Career Development
FYI: If You Experienced Difficulties Accessing This Blog's Content between Monday 15th July 2013 to Saturday 20th July 2013, This Could Be Why...
July 21, 2013









NB: Let me start by saying this post is being made for information purposes only. And it applies specifically to the period between Monday 15th July 2013 to Saturday 20th July 2013. In case anyone's experienced difficulties accessing articles/content on my blog in the last few days...hostgator has now confirmed they've completed the migration of […]







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My DN Travel News
To Be Truly Happy, Never Submit to Abuse
July 19, 2013









“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to, and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.” – Frederick Douglass Nothing is worse than an adult who lets other people use him/her as a door mat. No one deserves to be subjected to abuse in […]







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Career Development
To Move Up, Treat Your Subordinates With Respect
July 18, 2013









"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they're capable of being" - Johann Von Goethe What you’re about to read is based on a true story. People usually start at the bottom to climb the corporate ladder to the top. Many new recruits have risen […]







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My DN Travel News
You May Not Need New Ideas
July 16, 2013









If you’re struggling to achieve sustained progress towards your goal, it could be because you're making the mistake described in this article. Sometimes we spend too much time, effort and resources searching for new ideas to achieve our set goal, and fail to make the most of the ones we already have. This makes us […]







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Entrepreneurship
4 Essential Factors Affecting Feed Formulation
July 16, 2013









In formulating your rations, there are four crucial considerations you need to keep in mind. I discuss them below in a question-answer format. I suggest you actively work through them in your decision making: 1. What feed ingredients are regularly available locally; in what condition do they come – and at what price? Knowing the […]







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My DN Travel News
No. 98: Boost Your Credibility by Writing
July 15, 2013









If I sound like a broken record on how writing builds name recognition, it’s because I continue to experience amazing benefits from doing it. And I see others reap similar rewards too. IMPORTANT TIP: I discovered the power of writing as a means of self-promotion, when I read Burt Dubin's "Why and How to Get […]







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My DN Travel News
Write More Productively - 2 Proven Ways to Prevent Burnout
July 13, 2013









I recently read 2 of my favourite writers sharing about how they overcame some form of burnout. I don’t mean writer’s block. As I’ve said before, I do not believe it (i.e. writer's block) exists. But burnout – just like it happens in other areas of endeavour, such as sports - does really occur in […]







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General
Proof that Schooling Can Dis-Empower Your Child Economically!
July 12, 2013









I recently posted a Facebook comment on an article titled Beware Africa's "Middle Class". The author - Bright B. Simons - provided an accurate analysis of the nature of today’s African middle class of consumers. He rightly warned foreign investors to avoid stereotypes in making sense of this group. For instance, to estimate the size […]







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Career Development
You Can’t Establish Expert Authority with Money
July 11, 2013









In some parts of the world, some people get accorded authority status based on unproven wealth they display – and rarely little else. I grew up in a society where it happened (happens!)…a lot. However, authentic expert authority is not achieved by “showing money”. It comes via demonstrating verifiable, value-adding competence. This article provides insights […]







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My DN Travel News
Graduates Can Use Purposeful Self-Development to Succeed
July 10, 2013









Many young people today complete their university education, only to have the shocking realities of - a seemingly hostile - real world tell them they're inadequately prepared to succeed in it. When I graduated in 1992, I went on to observe my service year in Gulu-Vatsa village (remote, off-grid village...at the time) in Nigeria’s Niger […]







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