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vibrant autobiography.

School days, teachers who shaped you, lifelong learning moments.

This one time when I realised I struggled with spelling

paul navigated his difficulty reading and spelling by learning to learn

This one time when I was booted from Scripture

paul's love for books began in the Primary School library after being permanently excused from Scripture

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 studied for my PhD and failed to submit, but found my life’s work

paul studied but did not complete his PhD at Flinders University 1998-2001

This one time when I studied to be a Teacher and then never taught

paul earned a Bachelor of Education (Hons) from the University of Tasmania 1993-1996

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

Unknown

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

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

Shawn Anchor (The Happiness Advantage)

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

Gandhi

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

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

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.

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