CURRENT MISSION

My current mission is to spend 3 months of every year traveling, and enjoy every minute of the remaining 9 months doing exactly what I love whether that be work, study or fun.

ABOUT ME

I have traveled the world extensively, directed a number of business concerns have a weakness for animals, birds and the natural environment and love meeting and learning from people from all walks of life.

I have many stories and experiences to share both from a travel and personal perspective. I love interacting with people and have a relaxed and welcoming communication style which puts people at ease and quickly builds rapport.

My main interest from a work perspective is to help individuals and organisations understand complex project information transferring knowledge simply to ensure clarity when planning resulting in new levels of individual insight and smarter system design.

In addition to my work interests I love to regularly immerse myself in world travel, cooking and dinner party hosting, appreciating good wine, photography, short story writing, community engagement and community gardening.

My current work interests lie in general and environmental project management, training and facilitation, learning and development, change management and system design. I am self-employed.
See: http://www.projectadvantage.com.au/

PHILOSOPHY

Life

To live in the now, enjoy the experience and be thankful that I wake up each morning.

Work Success

Find something that you like, focus on that, work very hard at it and believe in yourself.

NEVER EVER EVER go to work doing something that you don't like.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Currently, offering my house and community to surfers of the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted quite a number of couch surfers and have enjoyed the hospitality of hosts in Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Turkey, Greece and Australia.
I have recently completed a 6-month trip traveling in Asia, Europe, and North and South America visiting some of my couch surfing contacts.

Interests

My main interests lay in adventure travel experiences, people and indigenous cultures of the world, social responsibility, the natural environment and sustaiability, vegetable gardening, photograghy, singing and dance, working with underpriveliged families and children and The StKilda Football Club

• animals
• pets
• dogs
• birds
• writing
• singing
• design
• photography
• dancing
• environment
• cooking
• chocolate
• wine
• partying
• clubbing
• gardening
• traveling
• soccer
• business
• teaching
• medicine
• adventure travel

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies

The Way, Cinema Paradiso, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Capote, Serpico, Baraka, Snatch, The Killing Fields, Jonathon Livingston Seagull, Scarface, Little Big Man, Cool Hand Luke.

Music interests

Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, JJ Cale, U2, The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, UB40, Ry Cooder, Miles Davis, John Prine, Bob Marley, Leonard Cohen, Diana Krall, Supertramp, Jose Feliciano, The Pogues, Sam Cooke, Eva Cassidy, Leon Redbone, Willy Nelson, Jonny Cash. Jim Croce, Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks, Kitaro, Tchaikovsky.

Books

The Green Collar Economy - Van Jones, Confessions of an Economic Hitman - John Perkins, The Pilgrimage - Paulo Coelho, Open Heart Clear Mind - Thubten Chodron, Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert T Kiyosaki, How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie, A Fortunate Life - AB Facey, Shape Shifting - John Perkins, Dirt Music & Cloudstreet - Tim Winton, Tao Te Ching - Loa Tzu, I Ching The Shamanic Oracle of Change - Martin Palmer / Jay Ramsay, The World as you Dream It - John Perkins, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M Pirsig, Animal Dreaming - Scott Alexander King, Health Through Balance -Dr Yreshi Donden - The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying - Sogyal Rinpoche, The Path to Enlightenment in Tibetan Buddhism - Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden, The E Myth - Michael E Gerber, Any Lonely Planet Guidebook.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Participated in an 8-hour cleansing/healing ceremony with an Achuar shaman deep in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador using "Ayahuasca" a powerful "Teacher Plant Medicine". The journey was life altering. Returning to repeat the experience this year (2014)

Completed the Santiago de Compostella or "The Camino". A fabulous 800-kilometre pilgrimage across northern Spain. 6 weeks, no blisters, lots of new friends and WOW what a beautiful experience.

Teach, Learn, Share

The four levels of impermanence.

1. All meeting leads to parting

2. All rising leads to falling

3. All accumulation leads to dispersal

4. All birth leads to death

Understanding and reflecting on this message particularly when experiencing difficult times of change builds courage and restores life balance. Regularly reflecting on this message reminds us to live in the moment and enjoy a heightened enthusiasm and appreciation for life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Israel, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States

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