Where I've Called Home Archives

vibrant autobiography.

Stories about homes, housing struggles or wins.

This one time I helped a friend to take the next step

paul had an exceptional friend who he helped to explore a career in teaching in the mid 1990s

This one time when I tried to build an environmentally friendly home

paul had to deal with some numpties on the way to building an enviro-house in 2005

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 got hooked on architecture and building design

paul believes we must focus on the 'essential use' value of housing as the foundation for lives well lived

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 crashed my first car

paul reassessed his priorities after surviving a serious crash in 1995

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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

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

Unknown

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)

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

Jon Gordon

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

Diane Grant

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

Paraphrase of Rick Riordan

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

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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.