Tag: career
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Never Mind Your Job Title, Mind Your Job!
Are you a middle manager, a top-ranking executive, or a chief cook and bottle-washer with delusions of grandeur? Whatever your business card may say, just be yourself and do the job you love to do. By Dave Luis
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Goodbye Freelancing, Hello Me-Lancing!
After a stint in the regular world of gainful employment, a freelancer chooses to go back to flying solo. But this time, it’s different. This time, the rules have changed. By Mandy Collins
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Competition is for losers
A relationship isn’t an Olympic event, with glory for the winner and sour grapes for the loser. It’s a partnership that puts both of you on equal footing. By Cath Jenkin
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What I Learned When I Gave Up Law to Travel the World
It’s not easy to take the road less travelled, especially when it means trading a high-power corporate job for freelance travel and food journalism. But for Ishay Govender-Ypma, switching careers has brought new joys.
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The terrifying thought of having to pursue a career after school
Beyond the school gates lies a world of opportunity and possibility. But how are you supposed to know what to do with your life once the final bell rings, asks Raphael Bromilow
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Why saying ‘why not’ can change the way you live your life
Don’t ask ‘why’ when challenge and change come your way. Ask ‘why not’, and you’ll be ready to turn the answer into action, says Cath Jenkin
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Working at the bus station, making my dream come true
Sometimes, a job is a transition between where you’ve been and where you want to be. Make the most of it and you’ll get to your dream sooner than you think. By Nobantu Shabangu
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Life is a big, crazy mess that you fix one day at a time
The universe was born in chaos, so it should come as no surprise that everyday life can be chaotic too. How do you impose order amidst the madness? Take it one step, one leaf, one page at a time, advises a librarian and archivist, who has successfully applied the principle to her own love of…
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I’m not a real person yet, but I’m getting there
The tough thing about adulthood is not just living up to your own wild ambitions, but trying to match the hopes and expectations of others. Your parents, especially. But how can you be a real person, when you’re trying to be the person other people want you to be? You just have to keep your…
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Life gets better when you stop worrying that it’ll get worse
We spend so much of our lives fretting, hassling, and stressing about things that may not even happen. Why don’t we look forward to the good things in life, and make them happen instead? By Dave Luis