Richard Fortune

All-round positive soul

Here is my life in the form of story tiles plotted along a timeline, which you can consume in chronological order or in small filtered collections depending on what themes you are drawn to!

Getting Started

Welcome to the timeline of my life. Here you will find life events, experiences and achievements that I felt were worth sharing with you all
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The young peace keeper

The final installment to our family of five, I usurped my brother Tony from his position as the youngest child, a position he'd held for 8 years before I came along
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A long shot

My parents took a leap of faith and enrolled me in a new kind of school for my region
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Ecole Navale Brest

Studying and working in France taught me resilience and reinforced my love of deeply experiencing other cultures
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MSN Ireland - the small fish grows

Growing up in a mega corporation isn't as terrible as you might imagine.
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Hiking in Venezuela

Beyond beauty, to the nature of man
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Discovering a hero

I found mine in a bookshop!
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Joining MSN UK News team

Restless head syndrome - Moving to one of the worlds major capital cities
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Bucket list by 30

London to Beijing by train
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Hiking in Mongolia

Getting to know my limits!
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Whakamihi - gratitude project

30 days of documenting thanks
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Joining Xero

A David versus Goliath adventure in the small business Saas world
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Starting Makers Org NZ

Sometimes solving a problem for yourself means solving it for others first
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Oxfam 100km Trailwalk

Walking 100km in 24hours
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MakerCrate

Building an MVP for the real world
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Kittens and a home!

The worlds most expensive kittens!
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Makertorium

If you build it, they will come..seriously!
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Olympic Class Quality Engineers

Turning the boat around
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Next Level

Objective approach to leveling up a team
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Xero Social

Growing a culture of doers
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A million words over 1000km

Tying passions together
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Getting married

My yankee wife with an Irish name!
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Not all of life's experiences are good

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Where to next?

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I hope that you enjoyed the above experience; I really enjoyed putting it together for you.