“A mother is the light of the house; if the light is out, everybody else is down.” – Elizabeth Nel, my mother. I think my mother used to motivate herself with those words when she had “off days”. It’s something…
Author: melissajavan
Reviewing my goals for 2017
It’s mid-year so I am reviewing my goals for 2017. It is the first time I chose a word to describe how I want my year to look like. My word is EXPLORE. My goals for 2017 were to: Read…
Ndzavi Derrick, a business mentor shares his journey as an author
“Keep track of your journey, document every challenge, success story, litigation and migration, that will become your book.” – Ndzavi Derrick, author of book Business Tips. To My Daughter. He calls himself the Accidental Author. Ndzavi Derrick is a mentor…
“My mentor taught me to work on my business, not in my business.”
I met Erika Kruger through on of the Twitter chats I engage in. We even took part in a blogger challenge where we had to create blog posts for our sites. Erika, who lives in Helderberg in the Western Cape…
Holding myself accountable: Do my words really define me?
A few months ago I met a project manager who advised me to use my words right. I realised that I should hold myself accountable for what I say. For instance, if I had said “I suck at tech stuff”,…
How fear is holding me back
“You can create anything you want, and if when you know that, it’s pointless to compare yourself to other people.” – Vasavi Kumar, a certified business coach. I read a blog post by someone yesterday who listed the 10 things…
How I figured out what niche to specialise in
I used to be someone who would struggle to create content. I remember in 2012 when I started at Die Son, a daily newspaper in Port Elizabeth it was a challenge for me to generate story ideas. I was in…
Girl Code ZA workshop gives lessons on scaling your business
On Saturday (24 June 2017) I forced myself out of bed to attend a workshop. It’s the one day that I get to sleep late and last week I already had a lack of sleep – my toddler’s sleeping habits…
Moving from home – the lessons I learned
Let me just start off by saying: moving away from where I grew up, the place I called home, my comfort zone, was the best thing that could have happened to me. I was one of those people living in…
June 2017 Favourites – Life Update
I’ve been seeing a lot of blogger friends give a life update and I thought, “hey let me do this”. ABOUT THE LITTLE ONE This week my daughter (Princess) turned 18 months old. And boy is she a busy bee!…