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When All Is Said & Done
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Publisher's Summary
A wise man said, 'Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. 'I understand the wisdom of this - right now, I don't have much 'forwards' left.
Neale Daniher sat down to pen a letter to the grandchildren he'll never get to know. And then he kept on writing.
In 2013, the AFL legend was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease - a cruel and incurable condition. He had a choice. He could spend his remaining time focused on himself, or he could seize the opportunity to make a better future for others.
Neale is no stranger to challenge. He grew up on a farm in remote New South Wales, the third of eleven children. He battled injury during his football career with Essendon, then jumped on the coaching rollercoaster, leading Melbourne for a decade. As general manager of football operations, he was part of the West Coast Eagles' cultural rebuild.
From the hard-won wisdom of life on the land and the love of his family, to the triumphs and gutting lows of elite football, Neale has learnt to make the most of the cards he's been dealt - to always live with purpose and to appreciate what he has.
True to form, Neale chose to stare down the disease he calls 'The Beast', and in 2014 he co-founded FightMND, an organisation that has since invested over $40 million into research and care initiatives. In 2015, he became the public face of the foundation's biggest fundraising event, The Big Freeze.
When All is Said & Done is a book of stories and wisdom from a man who has always held his beliefs to the Bunsen burner of life. Neale is unflinchingly honest, sharing a timely reminder that, even though life doesn't promise to be fair, we all have the power to choose how to make our time on this earth matter.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-11-2019
Loved this book! ❤️
My brother passed from MND on the 6th February this year 2019. I miss him so much. I wanted to read this book to maybe get an insight on how Neale was going with the beast (MND) and how my brother may have felt too. Tears was running down my checks in the later part of the book.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-11-2019
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good lusten. just a normal bloke that recognises the good things in life warts and all
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- Anonymous User
- 04-01-2020
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A wonderful life story to not his family but to all who choose to read it.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-12-2019
Informative and Inspiring
Listening to a person with a similar upbringing just made me see what true life is all about. Just different tragedies and sport and hobbies. We are all the same, our past makes us the people we are today. How I die to me is unknown but how a choose to live after listening to the book is another thing. Thank you for reminding me again.
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- Peter Owens
- 04-12-2019
Inspirational and thought provoking
From the start I found this an engaging story. Well written and narrated it made it perfect the train trip. The story is much more than his MND - it's a story of learnings, reflections and self review. I found it so inspirational I bought 3 physical copies to give to my friends kids to read.
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- Jennifer2
- 03-12-2019
fine if into football
I purchased the book for the Motor Neurone Information first hand. For me there's too much footie. It will interest others no doubt.
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- Leah
- 10-11-2019
Great life lessons
This author has the best narrator for the telling of the author's life. I loved all of the lessons incorporated into everyday, real life scanarios. I recommend for all ages.
There is something to he said for someone like the author to be humble enough to admit his learning opportunities along the way. While I know nothing about football as they know it in his neck of the woods, I heard the lessons.
I wish the author well in every sense of the word.