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Is it luck?
My wife’s ability to secure prime parking spots is extremely annoying. She will land a great spot no matter how busy the area where she is parking and will smugly proclaim: “I’m so lucky!” She can drive to within a minutes’ walk of her chosen destination and almost always find a plumb spot. I seldom…
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Getting Lucky
Before directing and producing movies including Invictus, Million Dollar Baby, Sully and American Sniper, Clint Eastwood was a Hollywood star and Oscar nominee in his own right. In his 1971 film Dirty Harry, where he plays Harry Callahan, a cop who doesn’t follow the rules, he has a bad guy on the ground and has…
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Brands that are boxing above their weight
South African brands are boxing above their weight everywhere and it’s apparent from mails I have received from many of you. With his permission I have published an extract from UK-based Ryno Strydom to emphasise the point… “After I recently, very nostalgically, read Tony Jackman from the Daily Maverick’s “Ode to the humble…
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What I have learned from Tashas
Never underestimate the power of a passion project to alter the trajectory of your life. Natasha Sideris started Tasha’s as a side hustle as she plotted to further her psychology studies. Soon there were two, then three outlets and studying went out the window and raising capital for growth became a focus. Natasha…
