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To be Perpetually Super Productive Without Suffering a Burnout, Learn to Replenish Your Body (3 Tips)

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This is not about buying clothes or other material things for yourself. Instead I refer to your ability to
replenish yourself mentally, emotionally/psychologically, and physiologically. How well you rest/relax and rejuvenate yourself is of crucial importance to your ability to succeed on a continual basis for the long term.

People who have a passion for what they do sometimes tend to unconsciously pursue it at the expense of their personal well being.

If no one helps them stop doing that before it’s too late, the results could negatively impact them health wise, and in the long run keep them from enjoying whatever fruits their efforts may eventually yield.

You must come to an understanding of your body and its needs.

I like to tell people that I “listen” to my body. It tells me what it needs and when – and I make sure I give it just that, every time. This is why I’m able to turn out such a high work rate, equivalent to what 4 people would do, in a particular time period, without looking or feeling strained in anyway.

Indeed, most people half my age (I was 45 on 6th July 2015) cannot match me in the way I work – be it physically, or intellectually.

I’ve proven this many times in the course of working with clients and associates. I say this not to brag. It’s a statement of fact meant to illustrate the importance of applying the ideas I offer here.

My work related stamina is intimidating – as I can go on for well over 24 hours at a stretch, writing articles, reading, browsing, coding my Excel-VB apps, training and speaking, and in between of all that, I shuttle between 2 countries.

Average sleep time I get per day is 4 to 6 hours, depending on the work I have to do. Regardless of how long I sleep however, it never tells on my because I’ve learnt to give my body what it needs, and trained it (via relentless daily exercising) to deliver what I want, so it serves me well when it matters most.

3 tips you can use…

1. There will be times when you have pushed yourself very hard for long stretches of time, and your body will scream for a break, You would be wise to let it have that break. Else, you’ll break down from exhaustion.

2. If you fail to eat well, you will not have enough energy replenishment, and that will affect not just
your productivity but also your health. You would not be helping yourself by falling ill during your start-up period!

3. Then there is the issue of exercising. I was a very active sports person – competing at state level in handball – for over a decade (starting from when I was twelve).Even after I quit active handball to take up corporate paid employment, I worked hard to stay fit by seeking out footballers, handballers etc to train with every now and then.

By the time my work as a corporate manager made it more difficult, I began focusing on doing regular exercises indoors – usually every morning before going out. I can tell you in all sincerity, that whenever I failed to exercise, my mental alertness tended to really drop. I always felt physically heavy, and if I allowed too many days to pass without exercising, I would even begin to feel ill.

Regular exercising will help to keep you in excellent physical and mental shape to function optimally as an Entrepreneur

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Failing to take care of yourself will take its toll on you – physically, and eventually psychologically

I’ve experienced this personally.

During my first few months of running my business, I was so consumed by the desire to get things going that I often neglected to eat or rest properly. I would leave home without eating; work all day, often returning at nine to ten o’clock at night, only to eat sparing and get on the PC to create new stuff for the next day.

Well, soon enough, people began to tell me I was losing weight! (first my wife, then outsiders, acquaintances etc).

Another thing was that my lack of rest gradually took its toll on me so that I became less effective in the tasks I was doing – slower too. As that happened, I got progressively frustrated and irritable, my memory became dulled, as did my reflexes – such that on a particular day I accidentally hit another car while driving, in circumstances that made it obvious my concentration was off. Luckily the other car was not damaged, but I got an earful from the owner!

Here’s why this above point matters so much to your ability to succeed: Others you meet (e.g. prospects) could easily draw conclusions from your uninspiring appearance and disposition, that could spell doom for your aspirations (of winning them over).

A prospective client for instance, would most likely feel uncomfortable if you approach him/her – looking pale, distracted, and irritable. S/he may not say it, but would most likely “think” it.

As you can imagine, not many people would readily write out a cheque to a service provider, who makes them feel that way! The fear would be that such a person would not deliver, or that s/he could divert the money to meet whatever need s/he had, instead of doing the job you paid him/her.

Such fears may be unfounded in your case, but if you let yourself go so badly that your appearance evokes such sentiments in the minds of your prospects, you will have a hard time convincing anyone to do business with you.

So, I say this from personal experience: Don’t make the mistake of failing to take good care of your “entire” self!

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Use Your Custom Web Marketing System Correctly (Hint: What NOT to Do If You Want to Attract Profitable Buyers)

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To attract profitable buyers with a Web Marketing System(WMS), you have to define and differentiate yourself.

