Hi, I’m Nicholas.
Nicholas Timmings is a two-time Australian Winter Olympian, a corporate keynote speaker, and the founder of Find Your Own Blueprint, a school workshop program helping young people build identity, set meaningful goals, and navigate a world that rarely hands them a roadmap.
Nicholas’ journey began far from the spotlight. Skeleton, a sport that involves hurtling headfirst down an ice track at speeds exceeding 140km/h is not a sport most Australians grow up around. There was no pathway, no funding structure, and for most of his 14-year career, no coach in his corner. Nicholas built his own program, funded his own campaigns, and made his own decisions about what success would look like, long before he had any evidence it would pay off.
It did. He represented Australia at the Beijing 2022 and Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, a result built almost entirely on self-belief, discipline, and the ability to keep moving forward without a blueprint to follow.
Since stepping into speaking and school workshops, Nicholas has shared his story with over 160 schools and organisations, translating his Olympic journey into practical lessons for leaders, teams, and students alike.
Why Nicholas Started This Business
Nicholas has always believed his sporting career was never just about skeleton. It was a 14-year case study in performing under pressure, setting goals without guarantees, and building an identity strong enough to withstand setbacks, isolation, and constant uncertainty. The exact conditions high performers face, whether they're standing at the top of an ice track or leading a team through a tough quarter.
That's the thinking behind Nicholas’ corporate keynote, Building Without a Blueprint. Elite sport and high-performing organisations are closer than people think. Both require trust without certainty, clarity without a clear plan, and the discipline to keep showing up when the outcome isn't guaranteed. Nicholas translates the lessons of Olympic-level performance into practical, transferable insight for teams and leaders navigating their own uncertain terrain.
At the same time, Nicholas has watched a different version of that same uncertainty play out in a younger generation, one growing up surrounded by influencers selling shortcuts, algorithms selling identity, and a culture that promises instant success while quietly setting people up to feel like they're falling behind. Nicholas believes young people today need more than information. They need real guidance, the kind that helps them set goals that actually mean something, get honest about their strengths and weaknesses, and build an identity that doesn't depend on outside validation.
That belief led to Find Your Own Blueprint, Nicholas’ school workshop program, built to give young people the tools he wishes someone had handed him as a teenager.