Fail File: Mary Holm, business journalist and bestselling author

Fail File: Mary Holm, business journalist and bestselling author
Mary Holm was made an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2020 for services to financial literacy education. (Image: Supplied)
Victoria Carter
Each fortnight, Victoria Carter speaks to someone about failure, disappointment and what they learned. This week, she talks to Mary Holm, ONZM, business journalist and bestselling author of Rich Enough? I was really disappointed when: well, the biggest disappointments for me in my career were when two newspapers I worked for died, and they were both very different experiences.The first was when I worked for the Chicago Daily News. I had finally got a job going from a little paper to a big paper. The pay was 50% more. I felt like...

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