Category: Landing that Job
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Why it might be time for a digital detox
Being tech-savvy might not be so “savvy” after all. We’re disconnecting from our loved ones and losing the ability to communicate “organically”. Our brains are rarely switching off, spending more time on devices than they do sleeping. Enter the digital detox – a new way of recharging batteries and connecting with the world around you.
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The power of positively thinking
In our fast-paced, hurry-up-the-ladder, get-out-of-my-way world, we rarely take the time to stop and think about where we’re going and how we ought to get there. A little reflection can be your secret weapon in business and in life, says Alec Hogg.
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‘You are magnificent, you are fierce, you are breathtaking’
As a doula, Lee Jansen gives support, help and advice to women during pregnancy and during and after birth. Some might say her job is not for the faint-hearted, but she sees it as the ultimate privilege.
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Why you should be jolly terrified of the office party
Some useful insight and advice from a brave survivor of the scariest of all corporate traditions. By Sam Wilson
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Let’s be Frank
For an actor, changing who you are and what you do is an everyday way of life. For Frank Opperman, whether he’s playing an affable mechanic, an ambitious businessman, or a weather-beaten dominee, it’s also a way of discovering himself.
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Our #LoveChange competition: The winning entry
As if selecting the finalists in our #LoveChange competition wasn’t hard enough, choosing a winner was even harder! The standard of the entries we received was so high, that we had to call in the opinions of a few external media and writing gurus for their input – which clearly pointed to one winner, Scott…
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Six tips to make a successful career change
It’s easy to get sidetracked and lose perspective when you’re planning to change careers.
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How I wrote and self-published my first book
I had no intention of being an author. I was supposed to be Marketing Manager, I was working towards it. A challenge can give you a NEW name; you think I’m crazy, right? It’s quite amazing how life can throw you off one good path, so you can go onto an even better one. You…
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Writing what you don’t know
They speak of “bottoming out” when you’re in addiction recovery; that point at which you have absolutely nothing left to lose and no options left. I haven’t ever stepped my way out of a relationship with substances, but I have made a few precarious life-leaps. My twelve parcours. A parcours is described as a route…
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The doula as witness
I love that I learn from every single birth I have the privilege to attend. Each family and each birth requires different things from me – different words, different actions, different energies. At times I stand by as a quiet presence, at other times I am in constant contact. Some moms prefer silence, while others…