On Saturday 21st September, 2013,  I was honoured to be the guest speaker at the 2013 RACGP Fellowship and Awards Ceremony. It was held at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Southbank, Brisbane, for the new Fellows of the RACGP, their family members, RACGP staff and members, and dignitaries.

My brief was to enthuse, inspire and entertain the 500 odd attendees with my personal journey – not an easy task. I thought long and hard about what to say – how to frame my narrative in a way that was truthful but interesting, different but relatable, somewhat humourous but inoffensive, and inspiring but not totally immodest.

I’m not sure that I succeeded in these aims, particularly in humbleness department, but I did my very best and had an awful lot of fun writing and delivering it.  I’m very grateful to the RACGP for the invitation.

If you have a spare 20…