General
When a 3 Hour Journey Takes Half-a-Day Due to Traffic Jams, Some Person(s) Are NOT Doing Their Jobs









From 12 noon to 2.30 p.m yesterday, I had a meeting in Cotonou with a client. Then right after, I took off for Lagos. It's now 1.51a.m, today 7th June 2014, and I'm typing this from my home in Lagos, Nigeria. A Lagos cab I hired from Mile 2, just dropped me off over ten […]







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Career Development
Treat People As Though They Were What They Ought To Be (A Management Tip from Johann Von Goethe)









The fact that THAT man or woman is sweeping floors today in your company today, does not mean s/he cannot be the owner of a successful business tomorrow. Actually, s/he could one day become YOUR boss, or indeed the CEO of the company you work for! Countless examples abound!! Where I come from (Nigeria) people […]







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Career Development
5 Ways To Achieve Leadership Success As a Manager









In case you did not know it, being a manager does not automatically make you a leader. To become a leader, a manager must act in ways that bring about desired PROGRESS, by INFLUENCING others. In this article, I share my personal experience based insights about how to do just that. At the end, I […]







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Entrepreneurship
Problem Solving Content, NOT Domain Names, Determine Web Marketing Success (Plus: FAQs About My Excel-VB Poultry Farm Manager Software)









In this recent article (click to read) I explained why I believe domain names can no longer determine web marketing performance like they used to. Well, the results I'm getting since losing my 9 year old spontaneousdevelopment.com a month ago, are proving me right! In less than 4 weeks, I've re-built my website and re […]







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Career Development
No. 144: Use Mental Abilities to Solve Your Physical Problems









I’m a keen student of human nature…comparing people from different cultures, especially with regard to how they tackle problems. Here’s a hard truth I feel compelled t state: I’ve found many Nigerians/Africans unwilling to actively apply their mental abilities to solve everyday problems they face in the physical realm. Our Culture Influences Our Attitudes Towards […]







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