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Tayo K. Solagbade*

Self-Development/Performance Improvement Specialist

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

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 (October 1994 to December 2001) as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer to Training & Technical Development Manager, and later acted in senior roles as Production Manager and Technical
Manager.

In addition to constantly challenging the status quo and influencing positive work changes, he built a reputation for using self-taught spreadsheet programming skills (starting with Lotus 1-2-3, and later moving to Excel Visual Basic) – in his spare time – to develop Automated Spreadsheet Applications to computerize manual report generation processes in the departments he worked. Over four(4) of his applications were adopted for brewery level reporting.

Tayo holds a B.Sc degree in Agricultural Extension Services from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, having graduated top of his class – with Second Class Upper Division honors – in 1992. 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 (SDAc).

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 The Farm CEO Weekly Newspaper (sent via email to paid subscribers) and his Weekly Performance Improvement IDEAS

newsletter.

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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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.

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:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Should-You-Quit-Your-Job-or-Start-Your-Business-Part-time?&id=172008

(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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The Need to Set the Right Example by Being Useful at Home (Even If You’re Busy)

February 3, 2016 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Do Experts Wash Dishes? Do YOU? You read that right: I mean YOU, reading this right now.

Regardless of your gender, or professional status, the above question is meant for YOU.

Here’s a more elaborate version of it:

As a startup or established expert in your field of interest or specialization, should you bother doing minor domestic chores like washing dishes and the like?

We Were Brought Up To Care About Chores

If you’re like most people, you were brought up by your parents to take responsibility for some domestic chores. Doing the dishes or laundry. Taking out the trash. Mowing the lawn. Washing the car. Cleaning your room, or even changing the baby’s diapers?

By the time we left home, many of us had gotten used to doing them without being asked.

But once we begin living alone, and as we achieve varying levels of success, some of us decide we’d rather not do such chores. So we get hired help. That’s not bad in itself, especially if doing so helps us to get more work done i.e. so we can be more productive.

However, the problem that can – and often does – arise is that some people let their success or the need to preserve a certain image/status convince them that being “domesticated” is not cool (or is undignified) for instance. So, they go out of their way to avoid showing that side of themselves. At a point even when they visit their own parents, they betray the same bias –to the latter’s surprise, and possible embarrassment!

Your Success Cannot Excuse YOU From Chores!

In a past issue of the Early To Rise newsletter, Craig Ballantyne shared memories from his childhood, of times he spent with his father. On specific school days his father would take him on outings instead of letting him attend classes.

According to his father, there were other things Craig needed to learn, which would not be taught to him in school. (That’s one truth I’ve also learned over the years, and which I apply in relating with my kids.)

But the most profound message I picked up from Craig’s anecdote, was his revelation that despite achieving significant success years later in life, his family still requires all members to do domestic chores – including menial ones like washing dishes.

In other words, whenever they come together as a family, regardless of their individual levels of personal success or societal status, each member still has to do those chores!

I believe the above provides a valuable lesson for families. We must realize that no matter how successful anyone of us becomes, the relationship we have with one another will remain basically intact.

In other words, your father will always be your father. The same goes for your mother. Regardless of how famous, or wealthy your success makes you, both parents will remain deserving of your respect, and service. As will your siblings – older, younger or same age (in the case of twins).

Nothing should change except, probably, your looks

Setting The Right Examples As Role Models

As experts we share expert knowledge and insights with others who often look up to us for guidance. Over time, people value our opinion so much that they’ll want to know what we think about current affairs and other general issues not directly related to our areas of professional focus. That’s when you get invited as a guest on a TV show etc. That will happen because you’ve become a role model who others look up to, for thought leadership.

The question to ask yourself is whether what they know about you in public, is the same they’ll discover about you if they came to your home?

Are you as fair and impartial in your dealings with those in your household, as you advocate in your talks and interviews, for instance? Do you really help out with household chores like you say your listeners should? Or is that just a strategy to get public approval by being politically correct?

The answers you come up with, will tell you a few things about yourself – especially with your status as an expert who, by extension, is also a role model.

Kids learn from watching us. When you’re a expert, it’s likely that at some point, you kids will see/hear you speak or write based on your proven expertise. Sooner or later they’ll come across people who have heard you speak or read your writing, or even interacted with you. What the latter tell your kids they heard you say can make a powerful impact in the latter’s lives.

But that impact can be either negative or positive, depending on how honest you are.

For instance as a specialist in racial diversity, you’re likely to advocate equal opportunities and fair play, no discrimination etc. The question is, at home, or in your private life, do those close to you see those same principles being applied by you?

A Man Who Set An Example His Kids Had No Problems Following

Here’s an example to illustrate this point: As parents we must raise our kids to see one another as partners. Sibling rivalry should never be allowed to take root. That’s why we must avoid playing favorites. If they see you always deal with issues concerning them in a fair and impartial manner, they will accept it as the right way to do things.

I know a family in which the father (who is now late) ran his – polygamous – household in the above described manner. Over a decade after his death, all the kids are grown up and married with their own kids. But they still stay in touch and congregate periodically.

