Insights From A Yoruba Proverb On Choosing a Leader [Case Study: Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential Elections]

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 readers…!

My time in Unibadan (1987 to 1992) exposed me to some room mates who ate Yoruba proverbs like food. They helped me develop appreciation for proverbs.

But doing accurate translations of Yoruba proverbs to English can be hard to achieve.

One needs to provide a context relevant interpretation to ensure the meaning the English speaking listener gets is that which a Yoruba speaking listener does. That’s not always easy to do.

Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the Afro beat creator and legend, once said in an interview(I heard it on a Lagbaja CD, that I took with me as a gift for family friends in Sheffield, when I visited the UK back in 2000):

“English is not expression. Expression is in all other languages all over Nigeria”

To illustrate, he said to the interviewer:

“Oya tell me what is ‘Eku ile’ in English?”

The journalist had no answer – because there was/is none:

It’s linguistically impossible to accurately communicate what “Eku Ile” really means in Yoruba, using English language, to a non-Yoruba speaker!

There is simply no way to use English words in any combination, no matter how clever, to FULLY communicate what is understood by native speakers when they hear “Eku Ile”!

The above situation applies to the proverb I began this article with…

I’m not sure one can really fully translate it for English speaking others to understand the way one versed in Yoruba would.

And so, for that reason, I apologize to non-Yoruba speaking READERS who may be here, if they still do not “get it” after I’m done below…

So, here’s my humble attempt at a literal translation the above proverb:

“The ring of spiritual authority/power has been put on the finger of the “wizard”. Let’s now see who has the guts (or as Nigerians would say “the liver”) to try take it off him!”

Below, I use General Buhari’s current situation as a basis for providing a contextual interpretation for this proverb.

Here’s the insight I gained about General Buhari’s impending presidency based on the above proverb:

I’ve been reflecting on what’s happening in Nigeria as the date for handover to Buhari as president-elect approaches.

Certain signs strongly suggest to me that many naughty power players in the Nigerian space have come to the realization that it will NOT be business as usual under the incoming General’s government. And they are trying to make the most of the time they have left, so as to move on to other things or to other places.

In the past, with some other “Nigerian” as incoming president, who would NOT have had the squeaky clean reputation of Buhari, and his renowned aversion for all things corrupt, they would have boldly stuck around and plotted/schemed ways to remain relevant or in control.

However, with the MAN they know, who has remained the SAME despite aging over MANY decades after leaving office, they are under no illusions about his incorruptibility.

What’s more, they KNOW that his antecedents prove he cannot be pushed around or led by the nose.

Far from it. They KNOW he is a MAN of his own, who will do what NEEDS to be done, no matter whose Ox is gored. And so, they KNOW the wise thing to do is to FLEE!

That’s why this proverb came to my mind.

You see, if Buhari had not won, they would have continued all the nonsense they did – and said – up till the elections ended.

But now that he has WON legitimate access to the presidency as the C-I-C, it obvious to them the game is up (For instance, look how quickly the Army “found” his certificate that was being “demanded” right up till the elections took place!!).

In other words…

“Won ti ti òjé bo olosa lowo. Owa ku baba nla baba eni to o bo!”

Sai Buhari!!!

PS: By way of interest…ON THE SUBJECT OF LEARNING YORUBA PROVERBS…

To ensure my kids arrive adulthood better equipped to use Yoruba proverbs than I was, I published recently, the first in my audio book series titled “10 Storyfied Yoruba Proverbs for Children – and Other Learners”. Click here to watch/listen to the audio book playback on my Youtube Channel.

It is available as a PDF from my Online Store (click here): Online store buyers are advised to get in touch with me via tayo at tksola dot com, if they want the slideshow version with autoplay audio. You can also use this web form to send a message.

You can also get it as an automated Slideshow with autoplaying MP3 Audio files (click here for details) via direct download from the web or it can be delivered on branded auto run DVD to your doorstep.

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Click here to read the true story about how a lady banker called about purchasing my “Ten Storyfied Yoruba Proverbs for Children” – and later revealed she knew me from way back in 2002, my startup year, when we both served with an NGO as volunteer tutors.

In addition to buying my DVD, she had some VERY nice things to say to me, about me, with regard to how I’d influenced her without knowing it.

