August, 2013 - SD Nuggets™

3 Reasons to NOT Pay for Facebook "Likes"

August 20, 2013

I'm intrigued by people - some big name bloggers too - who recommend "seeding" comments on blogs. That is getting friends etc to routinely post comments, using aliases, on your posts to entice visitors to comment. What value is there in doing that? Would it not be better to challenge yourself to write better, so as […]

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No. 103: On Being a Master (A PDF Gift from Burt Dubin!)

August 19, 2013

Download Chapter 1 of Burt Dubin's Forthcoming Book - FREE...below! On Monday 12th August 2013 at 16.32, Burt Dubin emailed me the PDF version of the first chapter of his forthcoming book - titled "On Being a Master" - with permission to re-publish it with attribution if I so wished. After reading it, I decided […]

Career Development

Error-Free People Rarely Achieve Authentic Success

August 17, 2013

"Success tends not to go to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk averse. Rather, it goes to the person who recognizes that life is pretty much a percentage business. It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal tasks.” – Donald Rumsfeld I […]

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How United Is Your Family?

August 16, 2013

What is the current state of YOUR marriage union – and family? This can be a very tough question to answer, for many people today. I say this from personal - and very painful – experience, as one who has been married for over 14 years, with kids. In my part of the world (Africa), […]

Career Development

Smart Companies Rarely Neglect Older, Experienced Employees (3 Tips to Get More from Your Older Hands)

August 15, 2013

Does your company have an arrangement in place to “mould” your new intakes into the kinds of employees you need them to be? If YES, what about your older and more experienced hands already in the system? What arrangement do you have in place for them? How does your company treat older hands (especially those […]

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Problem Solving Makes You Smarter & More Confident

August 14, 2013

Do you really want to gain full mastery of any area of your personal or work life? If YES, then GET INVOLVED IN PROBLEM-SOLVING. Even if others avoid it, do it – and do it without holding back. Do it every day, and as often as the opportunity presents itself within each day. Problem Solving […]

Entrepreneurship

I Have NO FARM (Yet), BUT Farm Biz Owners BADLY NEED My Help - Here's Why!

August 13, 2013

Preview: This write-up was first published - on April 21, 2012 - as a NOTE on my Facebook profile at https://www.facebook.com/notes/tayo-solagbade/i-have-no-farm-yet-but-farm-biz-owners-badly-need-my-help-heres-why/369364946438303. I've now moved it here, on my SD Nuggets blog, but it also auto-publishes via RSS Feed to my Cost-Saving Best Practice Farm Business Ideas website. Any smart Farm Biz owner who does NOT […]

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No. 102: Succeed by Showing You're Special

August 12, 2013

YOU are special. Do YOU know that? Many do not. Yet, as an expert in your field, convincing people you can help them requires showing you are different, unique…one of a kind. That you are SPECIAL! People are attracted by that. But many experts do not know (or they forget) that they are “special” (every […]

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Your Writing Competence Matters Greatly

August 10, 2013

Be less concerned about how many “years of service” you’ve given, and more about how much you’ve improved over that period – Tayo K. Solagbade Your competence as a writer will often determine how well you do in any field you choose to write in. We don't often realise this, but it is quite possible […]

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Acknowledge Others, and You Will Be Acknowledged

August 9, 2013

[Quick tip: I recommend YOU adopt the habit described in this article as a way of life - AND coach your kids to do the same.] Some of the most successful people in the world habitually acknowledge one another – even rivals! This happens in sports, entertainment, academics, business and other fields. In certain cases, competing […]