In other words, you must create content that is original, and unique – one that cannot be found anywhere else. Doing anything different, will amount to effectively killing the WMS created for you. It just won’t work as it is designed…which means you will NOT get the full spectrum of benefits promised.

That’s why in developing and implementing my customizable Web Marketing System (WMS) for myself and my clients, the number ONE thing I watch out for, is the integrity of the content used.

In case you’re new to this, click here to learn more about what a WMS can do for you.

The articles I create for myself and my clients epitomize the above. Nobody will find anything them anywhere else on the web, except on the specific website they were prepared for.

I have seen business owners who public articles on their blog that are not original to them. In many cases, they are exact duplicates of what the original author has on his own blog. To their credit, they leave the name of the author at the end of each piece.

The truth however is that if you’re using a WMS like the kind I develop and implement, you cannot afford to do that!

You simply cannot take somebody else’s contents and put on your blog, especially when there is no indication on that person’s website that s/he has permitted for that to be done.

Now, don’t get me wrong. It’s not that I’m saying you cannot republish other people’s write-ups. You can – but there’s an accepted, ethical way to go about it.

For instance, if you go to a website like www.ezinearticles.com, there are write-ups by various expert authors there (mine are there too – click).

Website owners and publishers online come to that website, and browse through to select articles of their choice for republishing on their own websites.

It’s called content syndication – and every publisher who picks up my article from Ezinearticles.com for example, is required to retain my by-line at the bottom, in exchange for access to my content.

So, yes, you could do that i.e. get content to republish from an approved source like the above mentioned articles directory.

But you cannot do that with unique content from the website of an expert author, who has NOT submitted his content to a syndication platform like Ezinearticles.com.

Except he explicitly states otherwise on his personal website, you simply cannot go there and pick up his/her content and use on your own website.

Having said that, even if s/he did add an invitation under each article on his/her blog, for you – as a reader – to republish it on yours, my point is you cannot hope to achieve the degree of web marketing success possible, with my kind of WMS, by reproducing other people’s content.

It will not work.

You see, the WMS is designed to enable you establish yourself as an authority in your field. When that happens, the authority status you develop will make people decide (and prefer) to buy whatever you offer, from YOU, even if they are aware they can get it elsewhere.

Reproducing another expert’s articles on your blog, instead of writing your original pieces, will effectively deny you the opportunity to establish yourself as an authority.

And if you cannot establish yourself as an authority, you will not be able to sell using a WMS.

Some of the above mentioned business owners who reproduced other people’s articles on their blogs, inserted articles, images and links for their products within, and at the end of the articles.

They focused only on inviting people to buy, with clickable links your sales pages. But the content itself was not created by them. When using a WMS, this will yield poor results.

If you want to succeed with web marketing, for the long term, you cannot copy and paste other people’s writing on your blog/website.

Doing so doesn’t command respect from the people you are hoping to attract. You will not command the buying attention of serious minded followers.

In other words, if you continue that way, you’ll be shooting yourself in the foot.

A better way: You can quote another expert whose idea you like… maybe a line or two.

Refer to him/her via a link to the article, for readers to learn more: don’t copy and paste it all!

Having said the above, I can tell you, based on YEARS of success from using my own custom WMS, that it’s much more important to express YOUR OWN views/ideas

You have to do your own writing. Think up your own original thoughts. And voice out your own perspective on issues relating to what you’re selling.

You have stories of your own, about the experiences you’ve had doing the business you’re engaged in.

You need to write them out and share them with your audience. You can also create audios, videos, info graphics, mind maps versions of your ideas and publish via relevant channels.

That is the way to use a WMS – IF you want authentic, long lasting web marketing success!

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No. 209: Acknowledge Even the Smallest Person That Helped You Succeed

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In this issue, I explain why your success means nothing, if you fail to acknowledge those who helped you on your way up.

This is a pet peeve of mine.

Some people seem to believe there’s nothing wrong with using and dumping others. Funny enough majority in today’s society rarely call those they see doing it to question, or order, even when they see the signs to justify doing so.

I do NOT like it one bit.

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In this issue, I explain why your success means nothing, if you fail to acknowledge those who helped you on your way up.

This is a pet peeve of mine.

Some people seem to believe there’s nothing wrong with using and dumping others. Funny enough majority in today’s society rarely call those they see doing it to question, or order, even when they see the signs to justify doing so.

