Success via coincidence

David Cavill


Region:
South West
Notice Period:
Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
Type:
Professional
Fee:
Paid: £4 per member of the audience plus expenses - happy to negoiate for charities
Category:
Life Skills
Updated:
20th June 2023

Most people follow a career track dictated by their background and ambition and gradually climbing their selected greasy pole towards greater responsibility and increased salary. But it is not the only path to success - mine has been dictated almost entirely by coincidence. My talk explains how this happened and I suggest that relying on coincidence can lead to a fascinating and very enjoyable lfe

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About David Cavill

My life has been dictated by coincidence and the journey from teacher to international judge of dogs is a zig-zag, exciting, engaging, and an occasionally laugh-out-loud ride.

Along the way, I have been a cabinet maker, a mortuary attendant, taught the 'can'ts, the won'ts, and shan'ts' at big comprehensive schools, spent eleven years as deputy to the Director of Battersea Dogs Home, been a writer and journalist about all aspects of dog ownership and pet care, owned a weekly newspaper, been a local politician, expelled from the conservative party, mayor of a county town and been guest singer at the 606 Jazz Club in Chelsea.

My talk needs to be 'live' to be appreciated and some knowledge of those likely to be present is always useful


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