Dominique Gill, the 356th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is changing the construction industry. As Dom explains, the industry is male-dominated and, due to the lack of diversity, can sometimes suffer from outdated thinking. By contrast, almost half the 50-plus staff in Dom’s construction company, Urban Core, are women. [...]
In 1983, doctors took blood samples from about 1000 men in the Sydney gay community, with plans to check the samples once it became possible to test for a new virus called HIV/AIDS. The following year, a test became available – and almost 400 men ended up testing positive, including David Polson, the 355th person I've [...]
Lily Vu, the 354th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, wants to build her confidence, expand her network and improve her communication skills. So she's decided to start meeting strangers. I was the first, but I won't be the last. Part of the reason for Lily's bold step is that [...]
Paul Simpson, the 353rd person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is a man who combines firm convictions with a desire to explore different ideas. As a minister at the Pittwater Uniting Church, Paul knows that God exists and the Bible is the word of God. But he’s also studied prominent [...]
If your company has ever struggled to cope with an employee’s departure, you need to talk to Greg Gering. Greg, the 352nd person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is a handover specialist who helps companies document and systemise everything their employees do, so that new staff members can easily take [...]
As I was chatting with Michael Olivieri, the 351st person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, I was reminded of a quote from Tony Robbins. “The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the quality of the questions you are asking yourself,” Tony Robbins once said. When Michael was [...]
Zahrina Robertson, the 350th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is a force of nature with a vibrant personality and incredible creativity. When you meet Zahrina, you immediately recognise that she’s distinct. It’s fitting, then, that Zahrina is a multi-award-winning branding expert who teaches coaches, keynote speakers and entrepreneurs how [...]
Rena Liu, the 349th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is an action-taker, so her younger self was surprised to learn that many people just drift through life. Rena moved from China to Sydney when she was in her early twenties, which forced her to adapt to a new language [...]
Nathan Tripolone, who runs a marketing advisory practice called Realtime Results, has an insight into marketing that takes a lot of people by surprise. Nathan, the 348th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, regularly encounters clients that assume the only way to generate more leads is to spend more money. [...]
When Patrick Farmer AM, the 347th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, was 18 and working as a mechanic, a chance event changed his life forever. A famous ultra-marathon race, from Sydney to Melbourne, was passing by the workshop. Pat's boss called him out from under the car, pointed out [...]
