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 [...]
Jodie Wainwright, the 318th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, wants the world to be a better place, so she works for an organisation where she can effect change, even if it’s just one person at a time. Jodie started out in traditional corporate roles, but always felt like something [...]
Dr Linah Joudeh, the 316th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, has been defined by the power of problems. Linah has had some big problems to overcome during her life, but has always chosen to grow up rather than give up. While Linah was in her early twenties, and living [...]
Latha Karthigaa, the 315th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is proof of how much we can achieve if we choose to view setbacks as feedback rather than failure. Today, Latha is the owner of a successful digital marketing agency, Brandupwise, which employs 15 staff in three countries and has [...]
When Jackson Aces, the 314th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, was in Year 7, his life changed forever. During a geography lesson, a student surprised the class by showing them a cool card trick. Jackson was so impressed that all he could think about was learning an even better [...]
Tony Warner, the 313th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is so proud of the work his organisation does that he glows with pride when he speaks. Tony is the CEO of The Humour Foundation, an organisation that provides much-needed joy and distraction for children in hospitals and people living [...]
Wendy Lloyd Curley, the 312th person I've met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, became so good at networking that she decided to do it professionally. Back in 2005, after building a successful career in the telecommunications industry, Wendy happily accepted a redundancy, knowing that she wanted a change but having no idea [...]
