This is a global, original podcast.

Paul McKenna's positivity podcast.

Hello, this is Paul McKenna, and welcome to the positivity podcast.

My objective is to interview the most interesting people in the world,

and in the next 30 minutes, get insights and even discover how it is that they do what they do,

what makes them unique and fascinating, their success

mindset, and certainly what keeps them positive.

My guest today is a former England cricket captain, winning the Ashes in 2005, 18 years

after last having won the trophy. He's been ranked as one of the best batsmen of all time.

He's also one of the most popular BBC cricket commentators.

I'm talking today with Michael Vaughn.

I do like to see sport played with a smile

and I like characters that get into trouble.

I was never one of these people that would go in the dress

for saying, look, we have to wake up in the morning

and feel great, you know, because I don't. I certainly have this moment where I give myself an hour in the morning

because generally when I wake up, I feel like shit.

The best piece of advice I ever got was actually from my dad when I got the England

captaincy.

There was two things that he said to me.

I rang him and said, Dad, you never guess what, I'm going to be the England captain.

They've just given me the England captaincy job. And his response with fucking hell they must be struggling.

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