I do NOT like it one bit.

I’m a believer in giving credit to whom it’s due – no matter what!

Whether the person is big or small, white or red, tall or short, male or female, rich or poor. Whatever s/he may be, as long as s/he was able to add useful value to ME, towards helping me get what I wanted, I WILL always tell as many others as possible about it.

Now, others may feel I’m over doing it, but I believe the best way to encourage more people to exhibit a particular kind of behaviour, is to reward it wherever and whenever it is seen.

The above mentioned is a simple rule for influencing people, and it’s been used for ages by successful people, to gain a competitive edge.

Sadly, we too often forget to apply it when it matters most, in our personal relationships. This is why we have so much distrust, mistrust, bitterness, resentment around us today.

People who have been used and dumped severally, get to the point that they start second guessing others, and stop being as willing to help as they used to.

Those who have seen good people get used and dumped also take a cue and become wary of being too willing to help others, for fear or getting exploited too.

The result is that fewer people get the help they sometimes badly need to achieve success that could end up helping MAJORITY of people in society.

You’ve probably read the life story of some famous or successful person known in the world today, who revealed that his breakthrough came when someone gave him a helping hand

It could have been a mentor who made a phone call when he was not obligated to, or even a house help who discovered a crucially important contract document that had gone missing, and was needed to close a badly needed deal.

As he saying goes, no one can be an island to him/herself. We use the expression “self-made” but one or two persons probably played roles that helped the person so described to succeed. Without such input from others, tiny it may seem on retrospect, s/he may not have made it!

That’s why successful people who are wise, acknowledge their helpers!

Now, when that person who got helped succeeds, if when asked s/he never mentions the pivotal role played by such individuals, none of his/her admirers will ever know.

That would not be a crime. But it would be an injustice, and a disincentive.

Such a person could see, for instance, the person s/he helped on TV, or the cover of a magazine, or read an interview s/he granted, but hear nothing of the role s/he played.

Instead, s/he could read and hear, for instance, the person s/he helped telling his/her story of rising from grass to grace, as if what transpired between them never happened. Or if s/he admits that it happened, s/he would refer to the person who helped him/her in the third person e.g. somebody helped me out.

It happens in obvious ways like the above described. But it also happens in more subtle ways too…

For instance, when one expert takes another experts original ideas (from the latter’s blog, books, articles, audios, videos etc), and studies them to BUILD material for his/her own work (e.g. private training/coaching of clients).

If in describing how his/her work evolved to its current state, s/he fails to mention the reference he made to the other expert’s works that would be an example of subtle occurrence.

In other words s/he would have presented it to the world as if he had no “help”.

This applies in physical as well as intellectual terms. Imagine a research paper that lists no references of major works consulted.

What I see happening a lot today, especially with the PC and Internet technology, is that those unwilling to acknowledge others, find it easy to do so using the powerful tools we now have.

Yet, giving credit will not take anything away from any achievement you record based on work done by another!

History offers ample proof that this is true.

Here’s one example…

Thomas Edison improved the light bulb. He did NOT invent it. Many people do not know this, but it’s true.

The light bulb was originally invented by another scientist, who used a metal that did not last long before disintegrating. Edison studied that scientists work, and then worked to find a better metal, till he discovered the tungsten filament.

Today, despite the fact that Edison he still enjoys great recognition for the improvement he made to it – because that improvement made it MORE useful to a larger number of people.

And that’s why giving credit to others cannot hurt you, if you come up with IMPROVED concepts, ideas or solutions based on work already done by another.

My argument therefore, is that if we form the habit of giving credit to who it’s due, we will build a society in which people readily give the best of themselves to others – unconditionally.

They will have less cause to fear that their efforts may go unrecognised after they do so.

As an expert-who-speaks, you are a potential thought leader. How you conduct your affairs in this regard can have a major impact on others.

What do you do, when you relate with friends, relatives, kids, co-workers, employees or associates?

If a colleague shares his original idea/concept/solution with you behind closed doors, which opens your eyes to new way for taking your work to the next level…

Acknowledge it. Let him/her know. That will inspire him/her to find more ways to help you.