What was that saying again: It’s GOOD to be GOOD! Click here to read the full story.

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The DVD sells for N5k, and comes with PDF versions of some other books I’ve published as FREE bonuses. Buyer just pays courier fee.

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Super Grandma Abiola Solagbade Clocked 67 Years…Hurray!!!

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.

Then they sang for her and gave her big hugs. We took a few photos, but look forward to celebrating her 70th in style with her!

NB: The gentleman in the photos is NOT me. It’s T.J, my Uncle (one of her brothers).

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

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 Summary Results.

Click here to watch a video of the app as it looked when I first began building it. It’s really evolved since then (click here to read my first post on it), and I’m now tweaking/testing it.

Click here to continue viewing more auto-generated reports on the sample results page

Valid Votes [ZONES] Below are samples of auto generated reports from the app, displaying the INEC results summaries from a zonal perspective

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When the app is ready, I will create a complete version of this map, that anyone can browse to view the static reports. However, a much better experience will come from generating the reports using drop menus and buttons provided in the app itself.

So, if you’d like to own a copy of the fully functional version, click here to let me know.

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Since 2002, he has earned multiple streams of income providing individuals and organisations with personal development training and coaching, custom MS Excel-VB solutions, web marketing systems/web hosting,

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Tayo is the author of the Self-Development (SD) Bible™ and the popular Livestock Feed Formulation Handbook. He is also the developer of its accompanying Excel-VB driven Ration Formulator™ and the Poultry Farm Manager™ software.

He has delivered talks/papers to audiences in various groups and organisations, including the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalisers Fast Foods

and others.

In May 2012 he was the Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.

On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, write and speaks the French language) relocated to Cotonou, Benin Republic to begin slowly traveling across the West African region.

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In a previous life, before leaving to become self-employed, Tayo served for seven years as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer, to Training & Technical Development Manager, and then later acted in senior management roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager.

He is an Associate Member of the UK Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management’s(NIM) Young Managers’ competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development™ (SCfS-D™), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy Limited.

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Don’t Let Charlatans Mislead You (Hint: Seek Out Authentically Successful Persons to Learn From)!

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, this website – www.tayosolagbade.com – is NOT an ego trip.

It is based on authentic REAL world experiences. If you have doubts about the accuracy or reliability of ANYTHING you see here, ask me directly to request clarification. Jumping to uninformed conclusions can deny you MAJOR access to life changing information and education.

Ask me. Challenge Me. Check with someone else you think may also KNOW, and then use what you learn to take me up on ANYTHING I say here.

Be careful…

Don’t allow the charlatans out there discourage you from using the information offered here to DOUBLE check what THEY are telling you to do in the areas I cover here.

Instead I invite you to use the materials offered here to “TEST” the depth of the knowledge/competence of your “expert”.

By having information that GUIDES you in a way that you avoid making COSTLY mistakes in your pursuit of success in your chosen field, you ultimately increase your chances of succeeding.

Jose Mourinho, who is today a renowned coaching success in international club soccer, did not play professional football prior to becoming a coach.

Yet, very few successful ex-pro footballers can match the results that Mourinho has produced in his career as a coach.

We cannot ALL do the same things, the same way.

In my case for instance, I plan to launch a Farm Business and Extension Advisory Services centre. It will have a pilot scale farm on which I will test ideas and solutions I develop for farm business – my primary target audience.

I already have extensive knowledge and experiences/insight into the business from over a decade of delivering custom solutions to farm CEOs.

When my farm centre is launched I will use it to FURTHER demonstrate the effectiveness of the solutions I offer and also offer MORE support services to those who request them.

Unlike the Chelsea coach, I actually studied what I am engaged in – Agricultural Extension services – for five years at the University of Ibadan – graduating top of my class with a 2nd Class Upper division honors( 5.9 Cumulative Grade Point Average).

But that’s just the book part.

During the last three years of my stay on campus, I was a member of the SFRF, and in my final year served as supplies coordinator of that body. What I learnt from being in that group – comprising 98% Veterinary Medicine students – about livestock farming, many people would spend five years studying animal husbandry and still not know!

Learn more about SFRF by getting a copy of my Feed Formulation Handbook.

