Tag: life cover
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An expert’s guide to chore chicken
It starts off with the small stuff – ignore that dirty cup in the sink until your partner washes up – but it escalates to billowing laundry baskets, drawers of unopened mail and terribly, terribly dodgy stuff at the back of the fridge.
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Jack Parow: From fish packer to Afrikaans rapper
What do you do when an employee cites “to become an Afrikaans rapper” as the reason for his resignation? You tell him he’s crazy, right?
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It’s a 50-freaking-year commitment, people!
Never mind the stuff life throws at when you choose to tie the knot. What about the stuff you wind up throwing at each other? Yes, you take on a lot when you promise to have and to hold. But as long as you have and hold each other, you can handle whatever marriage has…
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The 5 crucial commitments of all great dads
A father is his son’s first hero and his daughter’s first romance the most important man in their lives. Yet being a great father doesn’t just happen. It’s a conscious choice, writes Craig Wilkinson
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Home is where the heart & soul is
What does it take to turn a house into a home? More than fancy furniture, more than a big garden with a pool, it takes people to make the memories that make you feel at home. Add a piano and a singalong, says Mandy Collins, and you’ve got a perfect recipe for happiness.
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How thinking like Noah helped me set up my new business
Into each working life a little rain must fall. For Rudy Nadler-Nir, the first sign of the flood was a retrenchment from the big company that had been his home. That’s when he set out, like Noah, to build himself a vessel for survival in a tough business world.
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Talk to your children, dammit!
They might have everything money can buy, but some of these “privileged” kids actually are deprived of the things that really matter, writes Mandy Collins
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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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Oh no, my pants are on fire again!
Should we always, honestly, tell the absolute, literal truth to our children? Sometimes, telling a little lie to a little one can be the lesser of two weevils, argues Mom in Progress Kagiso Msimango.
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To have & to hashtag: My #SoMuchAmaze second wedding
Everyone knows that life is a rollercoaster, but sometimes it’s a merry-go-round too. Here’s a tale of a second time round that turned out to be a lot better and happier than the first. By Sarah Britten