When they do meet, the mutual respect and consideration they have for one another remains obvious You will not for instance find a younger one who’s doing better financially than an older one, being treated preferentially to the disadvantage of the latter. Instead, the former would readily serve (i.e. run errands for) the less prosperous big brother or sister, like s/he would have done when they were still in their father’s house.

What’s more, one sees no airs of superiority or attempts to outdo one another among them. It’s not a perfect family of course. They have their own disagreements and differences. But certain basic cultural ground rules remain in place and respected.

What’s more, when disagreements or conflicts do arise, this family has an excellent problem resolution system in place. They simply get themselves together as a group, and bring the erring/disagreeing members together to explain themselves/air their grievances.

Contributions would be allowed from members with ideas for an amicable way to resolve the problem. A group decision would be arrived at eventually, and the affected individuals asked to abide by the decision.

In all the years I have related with members of this family, I have never known this method to fail them. That was how their father did it. And seeing how it worked for him, they chose to continue with it. What better role model could one have hoped for?

Final Words

Are you now (or working towards becoming) a highly paid expert who serves high profile clients?

If yes, well that’s just great!

However, that should not make you feel you can no longer step into the kitchen and do the dishes while visiting your old and grey parents over a weekend, if there’s no helper around.

Taking out the trash/other chores also need not be abomination for you. And not just in your parent’s home, but also in YOUR own home.

Apart from making your folks – and spouse – happy and proud, your kids (and/or other people’s kids) will learn a valuable lesson from seeing you readily take on household chores if/when the need arises to do so.

But most importantly, you would be living a life based on values consistent with those you advocate to others you interact with in the course of doing your work.

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Do You Really Need Employees?

February 2, 2016 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

I once read a document which featured interesting statistics like the following:

“About three quarters of all U.S. business firms have no payroll. Most are self-employed persons operating unincorporated businesses, and may or may not be the owner’s principal source of income… Since 1997, however, non employers have grown faster than employer firms.” – U.S. Census Bureau’s website

Those numbers relate to the USA. But (at the risk of stating the obvious), I’m based in Africa, shuttling mainly between Nigeria’s Lagos and Benin Republic’s Cotonou, as a Location Independent Multipreneur.

For most of the past decade, I’ve worked – as a service provider – with many small and medium business owners.

I do not have statistics matching those of the USA, for my country. But I do have the benefit of years of exposure to these businesses, to make some informed observations.

Example: Just like their North American counterparts, many firms out here do not have payrolls, and the self-employed also mostly operate unincorporated ventures. Indeed, some do not even have registered business names.

But that’s not the point I wish to make.

Why Spend Money On Things You Don’t Need?

I’m more concerned about the reasoning behind the decision making by some of the self-employed, regarding hiring of employees, and spending on overheads.

For instance, I’ve provided services to independent consultants (including experts-who-speak) who maintain rented offices (and staff), that rarely get visited by prospects or clients.

And they do this year in, year out, while paying all kinds of bills – in addition to salaries – monthly.

My enquiries reveal they hold this (grossly mistaken) view that if they fail to do so, potential clients will assume they’re not doing well.

In other words, they believe they need to show they are making profits, by hiring employees, and renting offices, even when they do not need them.

Did I hear you say “Huh?”. Well, you’re not alone. What warped logic

What irks me most is the fact that some of these business owners do not (and/or are not able to) provide adequate salaries or benefits for the employees they recruit.

Some Do It To Belong. Others, To Make A Statement.

They want to keep up with the Joneses. So, they ignore readily available “family labour” (e.g. a spouse as personal assistant), and a room in their home that could be converted to an office.

The question I ask is this: If I can work without commuting to an office outside my home, does it make good business sense, to rent office space and engage employees I have to pay?

Advocates of this approach argue that impressions matter, and that that justifies doing the above. But who are they trying to impress exactly?

There are also those who adopt the above mentioned wasteful approach, so they can prove they are better off than some rival or contemporary. And they act it by readily pointing out that s/he does not have any employees (or office)…or that s/he does not have as many as they do.

In some developing cultures, there is widespread belief that anyone who works from home only does so because s/he is not making enough money.

And it cuts across: Even the elite are just as prone.

They fail to realize the decision about renting an office would depend on the kind of business – and also how much money you have. Service providers generally find it quite easy to operate home offices.

But in these societies, people blindly place great importance on owning a formal office or business premises. There is a lot of prestige that comes with being able to invite a client to meet you in your OFFICE..:-)

I’ve personally lost count of the number of times prospects afflicted with this mentality balked at speaking further with me, as soon I told them I worked from home.

“So, where is your office?” they typically ask. And I always respond: “Actually I work from home.”

Then I watch with mild amusement as their eyes glaze over, and they suddenly adopt a condescending tone in subsequent exchanges. Some even make tactless comments like “Oh well, not to worry. Once business picks up, you’ll have your own office and probably employ a secretary to help you.”

And I would wonder to myself who it was that told them I wanted an office, and employee(s) to WORRY about???