That I do not have my farm up and running at the moment does not mean I cannot help YOU with your own farm startup and/or management.

If you do not eliminate this kind of thinking you will LOSE a lot of major benefits you stand to gain from having direct personal access to my unique insight on this subject.

The choice is however yours to make….

For those willing to take the leap of faith to benefit from what I offer, I look forward to helping YOU cost-effectively startup and/or manage your farm business, to reap optimal profits.

A good way I recommend you get started, so you can get ALL I offer at massive discount concessions, is by joining my Inner Circle.

Note: Having said all of the above, please REMEMBER that you DO NOT have to accept my ideas – and I strongly suggest you seek the counsel of competent professionals in making up your mind.

 

Even When Competent, You CAN STILL Fail: 3 Abilities You MUST Develop To Protect Yourself!

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 struggle, get frustrated, and if lucky to gain access, flee abroad to succeed!

In this article, I share the kind of thinking that will enable you repeatedly overcome adversity and achieve progress in the pursuit of authentic success, with integrity – even if breaking new grounds in a very difficult environment.

1. Keep A Positive Mind Set: Many people today are so good at talking about how to be positive in spite of failure. Never to give up, no matter how difficult things get. How to carry on even if friends or loved ones stop believing in, or abandon you.

I often wonder just how many of the wonderful radio and TV presenters who “preach” while on air about going after your dreams, and never giving up, REALLY walk their talk, when confronted with challenges in their own lives.

Over eight years of personal experience convince me that very few people actually apply these principles in their lives when they are faced with difficult situations. Many people compromise. They say one thing, but do another. They fail to act with integrity.

I am not trying to make myself look good here, but my insistence on leaving a high paying job in a multinational corporation 10 years ago, to pursue my dream of being self-employed, won me little applause amongst those who knew me then.

I lost many “friends” (sometimes I wonder if I ever “had” them?). Most carefully distanced themselves, preferring to wait and see if I would sink or swim. Yet I stayed committed. Today, my work speaks for me.

To achieve similar results, you will need to maintain a Positive Mindset.

2. Visualisation: The ability to imagine what can be; to envision what is possible – regardless of what IS the current reality around you, is one that EVERY person who wishes to achieve his/her dreams MUST develop.

The picture you create in your mind and/or the images that dominate your thoughts, if kept positive, and in tune with your desires or longings, will ultimately attract to you, those things you want.

This is not some fancy theory or hypothesis. It is a concept that has been proven to work in real-life for as long as man has existed. I am able to say this because I have successfully applied the principles and philosophies advocated in a book written in the early 1900s that attested to this fact. The book is called Science of Getting Rich, and is available as a FREE PDF download on the Internet.

I recommend that, if you want your dreams to come true, start imagining in vivid terms what exactly you want to SEE or FEEL when you achieve your dreams -and then take definite steps to work towards achieving them. It is the key to your ultimate success.

3. Develop Mental Stamina: In the course of my work out here, I have studied a lot of people, and come to realise that most of them are really good people – deep down. Many do not want to be crooked in doing business. They do not really want to cheat others, if they can avoid it.

Unfortunately, they have not developed the ability to ENDURE prolonged suffering without seeking undignified outlets to escape from it. Mental stamina makes it difficult for adversity to wear you down or break your resolve or commitment to your goal. No one is born with it – you DEVELOP it.

Incidentally, one powerful way to develop your mental stamina is through visualization. In other words, keeping the vision of your desired “future” in mind, gives you needed mental strength – STAMINA – to keep going, no matter what obstacles come your way.

Summary

I often tell young people I coach that most times out here in Nigeria, many people who fail in their bid to achieve success in chosen endeavours, do NOT do so because they lack the technical competence or “know how”.

Quite frequently, they would have obtained needed training or education to competently function in their chosen endeavours. Unfortunately, they fail to equip themselves with guiding philosophies like those outlined in this article, to help them overcome inevitable setbacks.

It does not matter what you do for a living – Fashion Design, Music or Photography. Bad times will be mixed with good times as you pursue you goals. It is a FACT of life. How you react when things are not going the way you want, will determine to a great extent how successful you become in the long run. This explains why the most talented doctor, for instance, may not end up being the most successful or accomplished amongst peers.

