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vibrant autobiography.

What my community has taught me.

This one time when I was six I went out in the cold dead of night

paul woke up and couldn't find his Mum, so he went searching

This one time when I supported a dedicated team to implement The Sanctuary Model

paul sought to nurture a socially, physically, and psychological safe work environment from 2011-2016

This one time I had a liked-minded mate and then he died

paul was reminded by Jeremy Ball to not seek to be the best in the world, rather to seek to be the best for the world

This one time when I was seven I fled school to see my Mum

paul can recall being a highly sensitive person from a very young age

This one time when I was made redundant and I dug deep

paul was made redundant after 15 years of dedicated service in 2016

This one time when I supported refugees in Launceston to share their stories

paul worked with others to listen to, and amplify, the voices of Afghani refugees in Launceston in 2002.

This one time when I campaigned to free refugees

paul helped a local refugee family that was wrongly incarcerated in 2002.

This one time when my neighbour taught me a lesson

paul learned to listen with head and heart in the summer of 1990

That one time when I was bullied relentlessly

paul's experience of bullying in the late 1980's influenced his life path

This one time when I led Communities for Children

paul led Communities for Children in Northern Tasmania from 2010-2016.

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Fair isn’t everybody getting the same thing. Fair is everybody getting what they need in order to succeed.

Paraphrase of Rick Riordan

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Joseph Joubert

A mind stretched by new experiences can never go back to its old dimensions.

Unknown

An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind.

Gandhi

It’s better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.

Diane Grant

Give people light and they will find a way.

Ella Baker (Civil Rights Activist)

Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.

Simon Sinek

Being positive doesn’t just make you better; it makes everyone around you better.

Jon Gordon

Well looked after people look after people well. Hurt people can hurt people.

Unknown

Resilience is about how you recharge, not about how you endure.

Shawn Anchor (The Happiness Advantage)

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paul mallett pays his respects to the litarimirina people of the Port Dalrymple tribe, the traditional custodians of the land upon which he lives and works. paul pays his respects to palawa elders, past and present, for they hold the memories, traditions, culture and hope of First Nations people in lutruwita/Tasmania. Sovereignty was never ceded.

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