Cold and spicy

By |2024-03-07T10:40:22+11:00March 6th, 2024|Categories: Lunches|

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 [...]

Opening up

By |2024-03-02T11:02:08+11:00March 1st, 2024|Categories: Lunches|

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 [...]

Price and value

By |2024-02-27T10:20:26+11:00February 23rd, 2024|Categories: Lunches|

“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 [...]

Writer, mother, teacher

By |2024-02-22T07:30:33+11:00February 21st, 2024|Categories: Lunches|

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 [...]

Listening, not judging

By |2024-02-10T11:00:02+11:00February 9th, 2024|Categories: Lunches|

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 [...]

Master of achievement

By |2024-02-01T12:27:06+11:00January 31st, 2024|Categories: Lunches|

‘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 [...]

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