In this episode, host Orla Shanaghy chats to Mick Colliss. Mick is a keynote speaker, writer, author, poet, MC, sports commentator, and vice-captain of the Australian Sudoku team.

Mick tells Orla how he fell into public speaking as a career. He has made a virtue out of the underdog story; according to him, he has failed at everything he ever tried, and the keynote speech he now travels the world delivering is the culmination of that. Having finally achieved his dream of representing his country, he and his team came last in the World Sudoku Championships.

But he has made quite a success of his failure: a documentary was made about his team’s trip to the World Sudoku Championships in India, he has written a book about his experiences, and he’s still capturing audiences everywhere with his self-effacing, brutally honest talk. And he’s honest in real life, too; he tells us exactly how he did it, and makes it sound easy!

Learn more about Mick via LinkedIn.