And if you decide to use what you got from him/her in your work, PLEASE…I BEG OF YOU:

A. Do not fail to ask his/her permission to use it (especially if it’s his/her original creation).

B. And when using it, endeavour to mention/indicate who you got it from, to your audience.

The following apt quote from Burt Dubin (who has mentored experts-who-speak – for 3 decades – to manifest integrity in their dealings) provides a fitting end to this piece:

“Cherish Your Stainless Honour” – Burt Dubin

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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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 New posts from last week that may interest you! *
Public Speaking[Monday]:
No. 208: Resist the Seduction of Mediocrity

[Tuesday]:
THE FARM CEO (Issue 13): The Transport of Live Fish – A Review, Catering Services and the Poultry Industry Value Chain in the Niger Delta,Poultry (Chicken) Farming In Nigeria: The Nature of the Egg Market, Profitability analysis of small-scale catfish farming in Kaduna State, Nigeria, Catfish Farmers Discussion Forum Nigeria
[Wednesday]:

Can You Possibly Publish and Sell Books (not Ebooks) at Zero Cost?
[Thursday]:
Achieving Financial Freedom – Why What You Learnt In School May NOT Be Enough…& What You Need to LEARN [Text Transcript Excerpts from Tayo Solagbade’s MP3 Podcast]
[Friday]:
Get my Customizable Excel-VB Driven Cash Book (With Automated Bank Reconciliation for Over 10 Banks) ‬- Pay N10k instead of N50k [Expires MNT today Friday 4th September 2015]
[Saturday]:
Network Marketing is Globally Proven: Why I Won’t Do It In Nigeria
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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 organizations 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 organizations, 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:

Succeed by Emerging from Adversity Like a Phoenix

(TayoSolagbade.com launches extra Hosting plan with FREE Web Marketing!)

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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View Tayo Solagbade's video tutorials and demonstrations on Facebook Productivity Tips, Web Marketing, and for his Custom MS Excel-VB driven software applicationsJoin the SD Nuggets community on Facebook.comConnect with Tayo on Twitter.comConnect with Tayo on Google Plus

 

 

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Network Marketing is Globally Proven: Why I Won’t Do It In Nigeria

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2 months ago (after highlighting it in my new audio DVD as a globally proven channel for Passive Income Generation), I began investigating various Network (or Multi-Level) Marketing opportunities in Nigeria’s Lagos, by attending meetings and interviewing individual members.

Sadly, what I’ve so far seen is 80% discouraging…which by MY standards is BAD!

REASON: Heavy cynicism about MLM prevails in Nigerian society, mainly due to unethical practices by many MLM practitioners in the country!

As a result, despite my belief that MLM – when done right – offers valuable passive income generating benefits, I’ve concluded that as far as doing it in Nigeria goes, Network Marketing is simply NOT worth the hassle – for ME.

In other words, even though I discussed it in my DVD as one of the proven ways used worldwide to generate life long passive income, I will NOT invest in it.

At least NOT in Nigeria.

Yep. I mean that. Seriously. But don’t get me wrong…

I’m sure there are people who are getting on well in this business in Nigeria, in spite of the problems that make me unwilling to venture into it.

However, what I’ve seen convinces me the way Network Marketing is done in Nigeria makes it more of a hard sell than it needs to be (if at all it should be).

I say the above ESPECIALLY because my primary motivation for investigating the MLM business opportunity was to help EACH of my kids get started earning passive income.

A second reason I had for considering this passive income generation model, was to support members of my clients network who had reached out to me. I wanted to help them use Network Marketing to generate additional passive income streams to complement what they earned from their various vocations.

As things stand, I’ve told my kids I’m no longer willing to pursue building a Network Marketing business in Nigeria. In addition, a link to this article has also been sent to my clients and subscribers, so they are aware of my revised opinion.

There’s just too much NMA – Negative Mental Attitude – involved in the practice of Network Marketing in the country

That’s the problem I see.

Which is why, I’ve since reached an advanced stage in exploring a completely different line of business that offers similar passive income earning benefits, but without the negatives from MLM as obtains in Nigeria.

What is this new business opportunity you ask?

For those who have purchased my Audio DVD titled “Proven Ways to Generate Useful Passive Income”, I have recorded a NEW audio podcast that is available for download on request – at no charge.

In it, I first explain in elaborate details the facts I discovered about most Network Marketing operations as done in Nigeria, and why I’ve resolved NOT to invest in ANY of them, for myself, or my kids.

Then I go on to provide FULL details of the alternative business opportunity that I have now settled upon, and which I’m already training my kids to do. It offers superior returns compared to MLM, in a shorter time period.

