As I was chatting with Wayne Dickerson, the 251st person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, there was a moment when his face really lit up. Wayne, who is a mortgage broker, told me how much satisfaction he gets from educating first home buyers and helping them achieve their goal of [...]
Sophie Luttrell, the 250th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is passionate about social issues and making an impact on society. Sophie works for the Mental Health Commission of NSW as a senior policy advisor and acting manager for advocacy and reform. She's also studying for her masters in public [...]
I knew Kitt Morjanova, the 249th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, was going to be unlike anyone else from the way she responded to my invitation. "I love it! What a brilliant adventure. Yes. With two requests," she said. Complete a set of leadership profile questions before our meeting [...]
Paul McFarlane learned many valuable lessons about people during his 21 years as a chaplain for NSW Ambulance, 11 of them as senior chaplain. Paul, the 248th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, spoke with thousands of paramedics and members of the public during that time, many of whom had [...]
Jo Natoli, the 247th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, has built an incredible career in property management through a stroke of luck, a leap of faith and a lot of hard work. When Jo was just 17 and unsure of what she wanted to do with her life, she [...]
The key to being a successful leader is to prioritise relationships over results, according to Brett White, the 246th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers. That doesn't mean Brett thinks results aren't important – he does. Rather, he thinks the best way to get those results is for leaders to [...]
Rose Herceg, the 245th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, had an important lesson drummed into her during her childhood – to be fearless. Don’t worry about jumping off cliffs, her parents taught her, because you’ll find a parachute on the way down. So Rose grew up to be confident, [...]
Louise Mooney, the 244th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, has a fascinating business. Louise owns the Sutherland Shire franchise for The Alternative Board Australia, an organisation that brings non-competing business owners together in a group setting, to discuss the challenges and opportunities each of them are facing. So every [...]
Joseph Coorey is an accountant who specialises in insolvency. So, ironically, he's learned the most important thing you need to get right if you want to succeed in business – which is knowing your numbers. Joseph, the 243rd person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, said many of the failed companies [...]
Terry Brown, the 242nd person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, has a job that makes people very, very happy. Terry is the co-owner of Tax Assure, a specialist taxation debt advisory business that helps companies, directors and business owners manage tax debt problems with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). Often, [...]
