Don't Sell Yourself Short

Brenden hosts Mastertalk on YouTube and is one of the world's most renowned public speakers and coaches. He talks with Simon about his Puzzle Method which can help you conquer your fear of speaking and he demonstrates how you can learn to deliver presentations on any topic off the hoof.

Professional Marketer Mel McKenzie joins Simon from Down Under in the Podcast Ute as they throw some chat on the barbie, fish for answers in Yabbie Creek and ensure that under no circumstances does Simon revert to any Australian stereotyping.

What causes negative thinking? How do you be authentic? Have you ever driven to work and not realised how you got there? And what the heck is tacit knowledge diffusion? Julio Provino provides listeners with a truly fascinating insight into all of this and more whilst Simon forgets the name of the author of Harry Potter.

A first for the podcast, Simon is joined by couple and business partners Emma and Bruce from First Aid Box Training. Selling a dry subject is a common ground, Bruce enlightens us on how to sell confidence, and we talk about the importance of mental wellbeing at work and the need to take time out.

How much of your happiness levels are genetic?Does money motivate you?What is the true importance of feedback?And can you maintain a state of being "always on"?An enlightening conversation with Katherine Tiddy about the importance of being happy at work will help answer all of these questions as many more as Simon tries to keep up with Katherine's facts relating to neuroscience with a balloon analogy.

How many sales podcasts cover topics as wide as video game geese, Polaroid, Amazon's 2 pizza rule, Jeff Minter and a grandma buying an iPad? It is a leading question - the answer is 1. Simon from Silent Sales has a fascinating chat with Double Eleven's Iain Farrell about the sales profession in the gaming world.

Masking the self-consciousness only otherwise found on voicemails, Simon uses every part of his being to not sound like Alan Partridge whilst he delivers a pre-scripted summary over the royalty free music he took far too long to decide upon.