Rachel Ng, the 330th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is on her way to building an Australia-wide beauty empire. Rachel launched her beauty group in 2017, when she opened a high-end salon, Wonderlab Beauty. At the time, Rachel had a full-time marketing job, so her sister, who had 20 [...]
Jo Martin, the 329th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is someone who prides herself on stepping out of her comfort zone and living a rich, varied life. Jo owns an aged care and disability care business, Senior Helpers Sydney Northern Suburbs and Northern Beaches, and lives in the Northern [...]
Most people think about winding down when they approach 60 years old, but Rauhena Chase, the 328th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, decided to start a new chapter in her life and take her career to the next level. When Rauhena was 58, she did an MBA, which exposed [...]
What were you doing this time last year? Ranald Hall, the 327th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, had just bought a house in his native Edinburgh, and was planning to live in Scotland for the rest of his life. But then a plot twist occurred. Unexpectedly, Ranny was offered [...]
Megan North, the 326th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, has a beautiful dream. She’s going to give keynote speeches about mental health to audiences throughout the world. The best thing about Megan’s dream is that she’s actively working to make it a reality, by doing speaking training and crewing [...]
Shelly McElroy, the 325th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is definitely one of those people you’d describe as infectious. She’s full of energy, she’s a great conversationalist and she’s got many interesting insights to share. Shelly owns a leadership and training consultancy, Dream Culture, where she puts these traits [...]
Igor Borodin, the 323rd person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, was shocked when the war broke out in his homeland, Ukraine, last year. Like many others, he never thought it could happen. With his city being bombed, his country in turmoil and his family in danger, Igor made the difficult [...]
Bill Campos, the 321st person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, has developed some fascinating insights about human behaviour during his decades working as a clinical psychologist and in the field of mental health. Generally, he discovered, humans are good people who do the best they can. It doesn’t always seem [...]
Steve Ayris, the 320th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, has property and finance running through his veins. Steve is the West Australian state manager for Specialist Finance Group (SFG), one of the country’s leading mortgage broking aggregation groups. His role takes in everything from liaising with lenders and recruiting [...]
When Bianca Schwartpaul, the 319th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, travelled from her native Germany to Australia for a working holiday, her parents had just one instruction: don't meet a man. A month after arriving, Bianca met a man. That was a decade ago. They're still together and Bianca [...]