Most importantly, it does not suffer from a persistent negative reputation due to naughty acts perpetrated by those engaged in it.

To show how convinced I am, I’ve commenced building an e-commerce website for promoting this new business opportunity (which can be started with low to zero capital) for my kids.

Their photos and contact details will appear on the website – NOT mine.

Also they will be the ones that will take orders, respond to enquiries, and fulfill orders placed.

Their mother will also be involved, because this is going to be a family business, with THEM at the steering wheel, LEARNING to relate with people to make money in the real world.

I will simply provide back end technical support and periodic coaching on marketing, sales, negotiation etc.

Today, rapid advancements in PC and Internet technology make it easier, quicker and much cheaper for ANYONE to start and successfully run a profitable business.

And that includes even persons with minimal schooling. Once you can read and write, you can get started doing something to make money, if you know how.

That’s why I keep telling parents NOT to wait for their kids to go through school, before they introduce them to income earning activities – at least via micro business start up. The earlier they start the better. It can only make them better equipped to make the most of formal schooling they are exposed to.

That’s what I’ve been doing with my kids – slowly but steadily – for several years now…and I’ll have you know it is NOT an easy or straight forward process.

If you’re smart, you will start doing the same for yours as soon as possible.

When done right, it can help your child arrive adulthood equipped to function as a competent adult, especially with regard to achieving financial independence..

Final Words: Get my new MP3 podcast in which I explain full details of the new business opportunity I’ve chosen in place of MLM – It’s FREE…

This offer is in line with the promise I made in the sales message for my Audio DVD on Passive Income Generation.

EVERY buyer will get this new podcast FREE.

So, if you have already bought it, simply send SMS to +234-803-302-1263 or +229-66-122-136 saying “Send me the new podcast“, along with your name and email address, and I will send you the download link.

If you have not purchased the Audio DVD, yet want the podcast, click here for details of how to purchase the DVD. Note that you can opt to have download links to the six (6) audio files on the DVD (totaling 2 hours approximately) emailed to you. Your email will also carry the download link to the NEW podcast in which I explain full details of the new business opportunity I’ve chosen in place of MLM, as a bonus.

Click here to send me a message.

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Get my Customizable Excel-VB Driven Cash Book (With Automated Bank Reconciliation for Over 10 Banks) ‬- Pay N10k instead of N50k [Expires MNT today Friday 4th September 2015]

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Watch and listen to me as I do a step-by-step demonstration of how to use my Customizable Excel-VB Driven Cash Book (With Automated Bank Reconciliation for Over 10 Banks) in my Youtube channel at click here

Price = N50k

Click here to request payment details, or text “YES AutoCashBook” to +234-803-302-1263 or+229-66-122-136]

Not every organisation finds it convenient to make exclusive use of conventional off the shelf accounting software.

I discovered that fact through YEARS of serving businesses – in Nigeria -like hotels and hospitals especially, who – because of unique preferences they had for in house reporting – found it difficult to make routine use of commercial apps used for accounting.

Some had staff turnover problems, so that using the often expensive conventional off-the-shelf app (which sometimes have steep learning curves) meant spending money to get a new staff trained to use it, if an existing competent user quit or got fired.

When they discovered that the customizable Excel-VB alternative solution I offered could be mastered by a PC/Excel novice at zero cost in a matter of hours, it appealed to them.

Especially because they had been using manual Excel workbooks before then, for the most part.

If you use MS Excel to handle your cash book data in any form, this app, which I built, and improved upon, by working with chartered accountants in different companies can make your life so much easier.

Watch and listen to me as I do a step-by-step demonstration of how to use this app in my Youtube channel at click here.

The first version built in 2006 for was for a popular hospital in Akoka area of Nigeria’s Lagos.

Another version was extended and customized in 2007 for a medium sized hospital in Ikeja area of Lagos, and in 2008 for a hospital in Ogudu.

Apart from hotels, I also had to create a variant for a hotel in a location not far from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport area.

Each custom version was built with step-by-step guidance from the individual company’s in house (often chartered) accountant, and tested to work using real life data from their respective records.

This version does NOT feature my trademark menu driven, custom automated floating data entry and report generation forms.

Instead, the user has to move around using a cell based form control drop menu.

Having said that, it features the following comprehensive mix of useful interfaces (which post data to one another):

A. Main Cash Book

B. Bank Cash Book

C. Imprest Cash Book

D. Dynamic Menu Driven Automated Bank Reconciliation page (ready to print; and caters for over 10 banks) – Shows January to December breakdown on ONE page

E. Payments and Receipts Summary Pages – with drop menus that allow dynamic generation of reports for individual months in a year.

