Silver Digest June/July 2020

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Leisure …

A WOMAN MAKES A PLAN: ADVICE FOR A LIFETIME OF ADVENTURE, BEAUTY, AND SUCCESS Read this extract from the new memoir by Maye Musk, mother of South Africanborn entrepreneur Elon Musk, published by Jonathan Ball Publishers.

W

hen Maye Musk decided to make grey hair glamorous, she

Maye shares hard-earned wisdom and frank, practical

and a worldwide speaker in her

advice on careers (“the harder

sixties – a far cry from the young

you work, the luckier you get”),

divorcée living and working in

family (“let those you love go

Durban to make ends meet to

their own way”), health (“there

provide for her three children.

is no magic pill”), adventure (“make room for discovery, but

easy for the mother of South

always be ready for anything”),

African-born entrepreneur Elon

and more.

Musk. She struggled emotionally

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In her compelling memoir,

became an international model

Things have not always been

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cities over and over again.

With an indomitable spirit,

and financially as a single mom to

Maye overcame her hardships

Elon, Kimbal and Tosca, battled

with a no-nonsense attitude

weight issues, and she had to

and the firm belief that while

restart her life and her practice

one cannot control everything,

as a dietician in numerous new

you can always make a plan.


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