All posts by Tayo Solagbade

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, freelance writing services, and best practice extension support services (for farm business owners). Tayo is the author of the Self-Development (SD) Bible™, the popular Livestock Feed Formulation Handbook, and developer of its accompanying Excel-VB driven Ration Formulator - as well as the increasingly popular Monthly Poultry Farm Manager app. On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, writes and speaks the French language) relocated to Cotonou, in the French Speaking Benin Republic on the first lap of his slow travels 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). 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 previews of paid issues of The Farm CEO™ Newspaper (www.thefarmceo.net), in addition to his FREE Weekly Public Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS newsletter - which he uses to promote Burt Dubin's Public Speaking Mentoring service to experts across the African continent. Visit Tayo's Flagship Performance Improvement website to download over 10 performance improvement resources to boost your personal and work related productivity. Join Tayo's international community of fans on his Flagship MS Excel Heaven Facebook page (click here). You can also connect with him via Twitter (@tksola).

Burt Dubin says “Surrender to Your Mission…Have Bulldog Blood…and You Will Succeed!” | Quote-Story™ [A Success Quote That Worked For ME!]

“BULLDOG BLOOD” SUCCESS!

Quote-Story™ [A Success Quote That Worked For ME!] | Burt Dubin says “Surrender to Your Mission…Have Bulldog Blood…and You Will Succeed!”
No. 4 – Lagos, 17th May 2021

This 4th issue of Quote-Story™ features a powerful quote that inspired me to take the life changing decision to relocate to Benin Republic, on 1st April 2013, following which I was to reinvent myself and bounce back from a series of devastating setbacks I’d suffered back home in Nigeria.

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Cynthia Kersey says “Negativity is Like Poison in the Bloodstream – AVOID NEGATIVE PEOPLE!” | Quote-Story™ [A Success Quote That Worked For ME!]

“EVEN RELATIVES CAN BE NEGATIVE!”

Quote-Story™ [A Success Quote That Worked For ME!] | Cynthia Kersey says “Negativity is Like Poison in the Bloodstream – AVOID NEGATIVE PEOPLE!”

No. 3 – Lagos, 10th May 2021

This 3rd issue of Quote-Story™ addresses the often difficult, yet very necessary task of preventing people with Negative Mental Attitudes from distrupting your efforts to YOUR uncommon success.

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6 Year Old Mechanic [BBC VIDEO] – His Parents Tried to Stop Him But His Passion Made Them Give In: LESSON FOR PARENTS!

Click HERE to watch this BBC Interview of an amazing 6 year old Nigerian Automobile Mechanic in Training.

Like I’ve been screaming for years…PARENTS must take ownership of the process of educating their kids for success in life post-schooling. Continue…

[BPPS] Reps approve compulsory vocational studies in secondary school – PUNCH NEWSPAPER REPORT

This PUNCH Newspaper headline [Reps approve compulsory vocational studies in secondary school] is proof that we’re winning – at least on THIS front, and at long last too.

Only a few weeks ago, I attended a follow up meeting with senior officials at the Ministry of Education, who had invited the Chairman of the State Parents Forum to discuss with me.

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[BPPS] Teen Sisters (15 & 12) PRACTICE for their 1st Mobile Hairstyling Experience Sharing Clinic for Kids!

This video trailer features:

1. Highlight photos and a video clip from the 1st practice session done – on Tuesday 27th April 2021 – by the girls with their Mentor, the CEO of ADA UNIQUE SALOON located at No. 5 Akinriade Street, Anifowoshe, Ikeja, Lagos.

2. Subtitled playback of a recorded phone Conversation, 2 days later, on 29th April – when Ada spoke with Temi after seeing  photos of the 2nd practice session done by the girls at home.

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Why You Need to Avoid “ENERGY SUCKERS” By Oprah Winfrey [Verbatim text transcript of 1:00 video clip found on Facebook]

Below is a Verbatim text transcript of the 1:43 video clip 

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“I had to do a clearing, in my life of some people whose energy I realized was not supportive of who I wanted to be in the world.”

Video Transcription by:  Oluomachukwu SOLAGBADE

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The Difference between Spirituality & Religion – By Prof. Bayyinah Bello [Verbatim text transcript of 1:43 video clip found on Facebook]

Below is a Verbatim text transcript of the 1:43 video clip 

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“Spirituality, nobody can teach it to you. You need to get the fundamentals of any book any spiritual system. You can get the fundamentals, and then look at inside of you and…”

Video Transcription by:  Temilolowa SOLAGBADE

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[PDF – TRUE STORY] Custom Manufacturing Business Manager App Built for a Lagos-Nigeria based SME | Excel-VB Automation Can Boost Employee Productivity in Your Company

NB: This PDF report is based on a blog post with over 6.4k views as at 23rd April 2021. It features the true story (with screenshots from the real life app) of how – in 2009 – I built a Custom Manufacturing Business Manager
Software Built for a Lagos-Nigeria based SME.

It was an elaborate project that involved creating interfaces to handle both OPERATIONAL as well as FINANCIAL REPORTING performance data recording and analysis/trending.

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[PDF] Save Money On Poultry Feed: Two Ideas You Can Use to Succeed

Times are really hard for businesses in general and Farm Businesses in particular.

Historically burdened by erratic socio-economic conditions and marketing challenges, the prolonged global pandemic crisis has hit farmers hard, causing unprecedented rises in prices of their most critical inputs.

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Grand-Kids Visit Grandma On Her 73rd Birthday Anniversary: 18/4/2021 [10 Inspiring Grandma Quotes]

My mother – Mrs. Abiola A. Solagbade – clocked 73 years yesterday (Sunday 18th April 2021).

I got my kids (‘Temi, Oluoma and T-Boy: 15, 12, and 7 respectively) to bring her some fruit gifts and spend some quiet time with her and Grandpa.

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