<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[WORK 4 A LIVING]]></title><description><![CDATA[WORK 4 A LIVING]]></description><link>https://www.work4aliving.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:10:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.work4aliving.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Your Township Isn't the Problem. The Lies Are.]]></title><description><![CDATA[You need money to start. There's no spending power here. You'd have to leave to succeed. These are lies, and six people right here in South Africa are proof. 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A Changed Life.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two women, two very different businesses, one shared lesson: nobody owes you anything, and that's actually good news.]]></description><link>https://www.work4aliving.org/post/a-changed-mindset-a-changed-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a86ba60e087e30b37e664e7</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:57:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/34ac2f_509c342f225741cda1d7ae378dabb40d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_394,h_394,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mikkela de Villiers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is the Problem?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's not that people don't want to work, it's that no one ever taught them how. 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