APMZEE - Get Your Prime Back - Episode 3 - Jackson Wray

Описание: What does 18 years at the top of professional rugby teach you about life, leadership, and building something that lasts in business?

In this episode, we sit down with Jackson, former Saracens and England Premiership winner, to explore what happens when elite sport meets the business world — and the lessons that bridge both.

From being recruited into the Saracens academy at 14, growing up alongside England captain Jamie George and Owen Farrell, to winning back-to-back European Cups and lifting the Premiership title at Twickenham on his final game — Jackson's journey is anything but ordinary.

But what's just as compelling is what came next. Retiring at 32 by choice, Jackson talks candidly about how he built a second career in finance and leadership consultancy, why purpose matters more than performance metrics, and how the culture of elite sport can — and should — reshape how we build businesses.

This is a conversation about high performance, resilience, identity, and what it really means to leave a place better than you found it.
In this episode:

How Jackson went from not knowing what rugby was at 13 to playing professionally for 18 years
Why the people around you matter more than raw talent
The real difference between sport and business performance cultures
Why tight feedback loops in sport are so hard to replicate — and how to try
Losing two finals in two weeks and what that taught him about winning
Why failure is the only way to push hard enough
Retiring on his own terms: the risk vs. reward calculation
Building a second career through psychology, coaching, and finance
How to define company values people actually believe in
Training at 5am and why discipline is the standard he sets
The simple training philosophy from 18 years of elite sport
Why "high performance" is just purpose and engagement in disguise
His one piece of advice to his younger self: respect is easy to lose and hard to win

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