last that long. Maybe for 3 days and [29:53] you're like, [29:54] >> "Stop this. Exactly. Then it's like the [29:57] downward spiral would start to where's [29:59] my purpose? What am I doing? How do I [30:01] get out of here?
Topics: CONFIDENCE, IDENTITY
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