Flipping the switch: Turning misfortune into fortune
What we may see as a disadvantage in life, Malcolm Gladwell highlights examples of how it was worked into a positive. And vice versa.
What we may see as a disadvantage in life, Malcolm Gladwell highlights examples of how it was worked into a positive. And vice versa.
True fame calls for talent, attitude, determination, enigma, style, self-confidence, chutzpah and a wealth of connections. And in South Africa, true fame calls for a fortune too. Farah Fortune, to be exact.
How many businesses could be created if local entrepreneurs received the fortunes of the wealthiest? Bloomberg created the 2016 Robin Hood Index to look into the question.
Does it just keep getting worse for newspapers until they die? Or is there hope, or at least a temporary respite, in sight?
Fame came to Bonnie Mbuli while she was still in school, standing at a bus-stop. Read about her journey from bright lights to dashed dreams to divorce and the darkness of clinical depression.