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INSIGHT “When life forces you to climb multiple mountains at once, the smartest move is not to push harder—it’s to calibrate your effort. G.R.I.T. isn’t about grinding harder; it’s about disciplined timing and purposeful action.” HOMECOMING 4:30 am, Tuesday, 25 July 2023. My flight has just touched down back home after a trip to the...

About This Event LAUNCHING A FILM DEDICATED TO SUICIDE PREVENTION WITH NEW LIFELINE AMBASSADOR, DARYL ELLIOTT GREEN In May 2000, the nation was shocked when three Queensland police officers were ambushed, shot and left for dead while investigating a routine neighbourhood dispute. Despite shattering their lives, amazingly they all survived. Today, one of the officers...

At last weekend’s National Speakers Association, Orlando, Florida ‘Influence 2023′ conference I had the privilege to meet and befriend Charles Heasley.[/boxed] We bonded over serving our communities in our police careers and how we are now using our unique experiences to address audiences from all walks of life. Charles draws on his years of police...

In 2008, after 5 years of part–time study and full–time work, I completed the most challenging intellectual feet of my life – a master’s degree in finance. At the same time, I was undergoing a second attempt to reconstruct my mouth shattered by a bullet on May 1, 2000. This 3D animation shows the damage....

How does a Professional Speaker maintain and build knowledge and skills? Through regular exercise! Just like building muscle through consistent workouts – consistent cerebral exercise is our method! Through my TWICE SHOT speaking engagements, I address these important topics: Resilience | Courageous Conversations | Leadership | Brave Decisions | PTSD and Mental Health I consistently...

I delivered a keynote on Thursday 16 March for the Information Technology Service Management Forum (itSMF) Australia Annual National Conference 2023. Once again accompanied by my father Alan, I imparted learnings from my main TWICE SHOT topics of: Resilience | Courageous Conversations | Leadership | Brave Decisions | PTSD and Mental Health And the feedback...

In part 2 of my interview with former NSW detective and decorated homicide investigator, Gary Jubelin, now host of the ‘I Catch Killers’ podcast, I share the aftermath of the fateful night which would change the course of my life forever. I graphically delve into my actions after being shot: Exiting the police vehicle with...

Recently I sat down with one of Australia’s most respected and decorated homicide investigators, former New South Wales detective Gary Jubelin. The host of the popular ‘I Catch Killers’ podcast. In this studio recorded podcast episode, I share how the events of the most fateful night of my 30-year police career—ambushed and shot at close...

Shot in the face and shoulder – less than a metre from the gunman My life’s trajectory changed in an instant; a long journey of immense suffering, excruciating pain, and emotional turmoil unfolded. In time, asking for help, receiving support from many quarters—none greater than my parents Alan and Eileen—and doing the hard work spanning...

The USA’s Law Enforcement Today Radio Show hosted by John “Jay” Wiley, is syndicated across 95 radio stations, broadcasting to 29 million plus Americans, and is dedicated to discussing personal accounts of crime and trauma from those who have been there! In this episode I take the audience through the events of my own fateful...

I delivered the opening keynote on 28 February 2023 for the NSW Ambulance Officer in Charge Conference for the Western Sector, which covers 58% of the state. Accompanied by my father Alan, I shared many leadership lessons imparted by the amazing supportive leader, the late Inspector Dave Stevenson. I shared one of the most memorable...

The big day arrives It’s Sunday 8 October 2017. I’m pretty pumped. I’m about to speak at the Australian Psychological Society’s public event Why I Believe in Change. We arrive at the venue early at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square. Dad is carrying my IT equipment. I’ve agreed to use APS’s laptop but I take...

A Spring In Our Step To recap, at the end of the last blog, Dad and I were making plans for our trip to Melbourne so I could speak at a talk hosted by the Australian Psychology Society. I’d been put forward by Neil Baird-Watson from ICMI Speaker Bureau… The positive news in Neil’s email,...

Frustration and a Golden Opportunity I spend one night in hospital after surgery. The challenge ahead is to not injure my knee while it’s healing. The poor blood supply to the inner part of the meniscus makes it difficult for it to knit to the bone. I face 6 weeks on crutches bearing no weight...

Best Laid Plans It’s early 2017 and I’m looking forward to a three week holiday in October with my great mate, Holger Gödecke, from Germany. We’re planning to go swimming with the whale sharks off Olongapo in the Philippines. I can’t wait to tick this off my bucket list. As the saying goes though, the...

Alan and Eileen Green, retired, holidaying in Thailand before the shooting rocked their world It touches not just the individual, but their world, friends, colleagues and those closest to them. No one knows this better than my 85 year old father Alan and my late mother Eileen. I’m talking about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)....

It is well documented that mortally wounded men lying on the battlefield, don’t cry out for their girlfriend, wife, partner or fellow soldiers, but in their last dying breaths, more often than not call out for… their mother. I think I know why they do this, because I felt a twinge of this last Friday....