So, study and apply the ideas offered above, and you will be better equipped to succeed.

Automate Your Farm Records Keeping For Profitable Farm Planning

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 it. Which is the same thing as saying you cannot plan for it. In essence, I am saying that keeping detailed and accurate farm records  is a crucial requirement for effective and profitable farm planning.

Your Farm NEEDS Diligently Kept Records

One thing lacking in most agricultural entreprises out here is detailed and accurate records of activities that take place as operations are carried out.

For peasant farmers who are usually illiterate, it can possibly be considered pardonable if they can’t say what inputs (herbicide types, quantities etc) they used the past year. But for the growing population of literate farmers, there cannot be any excuse. Then again literate or otherwise, every farm owner who wishes to enjoy reasonably predictable profits MUST as a matter of priority keep and analyse detailed farm records.

Without detailed and accurate records, farm business planning and management effectively becomes a game of guestimations and unguided assumptions which rarely produce desired results with consistency.

To effectively manage a farm, the farmer needs to have ready access to extensive information concerning past costs and returns, input use, production levels, existing financial situation, including the physical conditions of the farm. S/he also has to know about likely future costs, future returns of production etc. This information can be acquired from farm records and accounts, as well as from all farm sources like research/experimental stations, demonstration plots, universities etc.

In essence, the farmer needs to have records of what has happened before, is happening now and what is likely to happen in future.

What Exactly Can Farmers Do With Farm Records?

The following are specific BENEFICIAL uses farmers will readily find for diligently kept farm records :

1. Farm Planning & Budgetting: The most realistic way to plan farm production and prepare accompanying budgets is to refer to estimates based on historical data available from past periods of operation. If it’s a new farm, then other sources will be referred to.

2. Farm Performance Evaluation: Without accurate physical and corresponding accounting records, it will be practically impossible to accurately establish how well a farm entreprise has performed over a defined period.With accurate physical records and corresponding records, evaluation of the farm performance is easy, simple and a matter of routine, PLUS one is sure of progress of the farm business over a time period.

Specifically, accurate records and accounts show how, within a period of time, labour costs or feed costs for example have either been increasing or decreasing, and how revenue from various entreprises has been increasing or decreasing either because of price changes or changes in physical production.

3. Daily Farm Decision Making: Farm records and accounts are essential for day to day decision making especially because they show the strong and weak points in management. A farm entreprise may not be doing well because of a particular factor of production, but such a factor may be difficult to identify/isolate in the abscence of good records and accounts.

For instance in pig farming, it is reported that good farm performance depends on large and frequent litters, economical use of feed, mortality rate, marketing the pigs at the right weight etc. Without accurate records and accounts therefore, it would be dificult to identify which of these factors is contributing to low profits for instance. The records will show which areas need improving upon.

4. Securing Credit/Loan Support: There is probably no bank which will not require a farm business to produce adequate physical records with the corresponding accounting records and the overall farm plan, before it can give credit/loan support.

Incidentally, this requirement helps both parties: the bank uses it to know the current state of the farm as well as offers advice. The farmer on the other hand will work to achieve his/her goals in order to fulfill his/her obligation to pay back the extended credit.

Banks need to be convinced that money given out will be used for what is being asked for, and that can only be done by presenting records of what one has already been doing.

5. Taxation & Insurance Purposes: To avoid over or underpaying taxes, good records and accounts are essential. Insurance on relevant farm assets can only be done properly if records are available and accurate.

Summary

a. By keeping farm records and accounts, you, the farmer will be equipped to periodically evaluate your overall farm performance using three (3) simple but powerful ratios which I describe in full detail in my customisable on-demand talks on Best Practice Farm Performance Measurement and Improvement (Call 0803-302-1263 for details).

b. You will know where to place emphasis (using the 80:20 Pareto principle), and will be able see dangerous trends earlier and take needed evasive action.

c. Diligently kept farm records and accounts will help you determine where and/or when you are under (or over) estimating your farm costs (or sales/gains).

d. Good farm records and accounts help reliably measure the impact of unexpected market changes on the farm business’ bottom line e.g. policy and price changes announced by government.

