Month: September 2019

In the book, Fair Dinkum Business, the learnings are encapsulated using traditional Aussie sayings or slang.   I’ve really only scratched the surface when it comes to some classic sayings that I heard growing up and that you might hear as well if you visit Australia.

Some of my other favorites, that I didn’t use in the book are:

• A stubbie short of a six pack
• Bob’s your uncle
• Shoot through like a Bondi Tram
• Carrying on like a pork chop
• Don’t make a mountain out of a mole hill
• Hold ya horses
• Keep on talking even if you’ve gotta make it up 
• Never let the truth get in the way of a good story (similar to the one above)
• Lower than a snake’s belly
• Mad as a cut snake
• Right as rain
• Stick that in your pipe and smoke it
• You wouldn’t be dead for quids

If you’d like to find out the meaning of any of the above, or learn many more sayings, check out this online.

If you have other favorite sayings, post a comment.

Introduction

 

I’ve been fortunate to be able to work in a wide variety of roles, disciplines, organizations and locations.  These include coding customs and border control systems for the Australian Government as a public servant, consulting and selling computing systems, managing large teams of technical professionals, product marketing, corporate marketing, business unit management, company officer and senior executive in multiple industry-leading companies, CEO and board director of a public company and senior executive of multiple startup companies.  During this time, I lived and worked in ten different cities in seven states on two continents.

Through the book and this blog I will share some of the lessons, learnings and experiences I’ve had and hope that these either resonate with you or in some way, help you in the various aspects of your own career.  

Please contribute to the conversation by leaving a comment or by engaging on Twitter at @FairDinkumBiz or by sending me an email with your thoughts.

Thank you