Keeping Taxes in Check: Write-Offs for Your Small Business
Tax season is almost upon us. Many of you will probably be looking at getting your taxes done earlier, so you can know exactly what you’re expected to pay before it’s time to write the check. Getting a...
View ArticleDisrupting Industries “Like a Girl” – Finding Your Place In Male-Dominated...
Statistics show that women around the world are taking entrepreneurism by storm, with female entrepreneurs launching significantly more businesses, worldwide, than their male counterparts. However,...
View ArticleBe A Hero. Be an Organ Donor
Yasmin Mullings. Baby Ryley. Wolfgang Muller. Ivy Ashworth-Crees. What do they have in common? Their lives were saved by a hero: an organ donor. Someone they had never met, but who cared enough about...
View ArticleAgents And Editors And Other Confusing Things
Your book is done. Finally. You can breathe again. You’ve written around work and kids and crazy in-laws. You’ve worked late into the night when you are alone with the moon and early in the morning...
View ArticleAssert Yourself: How to Show Strength in a Job Interview
There’s a rising awareness of the need to tackle equality in the workplace. More and more employers are now setting targets to ensure equal representation of genders, and making efforts to close the...
View ArticleLiving My Happily Ever After: Reinventing Life At 50
“Mom, you have more followers than me, on Instagram!” Dorian, my very artistic 28 year old son, shrieked! It’s almost a necessity today rather than a luxury to be present on social media platforms....
View ArticleWhy Job Seekers Should Find a New Job in December
Most job seekers believe December is the worst time of the year to find the job of their dreams. The mindset that it is not easy to find work in an unstable economy can create doubts in your mind....
View ArticleTips For Using Video To Promote or Monetize Your Website
Have you experimented with putting videos on YouTube, but seen little results compared to your efforts? That’s frustrating for sure. Because whether you have a blog, a more traditional online store,...
View ArticleDealing With Judgments – Your Own And Others
Ever wondered what is common to highly stressful situations like exams, interviews, appraisals, presentations, public speaking? Judgments As a little girl, I was happy and playful, making up imaginary...
View Article9 Powerful Lessons We Can Learn from the Sun
As you rise out of bed every day, the sun also rises, and when the earth turns on its axis to give sunlight to the other side of the globe, you also retire from the day’s work and go to bed. Your very...
View ArticleWant to Freelance? Setting and Sticking to Targets is Crucial.
Maybe you’re also one of those people who embarked on the full-time freelancing journey with great excitement, only to realise that there’s still room for growth when it comes to your self-management...
View ArticleWhy Encouraging Employees to Take Vacation Matters
Entrepreneurs know what it means to put their nose to the grindstone and work hard to realize their dreams. It’s easy to get caught up in meeting daily business needs that never stop, and it’s more...
View ArticleFrom Boxes to Bricks, How Women Can Break Into Male Dominated Careers
Recently, I had the good fortune of winning DHL’s Safe Driving Rodeo competition – a contest that assessed the driving performance of 640 of the company’s couriers from all across the country. Being...
View ArticleTired and Hungry? 5 Delicious Dinner Recipes You Can Make Tonight!
What’s for dinner? Dinner time. After a long day at work, your brain is tired and your stomach is growling. You need something fast, tasty, and easy for dinner. These 5 go-to recipes get a great dinner...
View ArticleBeauty 911 How To Nip a Winter Skin Disaster In The Bud
What can be worse than the onset of an unsightly skincare emergency the day of a big event such as a wedding, reunion, business interview, or first date? Have you ever cancelled a first date because a...
View ArticleBooks for the Feminist in Your Life
There’s never a bad time to pick up a good book about fearless women trying to take on the world. If you’re struggling to find the perfect gift for your feminist friend this holiday season, pick up one...
View ArticleHow to Survive Your Office Christmas Party
Over a third of British workers dread their work Christmas do because they’re scared of looking ridiculous on the dancefloor. Does the phrase ‘Christmas party’ fill you with trepidation? Fear not!...
View ArticleEntrepreneurial Advice from One Fierce Mom to Another
My mother has always told me “you can have it all, just not at the same time.” I live by these words. Raising four kids, moving multiple times and working a day JOB all the while starting Kick Like A...
View ArticleHow To Nurse Your Holiday Hangover
Tis the season for over-indulgence. As we gear up for this jolly time of the year, it goes without saying, most will be sipping on spiked eggnog, champagne, among other festive cocktails. In the...
View ArticleLinkedIn: “Women don’t promote themselves as well as men.” Let’s Change that.
In a rare feat, the discussion surrounding workplace gender in-equality has extended to professional networking platforms. According to LinkedIn Research, women tend to downplay their skills and...
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