But experience has taught me to ignore them.

Here’s one reason why:What do you call a guy who – after recommending that you rent an office and hire staff – turns around to ask for massive discounts for your paid services claiming he’s on a shoe string budget?

I’d say UNSERIOUS, and not worth my time …especially in an economy where you have to generate your own electricity, and other basic necessities, to do your work.

I learnt a lot about minimizing overheads as a independent consultant, from reading Herman Holtz’s writing. He revealed that even in working for large corporations, many of the executives showed respect for his need to keep his overheads low as a solo operator, by agreeing to meet with him in his home office.

My achievements in THIS SAME society have proven that serious prospects will make no issue of a service provider choosing to work from home. Many readily agree to meet me at home (or a mutually convenient location), once they become convinced I have the competence to solve their problem(s).

As Experts, We Should Be Thought Leaders!

It’s ironic that experts who should be savvy business persons, allow faulty reasoning by larger society, to influence them into taking actions that negatively impact their business’ bottom line.

Should it not be the other way round? Are we not supposed to guide society on what should be done, based on our expertise?

Why not educate members of society that their assumptions and expectations are wrong? You can do this by doing what is right for YOUR business, and letting them see how it pays off for you.

How do you explain a business owner choosing to throw away profits, in order to impress people who do not own stakes in his business? Senility?

So many questions. Too few answers that make sense.

I’m The Only Full Time Employee In my Business. And I Intend To Keep It That Way.

There is one thing that’s crystal clear however. And it’s the FACT that there are still those who know enough, to live their lives on their own terms. I am proud to belong to that group.

We never let others dictate how we think, live or work. If you want to be authentic as an expert-who-gets-invited-to-speak, you will want to toe the same line.

Since 2005 – when I launched my first website – www.spontaneousdevelopment.com – I made it clear on the ABOUT page that I intended to be the ONLY full time employee of my business.

You see,
I did not decide to become an entrepreneur to look big, by employing thousands in order to feel successful (the way Bill Gates does in Microsoft for instance). I’ve never been comfortable with the idea.

I came out here to pursue self-fulfillment by adding value to the lives of others, through my work. Terry Dean – a highly successful and reputable entrepreneur/marketing consultant shares a similar view – as he’s stated in past writings.

We who think this way however accept that there will be others who feel building more Microsoft-like companies is the way for them.

And that’s alright.

Each person should do what works for him/her. We should not do things because others say we should, when we know better.

That applies to the issue of having employees in your company. Not everyone is cut out to run a business that involves managing others. There are personality types that determine these things.

It’s actually unwise – mean in fact – to take on employees, when you are not able (or willing) to provide them decent working conditions and/or remuneration.

Out here, not much is (currently) made of it. Even mistreated employees rationalize that they have no choice…or choose to leave it to God…:-((

However, in developed countries like the USA, trying to make an impression in that manner, would get you into big, fat trouble!

NB: The original version of this article was first published online on Tue 9/11/2012 12:30 AM via spontaneousdevelopment.com (my 9 year old domain which is now defunct).

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No. 230: Post Employment Survival Strategies & Biz Startup Ideas [Hint: Signup for my Confidential Business Startup Ideas Support Service]

February 1, 2016 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Tough economic times, fewer jobs for those seeking, and more job losses looming on the horizon for people in industries we once thought to offer job security, ALL combine to make the message in this issue of my newsletter most relevant and compelling!

You will want to read this write-up if you are:

a. preparing for retirement

b. an organizational decision maker who prepares employees for retirement

c. planning to start a business part-time, while remaining in paid employment

d. planning to quit your job to start/run your own business full time

Many people spend a substantial part of their lives working for their employer without giving thought to the day they will have to leave – often by way of retirement. There are of course those who resign to start their own businesses.

And…there is that not so lucky group who get asked to leave

The question is how prepared WILL the people who fall into the above categories BE, for the real world of their societies when they find themselves in it?

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You will want to read this write-up if you are:

a. preparing for retirement

b. an organizational decision maker who prepares employees for retirement

c. planning to start a business part-time, while remaining in paid employment

d. planning to quit your job to start/run your own business full time

And…there is that not so lucky group who get asked to leave

The question is how prepared WILL the people who fall into the above categories BE, for the real world of their societies when they find themselves in it?

For many who have made that transition out here, in Nigeria, the experiences were often traumatizing.

The truth is that in Nigeria, going from salary to self-employment is NOTHING like what obtains in America, or other developed societies! There are NO social security safety nets. Few “protection” bodies exist that diligently help those who get “knocked” down unfairly as often happens out here.

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Welcome to my MS Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation Club [Introductory Videos You Need to Watch]

January 30, 2016 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

This is a generic introduction page that is accessible without a password. All other pages for members of the club will require you to use your USERNAME and PASSWORD, which will be emailed to you.

Welcome, and congratulations for joining my Excel Heaven Visual Basic Club. If you’ve NOT yet done so, take a moment to LIKE my Facebook page via http://www.tayosolagbade.com/fbk, so you can keep track of latest updates I publish. Click here.

