Sam Walker: Character
Simon sits down to discuss the importance of character with Sam Walker, the author who analysed 25,000 of the world’s best teams to uncover their key ingredient
Great people are usually judged by their character. But what exactly are the key components of character, and can they be developed? Simon sits down with best-selling author Sam Walker to answer that question. Sam spent 12 years studying the 25,000 best teams the world has ever seen, and uncovered their secret ingredient, a captain with genuine character. But character is easily misunderstood in the modern celebrity obsessed world, so it's not about chest-thumping speeches, buckets of talent or dazzling charisma. It's all about how you behave with other people, particularly when things aren't going well. The good news is, all the key ingredients to character can be worked on and developed, once you know what they are. Many of the traits have been held up as things to aspire to by philosophers for thousands of years, so this is ancient wisdom as told through modern sporting success.
