Jordan Knight, the 376th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, has a cool business with a cool name. Spicy Pineapple Marketing specialises in using LinkedIn outreach to help businesses attract clients and referrers. Jordan's clients lack either the time or the nerve to contact strangers on LinkedIn. So Spicy Pineapple [...]
Matthew Kline, the 375th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, believes in seizing opportunities when they appear – which is how he unexpectedly became the owner of an aviation business. In 2012, Matthew and a flying buddy, Mark, were looking to buy a small plane they could fly on the [...]
Humans live double lives: the life we're actually living and the life we want others to think we're living. The greater the gap between those two lives, the harder it is for us to reconcile. Kathryn Key, the 374th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, decided a few years ago [...]
“How much is my work worth?” This is a question we all ask ourselves, whether we’re an employee wondering what salary to demand or an entrepreneur wondering what price to charge. For Anna Lamb, the 373rd person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, this question is even more important, because it’s [...]
Max Garcia, the 372nd person I've met in my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, rose to the highest enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps during his 24-year military career. Max ran a battalion of 1200 marines, which meant he not only had to manage down with the marines under his command but [...]
Children's author Susanne Gervay, the 371st person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, feels deep empathy with the experiences and challenges faced by our youth. Being a tween or teen can be hard, Susanne says. The typical child expends much energy trying to establish their identity and figure out their place [...]
Jen Webster, the 370th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, says she’s become less judgemental since starting work as a drug and alcohol counsellor with Odyssey House last year. The vast majority of her clients have mental health challenges, she says, and many have experienced horrific traumas at some point [...]
Brad Younger, the 369th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is in the process of establishing Australia's first space launch company. Brad has taken a small step towards his big goal – last year, he launched a small rocket 4,000 feet into the air, as part of a certification flight [...]
Jane Caro, the 368th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, has a message for all the women and another one for all the men. Women don’t need to be thinner or prettier to be good enough, she says. They just need to believe they’re good enough. Men don’t need to [...]
‘Care less and do more’ would be a good way to sum up the philosophy of Stephanie Nguyen, the 367th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers. Steph has accomplished an enormous amount in her 28 years, including co-founding a student association, being named in the Top 100 Women in Construction [...]
