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Insights From A Yoruba Proverb On Choosing a Leader [Case Study: Nigeria's 2015 Presidential Elections]
April 30, 2015









The following DEEP Yoruba proverb came to my mind few days ago: "Won ti ti òjé bo olosa lowo. Owa ku baba nla baba eni to o bo!" I explain below, how it gave me interesting insights relevant to General Buhari's impending presidency. But first, here's a not-easy-to-do contextual translation into English for non-Yoruba speaking […]







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General
Super Grandma Abiola Solagbade Clocked 67 Years...Hurray!!!
April 29, 2015









My mother clocked 67 years old recently, and she and her hubby of 45 years celebrated quietly at home with visitors coming and going. I was there with my kids and they made Granda "special editions" of their cakes and pineapple peel drinks...which she has often told them she eats with tea in the mornings. […]







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Excel-VB Solutions
UPDATE: Excel-VB Elections Results Compiler & Reports/Charts Generator - Hyper linked map of Nigeria, and autogenerated REGIONAL Results (Charts/Tables)
April 28, 2015









Below is a partially hyper linked map of Nigeria, which allows for clicking of individual states to view reports exported as images from the app. On this sample results web page (click) I share examples of summary reports and charts auto generated by my new Excel-VB Election Results Compiler, using Nigeria's March 28, 2015 INEC […]







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Career Development
No. 190: (a) ExcelVb Business Contacts Manager for Speakers Marketers Consultants and Entrepreneurs (b) One Question to Ask Yourself EVERY 24 Hours to Determine If You’re Using Your Website Profitably - [MP3]!
April 27, 2015









This week, I offer you a tool to help you with your sales lead generation or client prospecting - useful for Speaking Professionals, Sales/Marketing Professionals, Independent Consultants etc. Watch the video demo below, for my Excel-VB Driven Business Clients/Prospects Contacts Manager™ - built in 2006. SCROLL DOWN TO READ FULL ISSUE   Tayo K. Solagade's […]







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Career Development
Don't Let Charlatans Mislead You (Hint: Seek Out Authentically Successful Persons to Learn From)!
April 25, 2015









Today I took my 9 year old daughter and her 3 older brothers to attend a "mentorship conference" for CEOs where they got to hear some great minds share TRUE stories about success and how failure HELPS to achieve it. I'll share details in my Monday newsletter to help aspiring/existing CEOs. Like I tell people, […]







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Career Development
Even When Competent, You CAN STILL Fail: 3 Abilities You MUST Develop To Protect Yourself!
April 24, 2015









People sometimes fail NOT because they are unqualified or incompetent, but because they are unable to manage themselves during hard times. They cave in under pressure. Our schools don't teach us how to deal with adversity. I think they should. It's because they don't, that many true geniuses in poorly regulated environments like Nigeria's, often […]







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Entrepreneurship
Automate Your Farm Records Keeping For Profitable Farm Planning
April 23, 2015









In this article, I explain the importance of establishing and maintaining reliable farm records keeping systems as it is a crucial requirement for successful planning & profitable management of your farm business. As they say, if you do not record it you cannot measure it. And if you do not measure it, you cannot control […]







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Excel-VB Solutions
Video: Excel-VB Driven Election Results Compiler & Reports/Charts Generator - Using Nigeria's 2015 Elections Data [Coming Soon]
April 22, 2015









[UPDATE: Excel-VB Elections Results Compiler & Reports/Charts Generator – Hyper linked map of Nigeria, and autogenerated REGIONAL Results (Charts/Tables)] This app is currently work-in-progress by Tayo K. Solagbade as an example of useful everyday application of MS Excel Automation. It is based on Nigeria's MARCH 28, 2015 ELECTIONS results as obtained from PDF Results Summary […]







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Career Development
Home Study Excel-VB Video Preview: Save Money, Time & Effort Preparing Your Company’s Pay slips Using MS Excel®! [Parts 1, 2 and 3]
April 21, 2015









Subtitle: Automating a "2 payslips to a page" workbook into a multi-payslip generating app. Watch the 3 part trailer/preview below, for my Home Study tutorial on Building ExcelVB Payslip Generators, which is available ONLY to members of my Inner Circle. Part 1 of 3: Automating a "2 payslips to a page" workbook into a multi-payslip […]







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Career Development
No. 189: (a) Why “Made-in-Africa” Experts-Who-Speak Are Hard to Find (Hint: And Why YOU Should Become ONE!) (b) One Question to Ask Yourself EVERY 24 Hours to Determine If You’re Using Your Website Profitably - [MP3]!
April 20, 2015









A few years back, I read an article by a female IT professional who is an internationally recognized speaker from Africa…but whose business is based in the UK. She was complaining about what she called a dearth of “Made-in-Africa” speakers. I agree with her... Public Speaking is a powerful weapon for achieving high impact business […]







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