See the private/closed Facebook page for the club at https://www.facebook.com/groups/736287616508718/

By taking the decision to learn how to automate MS Excel using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), you’ve put yourself on track to boosting your productivity in terms of your data handling, analysis and report generation abilities.

Whether you an independent consultant or career person in paid employment, knowing how to automate MS Excel using VBA is a tried and tested means to outperforming your rivals or competitors.

But learning to automate MS Excel using VBA is NOT easy work – you will NOT be able to do it overnight.

If I told you otherwise, I would be lying. I’ve been doing spreadsheet automation for business users for 2 decades now. So the expertise you see on display on my site was not acquired in a short time. However, I have developed smart methods for teaching what I know to willing others: The keyword there is WILING.

For instance, my own kids, who range in age from 9 to 16 years old are undergoing home based tutoring as members of the Kiddies version of my Excel-VB club. I do this because I intend for them to gradually take over selling of, and modifying/customizing the software I sell to clients.

It is You need to be prepared to do LOTS of reading, and WATCHING/LISTENING in addition to even MORE DOING, based on your unique work related needs.

As long as you’re willing to do the work required, I assure you that you WILL develop the competence to automate MS Excel in a way that enables you deliver performances that boost your prestige, recognition and INCOME.

Take your time to study the resources linked to below. It is crucial to your ability to make the most of what you will learn about Excel Automation as a member of my club. If you have ANY questions or need clarification on ANY aspects, do NOT hesitate to call or email me.

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Click the links below to watch the video version of my 9 page Slide show Presentation, which explains details of what you will be learning – and doing.

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b. Using Index/Match Formulas & Sum Product Formulas for Report Generation [Video Tutorial Preview]

[NB: What I demonstrate in this video is actually automation of a sophisticated National Distribution report for a Multinational Telecoms Company. But this particular automation was achieved without use of Visual Basic code. All I used were 3 advanced functions, combined in different ways to tap information from a database table and generate different report scenarios.]

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Watch the videos below, to see examples of the dummy-proof, custom automated Excel-VB apps I build, being used by me. If you do the work required, with diligence and commitment, using the learning resources I give you, be sure that over time you WILL be able to build even better apps than these.

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Using LinkedIn – The Required Mindset For Best Results

January 26, 2016 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Back in 2012, I had a discussion with a new member (let’s call him Nhoj) in one of the groups I belonged to on Linked In. He pointed out a worrying trend he had observed.

Specifically, he expressed concern that a rather unhealthy majority of people in that particular group were openly “hard selling” to other members, making little or no effort to add value by sharing ideas and contributing to discussions.

Nhoj had effectively spoken my mind. I told him so, adding that before joining the group he had complained about, I already belonged to three other groups on Linked In: One for speakers, another on speaker marketing, a third on book writing. Within days of joining the first group however, I discovered – just like he did – a massive difference in the quality of interaction amongst its members, compared to the other three.

It Is Important To FIRST Add Value, Build Relationships & Gain Trust

For instance in the other 3 groups I joined, aspiring and competent experts continually shared ideas and experiences/insight in a mutually rewarding – and collaborative – atmosphere. Very rarely was ANY hard selling done. There was so much sincerity. A win-win atmosphere.

In contrast, I found that the members of the group Nhoj referred to, relentlessly bombarded themselves with pushy sales messages, day in, day out. There was great activity (e.g. volume of posts), but very little quality interaction.

It was obvious that majority of the members of this group were “programmed” to TAKE from others. Most of them were just there to sell something.

Unfortunately, people with this kind of mindset are competitive minded about the WRONG things. The truth however, is that if they want to succeed, they’ll need to adopt a more collaborative approach in their interaction with other group members.

Being willing to collaborate with others does NOT mean you’re weak or less competent. Quite often, doing so can help you overcome limitations you’ve had while working alone.

Business persons who understand the ethical way to use social media, often appreciate the need to first of all establish a mutually beneficial (or as Nhoj put it – “symbiotic”) relationship with others, in order to make meaningful progress.

We have plenty of historical evidence that proves that it pays to follow this enlightened path. A high profile example is that of the late Steve Jobs, who partnered with competitors like Microsoft, to take the industry to the next level (as Richard Branson, another genius of similar temperament, recently recalled in one of his syndicated articles).

No One Says You Should NOT Try To Sell – Just Don’t “Hard Sell”!

Now, in case you’re reading this, and wondering, I’m NOT asking you to engage in some selfless altruistic gestures of helping others out, just for the sake of it. On the contrary, I actually believe it pays to focus on making money or building revenue through Linked In. After all, Guy Kawasaki, in a 2007 article, provided statistical proof, that Linked In was widely acknowledged to be the best no-nonsense medium to do just that, when compared to its peers.

The point I AM making, is that Linked In, being a professional networking environment, should NOT be abused by using it as a trading center (e.g. Google Trader), where people come with the primary motive of simply putting their stuff up for sale for others to buy.

In a place like Linked In, the culture is more refined – with emphasis on building trusting relationships via quality interactions.