Note that data used in the demo app shown un the video is NOT real.

Do you want a copy of this app?

Price = N50k

But you can get it for N40k if you pay N13k to join my Excel Heaven VB Automation club.

Click here to request payment details, or send text “YES AutoCashBook” to +234-803-302-1263 or+229-66-122-136]

Final Words: Like I said in the video, the demonstration is meant mainly for persons with financial or accounting experience who are looking to either:

(a) Acquire this kind of app for use in boosting their workplace productivity or

(b) Learn how to automate their existing or future workbooks to cut down time and effort it takes to get their routine and repetitive work done.

I want more finance professionals, business owners, independent professionals and consultants to know that a huge unexplored world exists that they can explore to achieve superior productivity.

My vision is to influence others to do what I do, so that we can step up to a superior level of spreadsheet based productivity in our personal and work lives.

So, get in touch with me via this web form (‪click here), and let me know what you need help with.

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Achieving Financial Freedom – Why What You Learnt In School May NOT Be Enough…& What You Need to LEARN [Text Transcript Excerpts from Tayo Solagbade’s MP3 Podcast]

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 [Text Transcript Excerpts from Tayo Solagbade’s MP3 Podcast] Achieving Financial Freedom – Why What You Learnt In School May NOT Be Enough…& What You Need to LEARN

=== Starts===

“…How many teachers do you know that are millionaires? This is something I ask my kids all the time. I am not wasting any time at all. I’m taking my kids through this.

I’m not going to let them go through the pains of self-discovery that I had to go through, because of the wrong exposure to schooling that I had. Schooling that was not going to prepare me for life outside salaried employment.

And the truth of the matter is that salaried employment does not last for life.

You will eventually have to retire, or you get kicked out. And when that happens, then you have to earn income, because the money you get, whether it is a 401k, pension fund or whatever they call it, will rarely be enough to take you through the rest of your life, till you pass on.

So then it means you have to begin, after doing a job, maybe after getting to the age of 65, and then getting kicked out, resigning or retiring, you then begin to look for ways to earn income outside of paid employment.

It can be quite difficult to do that in a consistent way that enables you to maintain the lifestyle that you’re used to, when you had a job.

So, the thing is school does not teach you how to do that, and that’s a problem. I have a big problem with schools….”
===Ends===

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A Tried & Tested Strategy For Achieving Financial Freedom (Hint: Get My Audio DVD Information Product titled “Proven Ways to Generate Useful Passive Income”)

I recently shared a quote by Robert Kiyosaki on Facebook, stating – in part – that his Rich Dad often said “If going to school made you rich, then schoolteachers would be millionaires‘”. A friend – Ernest – later posted this question: “What is the way forward towards earning financial freedom? I don dey tire oooo“(see screen shot below).

I recently shared a quote by Robert Kiyosaki on Facebook, stating - in part - that his Rich Dad often said

Now, you could argue that my friend meant it as a joke, and that would be true. However, the truth is that MANY adults today actually WANT to know the answer to THAT question!!

Continue reading – click here…

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Can You Possibly Publish and Sell Books (not Ebooks) at Zero Cost?

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A new subscriber recently emailed me to ask:

a). I would like to know how one can possibly publish and sell books (not ebooks) at Zero capital?

(b). How can I get your proven techniques and strategies for starting to finish to write anything?

Both questions were in apparent reference to offers announced on banners I put up on my flagship website at www.tayosolagbade.com.

I share excerpts from my response email below, for the benefit of interested others.

Question a: I would like to know how one can possibly publish and sell books (not ebooks) at Zero capital?

***My answer starts***

See full details at: click here

I’ve been doing it for myself since 2005.

Many buyers from in and out of Africa have purchased my physical books and had them delivered to their doorsteps – some are clients who also bought my Excel-VB software, as far as places like the Philippines, the US and other places.

I’ve also helped other CEOs get their own PRINT books published in and out of Nigeria. Indeed, I am currently working on doing just that for a UK based business coach.

The above linked page shows pictures, screen shots and other details to help you understand how this works, and where I’ve so far been with regard to doing it.

I’ve tried to get media houses to talk about this powerful alternative to brick and mortar book publishing houses, but for some strange reason, they simply won’t pay attention.