In relation to the above last part, the use of custom software automation for records keeping would enable you punch in the new input prices and quickly see how badly it affects your planned/projected production and/or sales margins – as well as other key performance indicators.

Do you own – or plan to own – a farm business? Why not consider automating your farm records keeping and accounting using a custom software application like those that I build for my clients? You will be able to cost-effectively and efficiently realise all the benefits outlined above in the body of this article. Call me on 0803-302-1263 to learn how you can get a low cost software built for YOUR farm business today!

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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]!

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 marketing promotion. Compared to conventional marketing, it yields multiple benefits in terms of product sales, name recognition, brand building and more.

So why don’t MORE business owners in Africa use it?

[NOTE TO READER: This newsletter serves experts-who-speak. Starting  Monday 13th April 2015 – it MORPHED in name and content served, to a 2 part Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS newsletter, to better serve them. You just read a preview to the “Public Speaking IDEAS” part above.]

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1 of 2: PUBLIC SPEAKING: Why “Made-in-Africa” Experts-Who-Speak Are Hard to Find (Hint: And Why YOU Should Become ONE!)

Public Speaking is a powerful weapon for achieving high impact business marketing promotion. Compared to conventional marketing, it yields multiple benefits in terms of product sales, name recognition, brand building and more.

So why don’t MORE business owners in Africa use it?

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.

It is HARD to find experts-who-speak across Africa – at least not like you have them in other climes in all of the SAME fields we practice here!

IMPORTANT NOTE: I’m talking now about the experts-who-speak and NOT  people who only function as professional “motivational speakers”.

We have fashion designers, we have lawyers, and we have doctors, restaurant owners, financial consultants, real estate professionals, farm business owners, IT professionals and many others in various fields.

Some are engaged in provision of services, others retail or wholesale products and some are manufacturers.

They can ALL use public speaking as a business marketing tool IF they know how!

But don’t get me wrong now. There’s nothing wrong with being a motivational speaker.

I’m just saying that this piece is more about people who are hands-on professionals (i.e. practicing professionals in their various fields) adopting public speaking to find more clients and/or earn more income.

My argument is that we need more of the skilled professionals like those mentioned above, to get into the business of public speaking.

That way they can kill two birds with one stone:  they market themselves and at the same time they educate people and add value to them.

Professionals are typically people who are already equipped with experiences and knowledge that can add value to the lives of others in their areas of expertise.

Therefore when they deliver talks or lectures based on what they know, they can help their audience gain improved knowledge and insights to do what they do better.

Doing public speaking WILL give a professional MORE credibility.

It is for this reason that public speaking is a powerful tool that can be used anywhere in the world. Indeed, it has been used – for decades – across the world as a zero cost or very low cost promotional strategy.

For some strange reason not much of that (i.e. experts-who-speak) is happening in Africa.

It is my considered opinion that the main reason for the above is that many independent professionals and business owners are scared of speaking before a formal audience (even when it is ONE person they face), and they need help.

That’s why many of them are NOT very comfortable with the Sales & Marketing that needs to be done to ATTRACT a continuous stream of new buyers or clients for the solutions they offer.

To overcome that problem, they hire employees and push them out to do the marketing for them. Problem is very often those ones get little or no structured guidance on what to do/how, to boost their chances of success.

I am on a mission to help “experts” that are willing break that mental barrier and move to the next level in the productivity as business persons.

To facilitate that process, I offer ideas through this Speaking Ideas/Web Marketing newsletter. In addition, I promote tried and tested speaker learning resources for the consideration of my readers.

To this end, I represent Burt Dubin, who is a renowned and veteran mentor of mentor of some of the highest paid speakers in the world.

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Go to www.speakingsuccess.com, and you should be able to see on that page, on that home page, my name and a link to his website.

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Burt helps those he mentors (experts-who-speak) to Position, Package, Promote, and Present* themselves successfully to clients (*He calls them the 4Ps). That’s why it’s no surprise that on Burt’s website, considerable space capital is devoted to useful business marketing articles as well as products.

It might also interest you to know that MANY years back, Burt established himself as one of the best marketing minds in the world. To really put this FACT in proper perspective, I’ll provide more specific details in form of an example.