There is emphasis on first offering useful value of some sort, with a twist or spin off that could yield potentially beneficial returns, to one or more of the participants.

Most important is the willingness of all members to contribute, with honesty and integrity, even when they KNOW there is a chance, that NO DIRECT benefits will accrue to them from doing so. In essence, I am saying each member should participate on Linked In, FIRST, with the intention of being of use/service to fellow members. In the course of doing so, s/he will become known, recognised and appreciated for the quality of his/her contributions. THAT would be one benefit.

Also in the process of serving in this manner, opportunities for showcasing what s/he offers, will present themselves (e.g. articles, reports).

As s/he continues to build credibility, “trusting” members would find it easy to “consider” his/her products/services or refer others. Even better, some may propose joint ventures, or partnerships of sorts, with attractive benefits.

The result would be that COMPETENT business people, with win-win dispositions, would continue to discover opportunities to progress together via groups that operate as described above. TRUST would be established, and this would ease the way for useful interactions to take place.

The first group Nohj referred to, did NOT seem to have many members who understood the need to operate in this manner. And THAT is the major difference between them and members of other groups. That shortcoming is very likely to deny many of its members, the long term benefits enjoyed by compliant groups.

FINAL WORDS

Even though I’ve used Linked In as a case study, the point I’ve made in this piece actually applies to the use of other social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter etc) for business purposes.

PS: This article was first published online on Monday 6th February 2012 in my Self-Development Digest newsletter, via Spontaneousdevelopment.com (my 9 year old former domain – now defunct.

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No. 229: How To Excel As An Employee (4 Experience Based Strategies)

January 25, 2016 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

[This issue is dedicated to experts-who-speak, who work in paid employment e.g. as Sales/Marketing Professionals, Public Relations/Corporate Affairs Managers, Legal Experts & career persons in general]

Except you are a CEO of the company you work for, there is a good chance you have ambitions to move to the next rung of the corporate ladder, and as far up as possible before you retire (or resign).

That implies you want to get promoted, and/or given more career advancement opportunities.

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Except you are a CEO of the company you work for, there is a good chance you have ambitions to move to the next rung of the corporate ladder, and as far up as possible before you retire (or resign).

That implies you want to get promoted, and/or given more career advancement opportunities.

It would also be nice to enjoy more perks such as an official car, driver, allowances or even official residence etc. This write up offers you tested and proven experience based ideas you can use, to become a well recognised high flyer in your company within the shortest time possible.

When you put in a lot of effort in doing your job, it can be quite fulfilling to eventually learn you are being rewarded with something tangible such as the above.

Promotion in the workplace is a sure sign that one is progressing within a company.

Nobody likes to be left spinning his/her wheels in the same job for years. Sadly however, that is exactly what happens to many employees – they may start out with bright prospects in the company, but at some point, especially when they approach or settle into middle management, nothing comes their way any more.

The Question Is Why Are You NOT Getting Promoted?

Why are you not being called on to do those special assignments that can get you into the spotlight, to be noticed by those who matter in your company.

Why is it that no one ever thinks of nominating you to go on that course meant for “workplace champions” who will then return and coach other employees using what they learn? Why is your colleague often picked to go on secondment to sometimes senior positions, and you are not?

My Answer – You Are The One Holding Yourself Back!

You need to do some sober reflection here. If you’re not getting promoted, or you’re missing out on career advancement opportunities, it’s most likely because you are NOT doing enough of the right things to get noticed by those who make the decisions in your company, about who gets promoted, or sent on secondment/other high profile assignments.

Let me use an analogy that explains why I am so sure.

Think about any nation that sends a team to the world cup. Take Nigeria for instance. We all know that when it comes to WINNING, most Nigerians would gladly have the best possible ELEVEN players on the pitch, than fight to get a less competent tribesman or woman to play.

Why? Because we love to win. The same thing applies to well managed companies. The decision makers want the company to post the best performance possible. So they ALWAYS strive to select the best people from their army of employees to do the most important work necessary to achieve the company’s goal.

Now, THAT is the key:

If you want to win more opportunities to further your career, or get promoted, you will need to actively engage yourself in doing things on and off the job that will make those decision makers in your company SEE you as a valuable asset in the company’s arsenal.

They must become convinced that giving you such opportunities will benefit the company and other employees. Once you achieve that, you will be amazed by the regularity with which you will get chosen over many others.

What Can You Do, To Increase Your Chances?

1. Get A Variety Of Experiences Under Your Belt & Put Them To Use:

The first thing I always emphasise to ANY person who wants to advance his/her career as an employee, is the need to get as much exposure to varied workplace experiences as possible.

Just as is the case in life, the key to becoming a high flyer in an organisation, is to possess real world relevant COMPETENCIES, which when put to use, will enable you deliver results that the company wants. Bosses often love an employee they can count on to keep things going according to plan. Someone they can leave things to, and go to bed. A person who can be trusted to protect their interest/that of the company.

