 In the following year Sick left the Spiegel publishing company and became a self-employed author and speaker.With his program “Nur aus Jux und Tolleranz” he went on tour through Germany in 2011 and 2013.Invited by the Goethe Institute, German schools and other educational establishments Sick did many performances in foreign countries, for example in Montréal (Canada), Hungary, Spain, Portugal, South Tyrol (Italy), Great Britain and Egypt.