on the money quiz & crossword
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO 742JD@finweek finweek finweekmagazine finweek^2 4 October 2019^49Solution to Crossword NO 741JD
ACROSS: 1 Wasp; 3 Warships; 9 Ice-caps; 10 Rapid; 11 Holiday-maker; 13 Nomads; 15 Ishtar;
17 Stranglehold; 20 Purse; 21 Extract; 22 Midlands; 23 Deed
DOWN: 1 Whip hand; 2 Spell; 4 Assays; 5 Spreadsheets; 6 Imprest; 7 Side; 8 Candid camera;
12 Gradated; 14 Matured; 16 Agreed; 18 Orate; 19 SpamACROSS
1 Want first threat to be acted upon (6,5)
9 Start off with exclamation of contempt,
then one of surprise (3)
10 People can’t accept lady is living on alms (9)
11 Lose interest (5)
13 Rash to spray with aerosol (7)
14 One in diplomacy (6)
16 Wrap in French material (6)
18 Bear with ill-prepared house-sitter (7)
19 Girl no good with mouth organ (5)
20 Business leaders in largish company
reorganisation (9)
21 In that case start off the boiler (3)
22 All chambers working for Elia (7,4)DOWN
2 His Highness, upfront in interjection of
indifference (3)
3 Ancient Mariner’s story at first decidedly hoary
(5)
4 Fish with rod back in Arctic region (6)
5 Get pleasurable thrill from Friday’s issue (7)
6 Engineering workshop address is ostentatious (9)
7 Mug Punch & Judy’s dog to satisfy bet (4,7)
8 North Sea meeting disrupted – that’s loco! (5,6)
12 Father tables his amendment (9)
15 My sari’s been ripped off by pirate (7)
17 Stereotype Conservative to be found in church (6)
19 Girl is in plant for making rope products (5)
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quiz via fin24.com/finweek, available from 21 October.- True or False? The Pietermaritzburg High
Court dismissed former president Jacob
Zuma’s application for a permanent stay of
prosecution in his corruption case. - Which business unit is South Africa’s state
arms firm, Denel, winding up, as part of a
long-term strategy to return to profitability? - Mastercard, PayPal, Visa and eBay recently
pulled out of Facebook’s cryptocurrency
project. Name the proposed currency. - Which country announced sanctions
against the Gupta brothers and their
business associate, Salim Essa, referring to
them as “a significant corruption network
in South Africa”? - True or False? The UK intends to ban hippo
ivory as the government plans to close a
loophole in the Ivory Act. - Who is the Minister of trade and industry?
7. The Polkadraai strawberry farm near
Stellenbosch was granted the first Western
Cape licence to start growing:
■ Marijuana
■ Coralberry trees
■ Madagascar sagewood
8. True or False? Renault dismissed its CEO,
Thierry Bollore, just nine months after he
was appointed to the position.
9. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was
announced as the winner of 100th Nobel
Peace Prize for his work to resolve the
border conflict with which neighbouring
country?
10. World marathon record holder Eliud
Kipchoge made history by becoming the
first person to run the 26.2-mile (about
42.16 km) distance in under:
■ 1 hour
■ 2 hours
■ 3 hours
good start, but he strongly recommends finding a
mentor.
“A mentor is critical as they can share valuable
experiences, they offer network opportunities
and they can give reassurance. They will give
you encouragement and will help you explore
ideas, set achievable goals, develop contacts and
identify resources.”
Desai says more than 90% of start-ups
admit that mentorship was instrumental to their
success. “Your advances in life and in business are
amplified by having the right mentor.”
They come with creative ideas and a fresh
approach because they have to keep abreast of
the latest developments, not only in a specific
sector but much more broadly.
Finding the right mentor is as important as
finding one, he says. You have to decide what
it is that you need from a mentor. Do you need
a sounding board for your business challenges,
someone who can offer advice and guidance, help
with career development or help to keep a work-
life balance?
Get going
Desai suggests that people should not “sit down
with their problems” when they become stuck.
His advice is to take the problems for a walk and
discuss them with someone else. Look at the
challenges you have overcome, and be confident
that you will be able to face the new ones.
A 2014 study by Stanford researchers Marily
Oppezzo and Daniel Scwartz found that walking
could increase an individual’s creative input by an
average of 60%.
And it doesn’t matter whether it is outdoors or
in a gym.
They say that the act of walking might
“increase the ease with which associate memories
[are] activated”. In short, walking relaxes
“inhibitory competition among memories and
allowing ideas with low levels of activation to push
through”.
“Many people anecdotally claim they do their
best thinking when walking. We may finally be
taking a step, or two, toward discovering why.” ■
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More than 90% of start-ups admit
that mentorship was instrumental
to their success.