In order to be this kind of person, you will need to acquire good knowledge of different aspects of YOUR boss’ job. This implies you will also be familiar with what everyone who reports to him does. Most importantly, you will ensure you are VERY competent in doing your job. Once these are achieved, you will be able to combine doing your job, with looking out for opportunities to add value to other people’s jobs. Soon, your boss, colleagues and others will notice your efforts.

2. Never Turn Down ANY Opportunity:

The reward for success is more responsibility or more work. And it will likely come at a higher level. No matter your prejudices about a specific project or assignment, NEVER turn down an opportunity extended to you, to tackle an new or different job. Not even if you feel you know nothing about it.

Believe me, you can learn what you need to know right on the job in a matter of days, weeks or months, depending on the job type. Most times, as you climb up the ladder, your assignments will be supervisory or managerial in nature. You will be doing less by yourself, and more by getting others to do stuff.

All you need to do, is dedicate some time and effort to understanding what your subordinates do, so as to better manage them to do it. Even if your assignment requires your hands on involvement, do so until you become proficient. Make a success of this, and you would have added another invaluable body of knowledge/experience to yourself.

But here’s the best part:

There is a good chance that the new competencies you acquire in the course of carrying out that unfamiliar assignment, will equip you to excel when you get back to your normal area of work. I say all of this from personal experience.

Success in paid employment comes mainly to those who LEARN from lessons taught by the experiences they have in the course of doing work that is assigned to them. If you turn down opportunities because you feel the job is unfamiliar or difficult, you deny yourself valuable opportunity to ADD new experiences that can make you more competitive.

3. Avoid The Mistake Of Waiting To Go On Courses:

You will be very unwise to wait for your company to send you on training courses as an avenue to acquiring the competence you need. In my experience, and from my studies of many books on management, EXPERIENCE gained while on the job plays a massive role in moulding managers exposed to them, into the high-flyers they later become.

Management courses offer mostly theoretical grounding.

The onus is always on the manager to them return to the workplace and APPLY what s/he has learnt. The assumption is also made that the workplace will present challenges in a manner similar to what was covered in the training course. Very rarely does this happen.

Each of these people will communicate his/her desired result, typically derived from a need to achieve the company’s goal, to his/her subordinate(s). At some point, the desired result will be translated into specific tasks for people at your level. So long as each person does his/her assigned bit, the overall company goal will often be accomplished.

Once you gain this understanding, it will be easier to appreciate the role YOU have to play in the entire scheme of things in your position of responsibility.

It is the lack of understanding of how the role they play, fits into the BIG company picture, that makes many employees fail to take their jobs as seriously as they should. This limited insight also prevents them from seeing the opportunities that could fall into their laps, if they were to step up and proactively play their parts, to facilitate improved processes that would help the company perform even better than planned.

4. Ignore Office Politics:

Ah yes, of course there’s is the challenge of office politics making nonsense of efforts you might make to use the ideas offered here. However, the truth is that office politics is everywhere. It happens in every part of the world – even in the best run companies.

Due to the fact that rewards will be given out to persons deemed to have been most instrumental in helping achieve the valued organisational goal, direct and indirect competition for the spotlight, will naturally happen amongst employees at various levels.

I believe it is the company’s management that decides how much office politics can SWAY decision making. In most well managed companies(I was lucky to work in one), people who depend more on politics than on-the-job performance rarely get far, compared to those who do the opposite.

If you work in such a company, where MERIT is the primary determinant of career advancement for employees, then the ideas I offer here CAN help you get FAR ahead, if you diligently apply them.

Even if you don’t, I can assure you that you WILL still reap great rewards – it just tends to take longer, and you’ll have to also endure longer periods of adversity. If that does not appeal to you, moving to another company could be a viable option.

As far as office politics goes, I have only ONE piece of advice for you: Do NOT get involved in it. Carefully identify those who play it, and tactfully maintain a safe distance from them – in your own interest.

Why Should You Listen To Me On This?

This is another in a series of Performance Enhancement write ups I have committed to publishing on this website, to help employees and career minded persons who aspire to climb high, as fast as possible, up the corporate ladder.

Looking back at the time I spent in paid employment, I sometimes feel I had the gift of knowing HOW TO do my work in a way that would get me noticed, and marked for career advancement opportunities almost at will. Very rarely did I do ANYTHING to curry favour or attention from superiors.

Yet, they repeatedly chose me over others who were many years ahead of me on the job. I knew no magic tricks. All I did was work hard to LEARN how to do ANY job assigned me, and I also actively studied books and real life managers I admired.

Then I went out daily and applied all that I learnt with single minded dedication, rarely giving a thought for my comfort or convenience. 99% of the time I put the needs of the company first. In other words, I did what I have suggested you do in this write up

One more thing:

I’ll also tell you that I followed my instincts a lot, and asked questions about everything – to the extent of constructively criticising the way things were been done, to proposing new ways to do them – some of which got adopted.

The result was that I became a high flyer in a relatively short period of time.

