Financial Literacy for Youth
Financial literacy is a core life skill for everybody, and this is compounded in 2021. Children grow up in increasingly complex worlds where they will eventually need to take charge…
Tag: self-management
Personal development through ‘unproductive’ activities
Career Advice, Education, Entrepreneurship, Newspaper Column
It is always in our best interest to engage in productive activities and avoid unproductive ones to improve ourselves and feel accomplished in our lives. However, there are certain supposedly…
Productive things to do during breaks from job-searching
Career Advice, Newspaper Column, Resume and Cover Letter Advice
Job-searching can be an arduous and stressful process. Not only does it involve finding vacancies, sending out resumes, and attending interviews, but it also requires conducting research, securing interviews, and…
How to prioritise your workload
Career Advice, Entrepreneurship, Newspaper Column
Despite the facilities and technologies that the world has to offer these days, the ability to prioritise our workload remains one of the biggest struggles for many of us. This…
Spending habits you should avoid
Career Advice, Newspaper Column
If there’s one requirement youths need to have in becoming a full-fledged working adult, it would be managing your own finances. It’s among the first few experiences you will face…
Bad study habits to avoid
The holiday season is over and students are now back at school. The new year gives all of us a good opportunity to turn over a new leaf and start…
How to break bad habits
Career Advice, Education, Newspaper Column
With the beginning of 2020 and a new decade, some of you may have decided to make a better change for yourselves. This can involve breaking some bad habits –…
Creating your digital boundaries
Career Advice, Digital Economy, Education, Newspaper Column
Technology has made us all feel more connected than ever before, but at the same time as young working adults, we face the dilemma of feeling like we’re missing something…
Overcoming peer pressure
If you’re currently studying in a college or university, there may be times where you find yourself doing something you won’t normally do, in order to fit into a social…
Study smarter by avoiding time wasters
Career Advice, Education, Newspaper Column
Now that we’re already a couple of weeks into the New Year, most of us would probably be thinking how time flies, whether we’re having fun or not. If you’re…