Strangers and self-improvement

By |2023-12-07T06:51:54+11:00December 6th, 2023|Categories: Lunches|

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 [...]

Preacher, teacher, student

By |2023-12-06T07:32:16+11:00December 5th, 2023|Categories: Lunches|

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 [...]

Planning for tomorrow

By |2023-12-04T12:04:07+11:00December 1st, 2023|Categories: Lunches|

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 [...]

Big questions

By |2023-11-30T11:55:54+11:00November 29th, 2023|Categories: Lunches|

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 [...]

On brand

By |2023-11-29T10:15:09+11:00November 27th, 2023|Categories: Lunches|

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 [...]

How to do better marketing

By |2023-11-23T09:10:32+11:00November 22nd, 2023|Categories: Lunches|

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. [...]

The power of stories

By |2023-11-16T09:58:54+11:00November 15th, 2023|Categories: Lunches|

Monica Rosenfeld, the 346th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is building an incredible movement that I'm convinced will go global. Last year, Monica launched an event series called Stories that Stir, where six people are each given 10 minutes to share their stories. These stories are not only fascinating, [...]

From Hobart to the Gold Coast

By |2023-11-06T11:42:08+11:00November 4th, 2023|Categories: Lunches|

When Chrissy Trueman, the 345th person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, was growing up in Hobart, she made the news for a strange reason. The family’s pet wombat had been loaned to a breeding program, run away, wandered off to the nearby casino, somehow made its way across the River [...]

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