Final Words

I have written, published and presented management research papers in the past, that capture key points outlined in this piece. Just in case you are reading my writing for the first time, and wonder what really qualifies me to comment on this subject, I suggest you click here to view my resume which details of specific experiences and accomplishments I rapidly recorded in the relatively short period I spent in paid employment.

PS: This write-up was first published online on Monday 2nd April 2012 via spontaneousdevelopment.com (my former 9 year old domain – which is now defunct).

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and from directly relating with him.

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!

That’s why I never tire of CONFIDENTLY recommending him to others.

If you need help putting the ideas shared above to use, let me know HERE.

Click here to tell me which of Burt’s speaker mentoring products or services you are interested

in.

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Learn about Burt Dubin’s speaker mentoring products (books, audios etc) below…

If you need help purchasing ANY of Burt’s products, call me on +229-66-122-136 (in Benin Republic, my base) or +234-803-302-1263 (in Nigeria) or email tayo@tksola.com

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

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.

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).

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 (SDAc).

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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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.

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:

1. To Succeed, Understand That Suffering Can Be Good for You!

(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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Achieve Greater Success by Being a Problem Solver

January 20, 2016 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

The Internet, if properly utilized to achieve what Michel Fortin describes as Power Positioning (click), can make people who fit your target audience profile, conclude YOU are the go to-expert for virtually anything they need as far as what you do is concerned.

In my case, I continue to marvel at how people from within and outside Africa continue to reach out to me, even when all they want is to gain access to some other resources outside of me.

They basically display a preference to have me TELL them where to go, who to speak with or email, and so on.

This has happened several times with Farm CEOs and those aspiring, who contacted me by phone, and email to ask how they could get in touch with – for instance – decision makers in the famous Songhai’s Integrated Agricultural Centre’s Benin Republic headquarters.

On other occasions, I have had some call to ask if I could give them the contact details or a name for anyone in charge of a Songhai-modeled facility in one of Nigeria’s states.

When we spoke, it was often obvious they assumed I would have the answers they needed.

Thankfully, many times I did have the answer, and on the few occasions I did not, I was able to send them to someone who did.

The above is why I remain diligently committed to staying up to date with as much relevant information as possible with regard to what I do as a Best Practice Farm Business Support Specialist.

My experiences from way back in paid employment have trained me to remember that people are naturally drawn towards persons they feel can SOLVE their problems or give them answers they seek.

So, I make a point of adding to myself with the above in mind, plus I SHARE what I know generously with them whenever they reach out to me.

The result is they go away feeling good about me, and often tell others.

Even better is the fact that those who go on to do business with me, often leave with WAY more value than they pay me for, and they say so.

Indeed, some return because of that to do repeat business with me.

Most importantly, we become and remain friends subsequently.

As a matter of fact, I am deliberately nurturing LONG term relationships with ALL who buy from me, so as to PROVE that my solutions not only work, but they remain relevant to the needs of those who invest in them.

In the past month, I’ve found myself having to email the information below, obtained from the Agra Innovate exhibition to 2 different Farm CEOs who in discussing with me on separate occasions eagerly asked that I send it to them.

They had plans that required connecting with some of the organizations. I gladly obliged, and then decided to publish it in a post to make it easier to send it to others who may request it in future. Also, this method makes it possible for those searching online to also find the information even without

Below, I share contact details and basic information about representatives of certain exhibiting organizations I had discussions with during my visit to the Agra Innovate Agricultural Exhibition on it’s last day in November 2015 at the Landmark Centre, in Lagos’ Victoria Island.

Like I said, I came in from Cotonou to attend the last day (Nov 28 or so) of this event at the Landmark Centre on Victoria Island.

I got the following contact details on promotional materials and call cards freely given out by the respective company representatives:

1. GIZ

Christian Widmann is Head of Programme, Pro-poor Growth & Promotion of Employment in Nigeria (SEDIN) by GIZ, the German NGO who make chin chin from Cassava flour.

Mobile: +234-704 436 9589. Email: sedin at giz dot de.

Sunday Idahosa is Value Chain Advisor for GIZ’s “Agro-Allied & Commercial Cassava Farmers Association” in Ogun state.

His number is +234-703 729 2509.

2. Dangote

Ms. Lillian Sadoh is Group Head ITMIS & Strategy of Dansa Holdings Ltd.

I spoke to her at the exhibition about using Pineapple peels to make drinks. They have:

A. Dansa pineapple farms.

B. Dansa Oil palm farm with crude palm oil refinery.

C. 1,200 metric tonnes tomato paste factory

Lillian’s mobile is +234-811-393-6816 or +234-805-933-2211 and her email is lillian dot sadoh at dansaholdings dot com

3. PRESCO Plc

This Edo state based company I told you produced a unique range of specialized oils from different parts of the palm fruit alone!

They’ve been around for about 3 decades. I knew about them when I was based in Benin city.

Jalaj ARORA is Head – Sales & Marketing of PRESCO Plc. He is the one I called and spoke to after the Agra Innovate exhibition at Landmark centre, VI.

