About half of Australians will experience workplace bullying at least once in their career, according to Jessica Hickman, the 83rd person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers. Jess was one of them. For three-and-a-half years, Jess was bullied by an insecure boss who resented her skill, emotional intelligence, confidence and success. [...]
Adam Kramer, the 82nd person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, made it there. New York, that is. Adam grew up in Johannesburg, moved to New York two decades ago, met a girl from Australia … and relocated to Melbourne in March. Adam’s first job in New York was as a [...]
Ben Price, the 81st person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, sure gives you value for money. Because when you meet Ben, you don’t only meet Ben. You also meet Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dr Phil, Scott Morrison, Tony Abbott, Robert DeNiro, Tom Cruise, Christopher Walken and a host [...]
Where does personal responsibility end and community responsibility begin? I had a fascinating discussion about this tricky issue with Scott Langford, the 80th person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers. Scott is the group CEO of SGCH, a community housing provider that houses about 11,000 people in over 6,300 properties throughout [...]
Rajesh Kumar is a man of so many talents, it’s hard to know where to begin. Raj, the 79th person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, holds a photography world record, after taking 1,010 individual portraits in eight hours. This was a PR stunt Raj did in a past life, when [...]
When one door closed for Kate Hore-Lacy, another one opened. Kate, the 78th person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, auditioned for Australia’s prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Arts, soon after finishing school, but fell just short. Her dream of being a musical performer seemed to be over, so she threw [...]
Vanessa Menezes is really popular with her clients – and not just because she’s a very nice person. Vanessa’s job is to help small businesses get government grants. Who wouldn’t like Vanessa? Vanessa, the 77th person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, started her business, The Money Lifeline, in 2016, after [...]
As I was chatting to Adem Manderovic, I realised that if you have an indomitable spirit and a creative mind, you can achieve great things in life. Adem, the 76th person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, suffered a devastating accident in 2006 when he broke almost every bone in his [...]
Murray Hughes, the 75th person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, has abs to die for. Murray had always wanted to have a perfect six-pack. So he tried five different times, using five different methods … and found five different ways to fail. Frustrated, he spent a year reading about the [...]
Monika Lemajic, the 74th person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, has some serious credentials. Last year, Monika was listed at 13th in the Top 100 Women in Shipping for 2019 ranking – the only Australian to make the list. Earlier this year, Monika finished in the top five in the [...]
