Running a School: What I learned about business from travelling the world, Part 8: Heading South

by Simon Moran | Mar 25, 2020 | Business, English Schools

  Leaving Cairns we headed a little further north and stayed at Port Douglas, then turned around and headed back down south, stopping off at beaches and flying kites, before arriving back in Sydney, and my old job at the CB Hotel. So much for the Never Again...

Running a School: What I learned about business from travelling the world, Part 7: Cairns

by Simon Moran | Mar 16, 2020 | Business

We put thoughts of anarchy and fears of violent intrusion behind us, got back on the bus and headed further up north. Stopping off at Bundaberg, the Whitsundays, Magnetic Island, and a series of islands, landmarks and beautiful spots where Captain Cook and his crew...

Running a School: What I learned about business from travelling the world, Part 6: Brisbane

by Simon Moran | Mar 9, 2020 | Business

The warmest summer I ever spent was a winter in West End, Brisbane. Or so I wrote, paraphrasing Mark Twain for pretentious literary effect, on postcards back home. At the beginning of July 1993, as the days drew short, the sun didn’t rise so far and fires had begun to...

Running a School: What I learned about business from travelling the world, Part 5: Sydney

by Simon Moran | Mar 2, 2020 | Business

November 1992 saw me arrive in Sydney. I’d crossed the equator for the first time. Once again I pounded the pavements. The results were much the same as in New York. I had no experience working in restaurants or cafés, and because I wasn’t an attractive, young female,...

Running a School: What I learned about business from travelling the world, Part 4: Thailand

by Simon Moran | Feb 24, 2020 | Business

After the non-appearance of the A and R man at the Dog and Parrot and the decision not to swap one air-conditioned office for another, I saved as much money as I could from my temporary job as a data input clerk, a position also known at the time as a Man or Woman...