Career advice

Those questions and more (choosing life insurance, lending money to friends) answered by financial expert, Caroline Cakebread

I love watching the CBC’s Dragon’s Den largely because of how good Kevin O’Leary is at telling people when their business ideas are crap. He’s a master at relaying the cold, hard truth to people, even when it makes them cry and stomp their feet.

Remember that episode of Seinfeld where George Costanza decided to do the opposite of everything he would normally do in a last-ditch attempt to get his life right? Well, George may not know much about attracting women, but he may have had the right idea about going against your instincts to achieve your goals.

Career advice: She started the lifestyle website Sweetspot from her home after the dot-com recession. Now, the ambitious mathematics major has created Dealuxe.ca, a shopping hub of designer brands

After 20 years, three kids and zero work-life balance, Shawna Page quit her job in finance. Two weeks later, she was bored silly and became CEO of her own company