Tag: career
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You don’t just need passion for happiness
“Happiness comes from the intersection of what you love, what you’re good at, and what the world needs. We’ve been told time and again to keep finding the first. Our schools helped developed the second. It’s time we put more thought on the third.”
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Zakhele Mbhele, fresh new face of parliament
He’s young, ambitious, energetic, and ready to ring in the changes. Meet the new man about the House.
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13 Life-changing skills every adult should acquire
Well, here’s a listicle that caught our fancy, in part because it comes from a book by Scott Adams, creator of everyone’s favourite corporate philosopher, Dilbert.
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How independence saved Ivo Vegter’s life
The idea of being a writer is romantic. Fame and fortune seem only a few successful blog posts, or a book, away. But don’t fool yourself. Few writers get rich writing. Most eke out a very modest living, writes Ivo Vegter
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Ruda talks change with Gareth Cliff
Gareth Cliff and Ruda Landman both have something in common – they had a choice to hang on to that job, or to leave their comfort zones and do something new.
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How Ruda Landman found the carte blanche to start all over again
When Ruda Landman left the hit current affairs show Carte Blanche, the big question was, what now? Here she explains how she learned to embrace change, and how reinventing yourself is the key to finding maximum joy
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Ruda tells Gareth about fear during reinvention
Certainty and entrepreneurship seldomly go hand-in-hand. When former Carte Blanche presenter and journalist Ruda Landman quit Sunday evening television to pursue a career in freelancing, a certain level of panic was involved when it came to her financial security.
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Lessons to learn from a letter to an anxious teenager
The secret to getting ahead in life is to “learn to be good with discomfort and uncertainty”. That means embracing change, and learning to love it…no matter how long it’s been since you were in your teens!
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The ten crucial skills you need to land that job
Do you know what it really takes, in a fiercely competitive economy, to land the job of your dreams?
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Expecting the unexpected
Thabile Mahlangu, BrightRock’s Marketing Administrator, just landed her first job and was planning to buy her first car… And then she fell pregnant. She explains how this experience changed her life for the better: