Tested : big decisions, small decisions, the remarkable power of resolve

1. The impossible is only possible when all other options have been exhausted

2. Every inspired person has stood on the shoulders of giants

3. Beyond all of the noise and glory of leadership is the work, which can be a harbour when you need one

4. Sport is a place where we can all belong; Australia can be also

5. Amateurs try; professionals prepare, adapt and execute

6. Sometimes there is little difference between giving and taking

7. Don't ask for an easy life, you want to be able to thrive in a hard one

8. We can't succeed until we've learned how to fail and we can't learn how to fail until we know ourselves

9. Serendipity isn't just knowing when to take an opportunity, but also knowing when to walk away

10. See the world as it is, not how you wish it was; love your kids that way too

11. If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together

When Pat Cummins unexpectedly became Australia's 47th Test captain at age 28, he inherited a team with a long and storied history, but also one on the cusp of reinvention. It was the beginning of a personal leadership journey for him, a unique moment of challenge and pressure that would see him become a seasoned captain and, in his private life, become a father and husband but also lose his mother to cancer. Inspiring, revealing and deeply personal, Tested is an exploration of the remarkable place where challenge, crisis and opportunity meet, and how it's only in the moments when we are tested that we discover what we are made of. From a charity leader to Australia's first female prime minister, a Test cricket great to a ground-breaking scientist, an Indigenous leader to a bestselling author and podcaster, Pat interviews eleven extraordinary people whose stories of challenge, adversity, perseverance and resilience - navigating moments of crisis and doubt, seizing once-in-a-lifetime opportunities and giving back - have inspired him.--Publisher. Inspiring, revealing and deeply personal, Tested is an exploration of the remarkable place where challenge, crisis and opportunity meet, and how it's only in the moments when we are tested that we discover what we are made of.When Pat Cummins unexpectedly became Australia's 47th Test captain at age 28, he inherited a team with a long and storied history, but also one on the cusp of reinvention. It was the beginning of a personal leadership journey for him, a unique moment of challenge and pressure that would see him become a seasoned captain and, in his private life, become a father and husband but also lose his mother to cancer.From a charity leader to Australia's first female prime minister, a Test cricket great to a ground-breaking scientist, an Indigenous leader to a bestselling author and podcaster, Pat interviews eleven extraordinary people whose stories of challenge, adversity, perseverance and resilience - navigating moments of crisis and doubt, seizing once-in-a-lifetime opportunities and giving back - have inspired him. Tested is a book of insight and hard-earned wisdom about how the power of resolve to make decisions, big and small, and see them through, is at the heart of all our stories. Interviews with John Bertrand, Richard Scolyer, Julia Gillard, John Moriarty, Dennis Lillee, Shaun Christie-David, Nedd Brockmann, Elizabeth Day, Ronnie Screwvala, Rob Sitch and Becky Cummins. When Pat Cummins unexpectedly became Australia's 47th Test captain at age 28, he inherited a team with a long and storied history, but also one on the cusp of reinvention. It was the beginning of a personal leadership journey for him, a unique moment of challenge and pressure that would see him become a seasoned captain and, in his private life, become a father and husband but also lose his mother to cancer. From a charity leader to Australia's first female prime minister, a Test cricket great to a ground-breaking scientist, an Indigenous leader to a bestselling author and podcaster, Pat interviews eleven extraordinary people whose stories of challenge, adversity, perseverance and resilience -- navigating moments of crisis and doubt, seizing once-in-a-lifetime opportunities and giving back -- have inspired him. Tested is a book of insight and hard-earned wisdom about how the power of resolve to make decisions, big and small, and see them through, is at the heart of all our stories.