Entrepreneurship
PII 041: Avoid Intellectual Laziness, Learn How Things Work...to Achieve Success [Hint: A Culture of Making Your Own Things is Key to Individual/National Development - See Photos of Home Made Ankara Slippers and Shoes Inside]
November 21, 2016









All over the world people who excel in life ahead of their peers in any area of endeavour, most times succeed because they devote unrelenting time, energy and effort to MASTERING one or more vocations. Without mastery, you are unlikely to be anything more than average or mediocre. Yet, mastery itself cannot be achieved unless one […]







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Career Development
THE FARM CEO (Issue 65): Grow your business at Agra Innovate [1 DAY 8 HOURS to go]
November 20, 2016









This week's issue of the Farm CEO newspaper announces a tradeshow you may find useful to attend, as it offers multiple benefits. Preview: Now in its third successful year, Agra Innovate West Africa is widely recognised as the region's leading crop production, processing and manufacturing tradeshow, connecting suppliers from some twenty different countries across four […]







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Career Development
That the Grass Appears Greener On the Other Side Is No Assurance That Things Are Rosier Over There [Stop Thinking Others Are Better Off Than You!
November 17, 2016









It’s funny how we take things for granted so often in life. People across the world have an interesting habit of always seeing what happens in other places based on preconceived notions that many times have little or no bearing on what obtains in real life. One example. I almost fell of my seat in […]







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Entrepreneurship
You Need to Reap the Best Possible Wisdom From Every Bout of Adversity
November 16, 2016









As much as I'd love to NOT notice it, the negative discrimination directed at people in my part of the world, by those from other parts of the world continues to periodically show up. This is especially as it relates to using 3rd party platforms - including web hosting, which is paid, as well as […]







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Career Development
PII 040: 2 PDF Guides on Writing to Attract Potential Buyers & One PDF Report on Zero Cost Book Marketing [Get Yours Here]
November 14, 2016









Quick Take-Away: I get massive volumes of writing done on a weekly basis for myself, even as I do LOTS of the same for multiple clients. The need to get around the challenge of not being able to afford paid advertising, as a startup - while I struggled to establish my brand in the marketplace - […]







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Career Development
[RECOMMENDED] 8 Reasons Excel is Better Than "Off-The-Shelf" Accounting Software
November 13, 2016









A few days ago, I encountered a small business owner speaking to a street vendor, trying to choose from about 5 different accounting software installation disks. The vendor was obviously not interested in helping the CEO make a choice. Instead, he kept pushing for the man to buy as many disks as possible (at double […]







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Entrepreneurship
Protected: THE FARM CEO (Issue 65): 11 Most Profitable Agricultural Business Ideas for Young Entrepreneurs, 5 Profitable Agricultural Businesses You Can Start In Nigeria Today, 100 Agribusiness Ideas for 2016
November 13, 2016

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Entrepreneurship
This Zero Cost Marketing Strategy Will Make Total Strangers Confidently Send You Money
November 12, 2016









If you're like most people, you believe in spending money to make money in business - which is not a bad strategy. However, history attests to the fact that viable zero cost alternative ways exist to make money, if one would only learn to use them. In these times when advertising funds are harder to […]







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General
[RECOMMENDED] Nigeria does not need prayers (Leaders and political office holders in the country have continued to call on Nigerians to pray for God to come down and help the nation. But are prayers what we need?) - Men's Roundtable, pulseng.com
November 9, 2016









 This piece, authored by Isaac Dachen on 8th November 2016, resonates MASSIVELY with me. About time someone said it the way it needs to be said!!! Preview: A few days ago, the Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano added his voice to the several calls by leaders in the country to be ceaseless in prayers as […]







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Career Development
PII 039: To Succeed Exceptionally, LEARN Shamelessly AND Take ACTION Persistently!
November 7, 2016









Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. – Calvin Coolidge Your ability to deal with […]







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