Jeffery Wang, the 114th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, started lunching with strangers two decades before me. When Jeff was 10, he moved from Taiwan to New Zealand, before moving to Sydney to attend university. That meant he began his adulthood with no friends and no network. His solution? [...]
You know when you meet someone and you just hit it off? That happened with Kitty Parker, the 113th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers. We sat down to lunch at 12.30pm. When we left, we were shocked to discover it was 5.10pm. We’d been so engrossed in our discussion [...]
One of the reasons I started my #500lunches journey was because I felt the more people I met, the more opportunity I would attract into my life. Over the past 11 months, I’ve been invited to share my story on radio interviews, on podcasts … and now at the Empowering Leaders Summit. I was one of [...]
Shane Quinnell was alone on a mountain, writhing in pain, with dozens of broken bones, close to death, when he wondered: am I living my life the way I want to live it? Shane, the 112th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, had slammed into a mountain after his paraglider [...]
David D'Roza, the 111th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, has a big, beautiful, crazy dream. David’s dream is to jump on his motorbike and ride around the world. Actually, ‘dream’ is the wrong word. This needs to be called a ‘plan’, because David’s vision is clear and precise. David [...]
Dannie Lyman, the 110th person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is a mechanic-turned-entrepreneur with big dreams. Dannie opened his business, GDL Automotive Services, a decade ago. Last year, he expanded to a second location. In the next 10 years, he plans to add another 20 sites. In one sense, Dannie [...]
David Lindsay, the 109th person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, always carries his mouthguard with him. That’s because David, who’s a former boxer and cage fighter, never knows when someone will invite him to take part in a sparring session. David is the sort of person who believes in being [...]
Whenever I’m asked why I’m having lunch with 500 strangers in five years, I always reply that I was inspired by the amazing Kaley Chu and her wonderful book, 100 Lunches With Strangers. So it gives me a thrill when I hear I’ve inspired other people – like Daniel Levin. After hearing about my #500lunches quest, [...]
Aidan Hartley, the 108th person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is a new business owner with a growth mindset and a determination to succeed. Aidan set up his own mortgage broking business, Blue Owl Finance, two months ago after almost a decade in finance. He’s someone who believes in pushing [...]
“Women run the world. Our mission is to make sure that everybody knows it.” Those words are written on the website of Shamila Gopalan’s consulting business, Herwit. Shamila, the 107th person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, launched Herwit last year, as part of her vision to improve the lives of [...]