My argument is that ANY smart CEO today should position him/herself uniquely by becoming a published author in his/her area of expertise.

Today, using the technology I describe on the above linked page, ANYONE who knows how, can do it successfully.

*******Ends****

2. How can I get your proven techniques and strategies for starting to finish to write anything?

***My response starts***

Since you’re already on my mailing list, I’ve attached the ebook to THIS email.

Otherwise you would have needed to fill/submit the downloads access form at click here to get it

Filename = writeanything.pdf [Size = 282KB]

HERE’S AN IMPORTANT NOTE:

I published this write-up as an article several years ago on my old domain (spontaneousdevelopment.com.

However, due to its popularity, I decided to convert it to a PDF ebook to boost marketing of my freelance writing service.

Unfortunately due to the large number of such resources I have (over1,000), I have not gotten around to modifying relevant pages in it to reflect my new website (www.tayosolagbade.com).

So, you’ll still see links starting with www.spontantaneousdevelopment.com in it. That’s my 9 year old domain that’s now defunct (full story at click here)

Wherever you see the above URL, simply change it to www.tayosolagbade.com.

Aside from that, I believe every other thing in the Ebook remains valid.

*******Ends****

Final Words

If you’re interested in getting a copy of the documents mentioned above, that I emailed with my response, click here to send me a message.

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THE FARM CEO (Issue 13): The Transport of Live Fish – A Review, Catering Services and the Poultry Industry Value Chain in the Niger Delta,Poultry (Chicken) Farming In Nigeria: The Nature of the Egg Market, Profitability analysis of small-scale catfish farming in Kaduna State, Nigeria, Catfish Farmers Discussion Forum Nigeria

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[Tagline: If it can help your farm business, you’ll find it in THE FARM CEO™ Newspaper ]

Below is a preview of THE FARM CEO newspaper for this week (Issue No. 13)

Here are the headlines, reviews – and links – for this week’s featured news items:

[URL] The Transport of Live Fish: A Review P.1

[PDF] Catering Services and the Poultry Industry Value Chain in the Niger Delta P.2

[URL] Poultry (Chicken) Farming In Nigeria: The Nature of the Egg Market P.2

[PDF] Profitability analysis of small-scale catfish farming in Kaduna State, Nigeria. P.3

[URL] Catfish Farmers Discussion Forum Nigeria P.3

Below: Screenshot of the cover for Issue No. 13 of THE FARM CEO (Monday 31st August 2015)

Screenshot of the cover for Issue No. 13 of THE FARM CEO (Monday 31st August 2015)

If you’re involved in the business of fish farming, you most likely know that transporting live fish can rarely be done successfully without proper know-how. So many things can go wrong if it’s not done right.

My first experience of the potential hazards associated with live fish was when I apprenticed with Muyiwa Adediran (aka The Fish Man™) on his Belewo Specialized Fish Rearing farm at Abesan Estate in Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos back in 2002.

For about 6 months, I learned by working as a farm hand – often – on weekends, caring for the stocks of catfish and ornamental fish bred on the farm.

Every now and then Muyiwa had to arrange for live fish (both kinds) to be transported to different parts of the country. It was NEVER a process he took lightly, as the dangers of DOA (Dead On Arrival) batches always threatened.

He had told me stories about the days when he exported indigenous ornamental fish (collected from key location) to countries in Europe and Asia, and how he gained valuable experience in preparing and packaging live fish to go on such “journeys”.

Done wrongly, it could mean the end of an exporter’s lucrative investment – and also a loss of confidence on the part of his/her international buyers…

Subscribe to THE FARM CEO, and get this new issue, as well as ALL back issues, in addition to your full subscription of 48 weekly issues.

1) Useful feed formulation/other findings from trusted sources

2) Cost-saving ideas from farm visits as I travel across West Africa.

3) Ads by farm providers/suppliers of all genres.

4). Special promo price offers of my Software and Book products

Full details at http://tinyurl.com/TheFarmCEO

1 year’s subscription = 48 issues.

Subscription Fee = $36 USD (approx) N6.8k [You get my $82 USD Feed Formulation Handbook FREE, as well as FREE Bi-weekly ads for YOUR biz]

 

UPDATE: The Farm CEO is no longer for sale. All Farm CEOs who purchase products/services worth N20.5k or more get it FREE for life – including all past issues.

ARCHIVES: Click here to view previews of ALL past issues of the newspapers