Tag: featured
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How I conquered my money anxiety to learn the great secret of financial freedom
Money may not be able to buy you happiness, but its absence can certainly cause you stress. The big challenge is to find a way of spending less than you earn, and knowing when enough is enough
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I’m loving the lazy, hazy holiday that my daughter worked so hard to earn
Holidays are meant to be savoured and enjoyed, and for this mom and her high-achieving daughter, they’re also a time to bond and take it easy before the hard work of the new school term starts all over again
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Taking Stock
OK. What’s going on here? Why am I feeling this way? Let me take stock of things, in a cool and level-headed way.
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Being a father means being given permission to be a child all over again
Here’s a reflection on the children changes our lives, by allowing us to see ourselves in them.
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How my granny’s secret “mad money” fund empowered the women in our family
It’s money you hope you’ll never need, and never have to spend. But if things go wrong in a relationship, it could be the key to survival in the toughest of times. And today, it’s the inspiration for whole new approach to saving for the later years.
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The big move that made me learn to love my imperfect self
What do you see when you look in the mirror, above and beyond the image of who you are? Sometimes, what you see can be a revelation, especially if you’re in the middle of a move that is changing the way you live your life
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Supporting the Proteas is like losing your job. You learn to live in hope!
Hunting for a job in the current economic climate can make you feel like a Protea wilting at the World Cup, but you can still win if you’ve got the right attitude and the best possible pitch
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Shhh! Why I’ve gone all the way back to doing the job that I love
There’s a lot more to being a librarian than checking out books and hushing noisy readers. In the digital age, librarians are a human form of Internet, custodians of knowledge and trailblazers of a better, smarter way of learning “What do you do?” It’s the go-to question when you meet someone at a party. As…
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How a hike up Table Mountain taught me the great secret of entrepreneurship
Getting ahead in business, especially when you’re a start-up entrepreneur, is a matter of networking as much as hard working. But sometimes the best way to make it to the top, is to put one foot ahead of the other on an invigorating hike up a mountain I’ll never forget the first time I hiked…
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Why I had to travel all the way to home and back to find out where I really belong
Sometimes, the place you thought was home, turns out to be the place where you no longer fit in, and your real home turns out to be a place where strangers welcome you to a shared journey of friendship, understanding, and human connection After 17 months of living and working in Dubai, it was finally…