African women win top international IT awards
2010-08-17Two young students at Cape Town and Rhodes universities have each scooped a prestigious international award for innovation in information technology. more
Skills shortages in South Africa
2010-02-25JSE-listed staffing services provider kelly group had been struggling to attract skilled people in the business intelligence and high end information technology fields forcing the company to search internationally. more
Have you ever considered a career in wine making? Click here to meet wine maker, Ntsiki Biyela, South Africa's 2009 Woman Winemaker of the Year.
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Seven things aspiring entrepreneurs should do:
1. Hold on to your dream. Don’t let past failures or negative economic forecasts make you a pessimist. Keep your youthful dreams alive and create your own opportunities. Your future success is in your head.
2. Become a leader in your field. Accumulate knowledge. Pick an industry, focus on it, and master it. Learn as much as you can about your industry. As you learn more, your functional skills will improve and you will build a network.
3. Build your network. Become recognized in your industry as someone who is good at what he or she does. Build a solid reputation for knowledge and expertise. Become a trusted advisor in your field
4. Schedule your time.Don’t waste your 168 hours in a week; schedule them wisely. Its not about time management, it’s about self management.
5. Stay wide open in your thinking.When you’re young, your world is wide open. But as each year passes, one more nail goes into the coffin, killing your dreams and inspirations. And by the time you reach 30, you’ve been beaten down, bought enough negative stories and you automatically begin to follow the route of least resistance. Don’t become one of the people who die at 30, but are unfortunately only buried at 90.
6. Play to your strengths. Exhaust your existing skills. Make the most of your strengths. We live in a weakness-focused society. Focus and develop your strengths.
7. Communicate well.
Don’t fall victim to Parkinson’s Law: “Expenditures rise to meet income.” - C. Northcote Parkinson
Parkinson’s Law says that, no matter how much money people earn, they will tend to spend the entire amount plus a little more. Their expenses rise in step with their earnings. Many people are earning today several times what they were earning at their first jobs, but for some reason, they need every single cent to maintain their current lifestyles. No matter how much they earn, there is somehow never enough.
Financial independence comes as a consequence of breaking Parkinson’s Law. You need to develop a plan and sufficient willpower to resist the urge to spend everything you earn. You must ensure that your expenses grow at a slower rate than your earnings, and then save or invest the difference.
- “It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.” - C. Northcote Parkinson
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African women win top international IT awards
Two young students at Cape Town and Rhodes universities have each scooped a prestigious international award for innovation in information technology.
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