A few years ago, Burt contributed an article to a powerful publication titled “The Most Effective Articles Ever – By The World’s Top Marketers“. That 574 page ebook features timeless marketing advice from 71 of the world’s top marketers – including Jack Trout, Joe Vitale, Yanik Silver…and Burt Dubin.

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Before we teamed up in 2011, I’d been studying his work and adapting it to succeed in my work from way back in 2002. It does not matter what part of the world you’re in. If you know how to adapt them to suit your peculiar local needs, Burt’s ideas and strategies WILL work for you. I am living proof of it!

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“(Tayo Solagbade) is amazing and I think he is going to produce some impressive results online…” – click here to read full comment by Patrick Meninga (US based 6 figure income blogger who gained fame for building a $2,000 per month adsense website and selling it for $200,000).

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“Tayo, I honestly believe you are one of those who will succeed at anything he does. Your commitment and effort has been outstanding….Thanks for all your hard work since I’ve been here – you will be sorely missed. I don’t need to wish you good luck, you have the ability to make your own luck. – Andy”(R. Jones)*

*Operations Manager, Guinness Nigeria Plc Benin Brewery, December 2001 (Handwritten comments in farewell/xmas cards sent to Tayo Solagbade following his resignation to start his own business).

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Tayo K. Solagbade*

Self-Development/Performance Improvement Specialist

*Sole Agent For Burt Dubin’s Speaker Mentoring Service In Africa

Mobile: +234-803-302-1263 (in Nigeria) or +229-66-122-136 (in Benin Republic)

http://www.tayosolagbade.com

Tayo K. Solagbade is a Location Independent Performance Improvement Specialist and Multipreneur (i.e. a highly versatile/multi-skilled entrepreneur), with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to

Farm Businesses and others.

Since 2002, he has earned multiple streams of income providing individuals and organisations with personal development training and coaching, custom MS Excel-VB solutions, web marketing systems/web hosting,

freelance writing services, and best practice extension support services (for farm business owners).

Tayo is the author of the Self-Development (SD) Bible™ and the popular Livestock Feed Formulation Handbook. He is also the developer of its accompanying Excel-VB driven Ration Formulator™ and the Poultry Farm Manager™ software.

He has delivered talks/papers to audiences in various groups and organisations, including the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalisers Fast Foods

and others.

In May 2012 he was the Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.

On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, write and speaks the French language) relocated to Cotonou, Benin Republic to begin slowly traveling across the West African region.

His key purpose is to deliver talks, seminars

and workshops on his key areas of focus and interest to interested audiences (Email tayo at tksola dot com for details).

In a previous life, before leaving to become self-employed, Tayo served for seven years as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer, to Training & Technical Development Manager, and then later acted in senior management roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager.

He is an Associate Member of the UK Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management’s(NIM) Young Managers’ competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development™ (SCfS-D™), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy Limited.

When he’s not amazing clients with his superhuman skills (wink), Tayo works as the creative force behind his Daily Self-Development Nuggets blog – on which he also publishes his Weekly Public Speaking IDEAS

newsletter(which he uses to promote Burt Dubin’s Public Speaking Mentoring service to experts working across the African continent).

You can connect with him on Twitter @tksola.com and Facebook.

Visit Tayo Solagbade Dot Com, to download over over 10 performance improvement resources to boost your personal and work related productivity.

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[IMPORTANT NOTE:====

On 4th May 2014, Tayo’s 9 year old domain (Spontaneousdevelopment dot com), which hosted his website, was taken over by Aplus.net.

Within a few days however, Tayo used his advanced self-taught web development skills to build a SUPERIOR “reincarnation” of it the website http://www.tayosolagbade.com.

But updates are still ongoing to URLs bearing the old domain name in most of the over 1,000 web pages, and blog posts

he’s published.

If you experience any difficulties finding a page or document, email Tayo at tksola dot com.

Click “Tayo, What Happened to SpontaneousDevelopmentDotCom ?” to read a detailed narrative about how the above event occurred :-))

Here’s an article Tayo wrote, to inspire others to defy adversity, and bounce back to even greater reckoning at what they do EVERY time:

And he wrote the one below, to explain why losing a domain name, no matter how old NO LONGER determines your online success or otherwise:

A Proven Strategy to Find Profitable Buyers Regardless of Your Domain Name

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