Success was the first half.
Peter A. Hackmair
When people get to know me, football is usually the first thing they ask about. I understand that. It was a special time. But my greatest success is a different one.
Coach for exit foundersFounder of the Impact Playmaker CircleAuthor of Deine zweite HalbzeitPodcast host „Vom Erfolg zum Impact“
My first half
I grew up as an only child; my parents separated early. On the pitch I gave everything, partly because I wanted my father to be proud of me. It worked. At 18 I turned professional and celebrated big successes. At 25 it was all over again. Three cruciate ligament ruptures, no plan, just one big question: now what?
My half-time break
Suddenly the role I had defined myself by for years was gone. I travelled the world for 15 months with two questions in my luggage: who am I if I am no longer the footballer? And what will ever excite me like that again? The answers did not come all at once. Over the years I understood that my first half was not a mistake. It gave me discipline, team spirit and the courage to think big. I only had to change my playing field.
My second half
As a child I wished for one thing above all: a big family. Today I have it. My wife and our three children are what I am most grateful for. And I have built a company with which I guide people at exactly this threshold. Entrepreneurs who have won their first half and sense that another game is waiting for them. As a sparring partner who knows what the emptiness after a big chapter feels like — and also how much can still come after it.
What others say about me
After 17 years of building my company, everyone expected the next step to be retirement. Working with Peter, I realised the real question was a different one: how do I want to contribute when I no longer have to? From the outside it looked like stepping back. From the inside, it was an identity shift. I didn't have to leave my company. I had to leave the identity that came with it.
Hervé de TrogoffEntrepreneur · Partner at AccuracyI was in a completely hopeless situation. What happened over the past three years was simply incredible. Our life has been completely transformed.
René KlampferCEO and Founder Equi BilanzbuchhaltungPeter is a fantastic coach for those not looking to optimise or climb a career ladder, but to re-design their lives for an impactful ‚second half.‘
Marina HaydnSustainability Leader · Impact AdvisorThere is no one who has influenced my life so positively in such a short time. His way of working is very pleasant, very friendly, very inspiring, and at times also very intense and tough.
Andreas TschasEntrepreneur and Founder “Conxious”Peter’s questions, images and metaphors guided me to truly feel into myself: what really drives me? Our conversations made a great deal of depth possible — a space where I am truly honest. Above all with myself.
Tina DeutschCo-Founder & Managing Board Member KontextMany people still know Peter as a footballer. Today he is an outstanding coach. He was able to work out very quickly what my issue is, where I am currently stuck, and how he can help me get past it.
Ali MahlodjiFounder futureONE & Keynote Speaker