Neli Bryant, the 226th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, has lived three different lives in three different continents. Neli spent her early childhood in communist Bulgaria. When she was nine, and after the Berlin Wall had come down, Neli moved to South Africa, where she had to learn a [...]
Part of the reason I’m having lunch with 500 strangers in five years is so I can better understand human behaviour. Dan Bottrell does something similar for a living. Dan, the 235th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is a family lawyer. That means he regularly meets new people, who [...]
When Peter Benson was in his early twenties, and working as a Gold Coast real estate agent, his life was changed forever by one random encounter. Peter, the 234th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, was at a pub with a few colleagues when they started talking about how much [...]
Manit Oberoi, the 233rd person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, has a wonderfully engaging personality. Manit put me at ease the moment I met her, with a friendly smile, a burst of energy and a series of genuinely curious questions. Even after all my lunches, I still haven’t mastered the [...]
Mike Mortlock, the 232nd person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, was meant to have a very different career path. When Mike was a teenager, he planned to become a fighter pilot, but was forced to give up his dream due to medical complications. Mike then decided to become a real [...]
“What would happen if you did do it?” Adam Rice, the 231st person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, often reframes people’s thoughts in his work with AJR Counselling, Coaching & Consulting. “What would happen if you did do it?” is a powerful question, because, sometimes, when we tell ourselves we [...]
Jane McNally, the 230th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, has always been a voracious reader, so it makes sense that she wanted to be a playwright when she was growing up. But there was a plot twist. Jane ended up studying history and politics at university, and then unexpectedly [...]
You might not think it possible, but Damien Lehmann is able to make tax law sound interesting. Damien, the 229th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is a lawyer who specialises in helping clients structure their financial affairs and solve tax disputes. Damien is passionate about the subject, which is [...]
When Fouz Fatima lost her mother, it prompted her to think deeply about her life, which made her realise she was on the wrong path and needed to make some big changes. Fouz, the 227th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, had a corporate job that gave her a good [...]
Leanne Shelton, the 226th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, turned an inconvenience into a life-changing opportunity. After Leanne had the first of her two children, she found it hard to find a job that gave her the flexibility to juggle work with parenting. So, in the end, she solved [...]
