October - December 2016 •
The Lion King
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Business
Enhance your skills to boost your income:
Recession and job cuts are synonymous. Ironically, many
employers chose end of year as the ideal time to
unleash these bombshells. However, most well run com-
panies tend to put sentiments aside when drawing out
that dreaded lay-off list. In other words, they strive to
keep their best hands. Enhance your skills to increase
your chances of being indispensable to your
employers so they are unable to let you go.
Let them constantly see the value you cre-
ate for the institution.
Learn to walk!
Burn
those calories: Some of
us hop into our cars and
drive distances of less
than two kilometers to
buy groceries or other
minor essentials. This
new year, why not
buy yourself a new
present – a bicycle
so you can ride for
short distance jour-
neys or just simply walk?
Walking will help burn
some calories, improve
your cardiovascular con-
dition and generally help
you stay healthier.
The foregoing list is not exhaustive as there is so much
more we can do to manage our finances during periods
of economic lull. The underlying principles though should
always remain crystal clear at the back of our minds:
spend less, get more value for money spent, be efficient,
seek to earn more and save more for the rainy day.
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