After the Leap: When the Adventure Feels Finished
Feeling like the adventure’s over? Explore how expats and career-shifters can design meaningful next chapters with Stanford’s Odyssey Plan and insights on identity, purpose, and stillness.
- Sales | Career | Management | Motivation | Technology
Be More Ronaldinho. Be Less Carlton Palmer. Sales Is a Beautiful Game, Too.
In today’s world of AI-driven sales coaching, are we nurturing creativity or stifling it? Inspired by the mercurial brilliance of Ronaldinho versus the rigid reliability of Carlton Palmer, this post explores how coaching sales teams should focus on building instinct, adaptability, and human connection — not just compliance.
- Career | Management | Sales | Technology
🧭 You Are More Than Your Job Title
The first thing to go in a job search isn’t your skills. It’s your certainty. Here’s what I learned from a few months of unexpected reflection, rejection, and re-alignment. 🧠 Introduction A few months ago, I found myself unexpectedly job hunting.I took some time to visit family in South Africa — and while it gave…
Beginner’s Mind in a World of Experts: Lessons from Marc Benioff (and My Five-Year-Old)
When you’ve been in the game long enough—whether in tech, business, or life—you earn the right to call yourself experienced. But what if the real power lies not in what you already know, but in how willing you are to see the world as if you don’t? Marc Benioff, the founder of Salesforce, calls this…
- Business | Management | Motivation | Travel
Why I Write (and Why I Don’t Need Anyone’s Permission)
There’s a quiet power in sitting down to write, even when the destination is unclear. I don’t write because I have all the answers — I write because I don’t.More often than not, it’s the act of writing that helps me figure out what I really think, as the words begin to take shape on…
The Choice by Edith Eger: Resilience Forged in the Fire
There’s a quote in The Choice that lingers long after the page turns: “We can’t change what happened—but we can choose to find the gift in our lives.” It’s the kind of truth that hits differently depending on where you are in life. When I picked up Edith Eger’s memoir, I wasn’t just looking for…
45 Lessons Life Taught Me – Regina Brett
“To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me..” Over a decade ago, I came across this list, and it instantly struck a chord. Written by Regina Brett, a columnist from Cleveland, Ohio, she originally published these “45 Life Lessons” after turning 50 — reflections on love, loss, joy, parenting, faith,…
AI in Consulting: Asking the Right Questions Before Deploying Agentforce
Experiencing the Salesforce Agentforce World Tour firsthand this week in Sydney was inspiring. Seeing cutting-edge AI in action and how Salesforce is shaping the future of customer engagement reinforced what I already knew—AI is a game-changer. Having been directly involved in the pilot program, I’ve witnessed Agentforce evolve, unlocking new possibilities for businesses. Now, as…
- Motivation | Business | Career | Education | Technology
There Must Be a Better Way: Moving Beyond Labels in a Data-Rich World
Most of what I write on pauldobinson.com is grounded in the safe terrain of technology, sport, and business. But sometimes, something personal lingers long enough to demand reflection. This post is one of those. It’s different. And I hesitated to write it. Because it’s about fairness. About identity. About systems built with good intent, which—over…
- Business | Career | Motivation | Sales | Technology
The World Happiness Report 2025: Building a Connected Team (And Why It Matters to Your Bottom Line) 🚀
From Team Lunches to Trust: Simple Ways to Boost Wellbeing & Drive Growth in 2025 📈 As an expat living in Australia with a background in the tech and Salesforce ecosystem—and a keen interest in sports psychology and team dynamics—the World Happiness Report 2025 immediately resonated with me. It offers a data-driven perspective on how…
