Family & Friends Archives - Page 2 of 3

vibrant autobiography.

Stories about loved ones, chosen family, friendships that influenced my values or direction.

This one time when I avoided a pub brawl by running like Forrest Gump

paul was enjoying one of the best nights out, until it wasn't

This one time when I allegedly stole my own bike

paul's passionate about cycling, but he hasn't had a lot of luck

This one time when I took my first trip on a plane

paul's first interstate experience did not occur until he was 16

This one time when I stopped to remember my peers who had passed

paul recognises the impact of his peers on his own approach to leadership

This one time when I got my first computer

paul's access to a home computer at age 10 was a privilege

This one time I cheated to get on a kids TV game show

paul represented his school on the Tasmanian production of Quiz Quest

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 I made the team but I didn’t get to play

paul completed pre-season training with Launceston Cricket Club in 1986, but missed the summer competition

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

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

Joseph Joubert

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

Simon Sinek

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

Unknown

Give people light and they will find a way.

Ella Baker (Civil Rights Activist)

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

Unknown

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

Paraphrase of Rick Riordan

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

Jon Gordon

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

Gandhi

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

Shawn Anchor (The Happiness Advantage)

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

Diane Grant

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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.