In Finland, libraries lend out tools, sewing machines, musical instruments, and even sports equipment, not just books, so everyone has access to things they might not be able to afford
Workplace shenanigans I will never fall for:
1. Employees explaining extensively why they need a leave.
2. Shrinking yourself in an environment that clearly doesn’t suit your potentials.
3. Deducting salary as an act of punishment (lateness, not submitting report).
4. “We’re a family here” right before boundaries, overtime, and job scopes disappear.
5. Expecting one person to perform three roles because they are “capable.”
6. Promotions based on favoritism instead of competence and performance.
7. Calling poor planning an “urgent task.”
8. Ignoring HR policies until a problem happens.
9. Glorifying burnout as commitment.
10. Managers who only communicate when there’s a problem.
Work should be structured, respectful, and fair, not chaotic.
11 Years of Maxing My TFSA:
The Mistakes I Made So You Don’t Have To
I’ve maxed my TFSA every year since 2015.
R421,000 contributed.
R814,733 current value.
But it wasn’t perfect.
Here’s what I got wrong 👇🏽
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I have noticed that the people who changed my life did not try to change my life. they were simply in the room being themselves with such completeness that the completeness altered me. through proximity alone. the way a fire alters the room simply by being lit inside it.
Career advice nobody gives: "Make yourself easy to work with. Talent gets you hired. Being pleasant to work with gets you promoted. Technical skill is table stakes. Emotional intelligence is the differentiator."
Plot twist: Your manager is having quiet conversations about you in rooms you will never be invited to. HR just executes the decision. The villain has always been sitting right next to you.