Posted at 08:30h
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Harjit teaches Essentrics and Pilates as the Founder of Willow Fitness. However her journey was by no means a linear one. She started out as a Software Engineer in an office job, but soon began feeling pain in her wrists. Visits to see Doctors to...
Posted at 19:09h
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If you’ve ever spent time on the MoneySense site, chances are you've read an article that Margaret first edited. Despite wanting to be a Journalist since high school though, she felt the pressure to initially complete a Business degree - the ‘safer’ choice.
I spoke to...
Posted at 23:28h
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by Allison
It’s easy to point to celebrities that love what they do as the exception rather than the rule. Some people are just luckier than others, right? Some people are just born knowing what they want to do, are naturally good at something and the rest just falls into place so seamlessly, right? Hmmm, not really. Although I see why you would tell yourself that.
Posted at 19:30h
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It doesn’t matter if you saw it coming or you didn’t, if you enjoyed your job or went home everyday crying and fantasising for a new one, getting laid off hurts. Trust me I should know, it’s happened to me twice already. So I absolutely...
Posted at 19:25h
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There is no denying it, 2020 has been a terrible year, and we’re only halfway there. I’m not going to rehash the myriad of upsets that were the last seven months. Suffice it to say the world is in chaos right now. People are tired....
Posted at 19:12h
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I want you to know that this article is not a judgement on what your values actually are. To be honest if your values don’t involve bringing harm to yourself or other people, I don’t really care. Your values don’t affect me. But they do...
Posted at 14:42h
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by Allison
I’m not going to try and argue that money is not important. Of course it is. But it is not the only thing that’s important when you are looking at changing jobs. And taking a job solely on account of the fat paycheque it’s going to give you can lead to some serious pitfalls. DISCLAIMER - I included the top reasons, but sadly there are others.
Posted at 09:33h
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by Allison
It seems like a simple question, but as far back as when I was a Corporate Recruiter, I saw people making the same mistake, and they weren’t even aware of it.
Posted at 13:36h
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by Allison
There are a bunch of reasons that make it hard for people to pull themselves out of their current crappy situations. Fear of failure, money issues, pressure from other people’s expectation, all totally valid. Trust me, I know from first hand experience how tough all that shit can be to get past, but it is doable.
Posted at 06:38h
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by Allison
Let me be really clear, I’m not saying that there is no such thing as passion. There are tons of people doing work they are passionate about, and that is definitely the goal. But people for far too long have been throwing around this just ‘follow your passion’ stuff and it’s really gotta stop.