His mobile no is 0703 562 2750 and his email address is jalaj dot arora at siat-group dot com

PS: See photos and my notes in my report on the exhibition at www.tinyurl.com/tfc26ok

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No. 228: To Achieve Extraordinary Feats, Be Prepared to Overcome Extraordinary Trials! [Hint: That’s Why You Need Practical Guiding Philosophies to Pursue Success]

January 18, 2016 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny” – C.S (Clive Staples) Lewis, 20th century British novelist, poet, literary critic, theologian, broadcaster, lecturer (November 29, 1898 to November 22, 1963)

The above C.S. Lewis quote was shared by a Facebook friend, on her wall, with a question asking if her observation that most successful people have often “been through the absolute worst times” was correct.

Something about the way she made wrote it got me thinking, that not everyone aspiring to success will readily understand why they should accept severe trials, and hardships as necessary stepping stones to achieve their valued goals.

So I wrote THIS piece to explain…

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“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny” – C.S (Clive Staples) Lewis, 20th century British novelist, poet, literary critic, theologian, broadcaster, lecturer (November 29, 1898 to November 22, 1963)

The above C.S. Lewis quote was shared by a Facebook friend, on her wall, with a question asking if her observation that most successful people have often “been through the absolute worst times” was correct.

Something about the way she made wrote it got me thinking, that not everyone aspiring to success will readily understand why they should accept severe trials, and hardships as necessary stepping stones to achieve their valued goals.

So I wrote THIS piece to explain…

In my case, I learnt that truth by studying books about authentic success achievement, during the darkest days of my struggles as a startup/struggling entrepreneur.

Without the insights I gained from doing that diligent self-education, and the understanding they helped me develop about the need to have a GUIDING PHILOSOPHY for pursuing the success I wanted, I am convinced I would NOT be succeeding the way I am today.

Over 12 years on, since I quit paid employment to start my own business, I am able to build on my successes with confidence and determination, regardless of delays, disappointments or setbacks I encounter.

Without the success philosophies I read and adapted to suit my needs, I would have fallen by the wayside a LONG time ago!

The harsh economic times we’re in are TESTING people to the limits of their confidence, patience and self-belief…

I draw from my personal experiences and studies/investigations, including references and quotes, to explain why, if you want great success, you will most likely, as a matter of necessity have to endure great adversity BEFORE you achieve whatever dreams you set your mind on.

I know this because I made out time to carefully investigate it from my early startup years as a novice entrepreneur.

Among other things, I did a lot of reading e.g. Napoleon Hill’s Think & Grow Rich, Cynthia Kersey’s bestseller “UNSTOPPABLE!” (which tell 45 amazing true stories of entrepreneurs who overcame great suffering to succeed) as well as James Cook’s New York Times Bestseller “The Startup Entrepreneur”.

What I learnt helped me learn how to deal with frequent and prolonged hard times I faced in my business till I gained mastery that enabled me succeed more often.

As time went on, I found, by reflecting on my own experiences, that the authors of those books were right.

In past writings, I’ve noted that James Cook stated in “The Startup Entrepreneur” findings from his personal experiences as an entrepreneur, as well as his research into the lives of over 500 successful entrepreneurs in America.

Among other insights, Cook found that there is a direct correlation between the degree of suffering an entrepreneur goes through and the height of success s/he eventually achieves.

According to him, the greater the suffering, the greatest the height of eventual success achievement.

Jim Rohn, in one of his book explained why the above happens by saying:

“Be grateful for adversity, for it forces the human spirit to grow…there cannot be achievement in the absence of adversity.” –
Jim Rohn

Anyone who wants to achieve sustainable long term success in any area of endeavour in life needs to understand, accept and apply these truths and philosophies in his/her life.

Those who do never feel a need to complain when the going gets tough, because the know it’s going to make them better equipped to succeed.

What I’ve found is that many people do NOT know this truth before they embark on their journey into tough, unpredictable world of business/entrepreneurship.

And that’s why most of the allow hard times they encounter to discourage and make them quit.

Napoleon Hill noted that it’s important to have a guiding philosophy you adhere to (like that outlined in his classic bestseller – Think and Grow Rich), in pursuit of your valued goal, especially to keep you going through adversity or failure which is also known as “Temporary Defeat”.

Below: Cover image for my recently published CEO Spotlight Interview with Efe Ohwofasa…

Efe’s amazing rags to riches life story perfectly illustrates the point I’ve made in this write up about the need for you to RESOLVE to overcome hardships in your life, till you succeed.

Click here, or below to read his story, and be inspired to defeat ANY trials you encounter!

[LEARN MORE] Read the articles linked below…

In some of them, I referred to excerpts from the books mentioned above.

2. No. 223: Dealing With Adversity Requires The Right Mental Attitude

3. Why You May Want to Rejoice When Others Mock You

4. Do You Know How To Deal With People Who Mock And Ridicule You?

5. How To DEFEAT Haters – Permanently!

6. Why You May Want To Rejoice When Others Mock You!

7. Practical Guiding Philosophies For Entrepreneurial Success

8. Handle Your Problems Without Drama!

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This newsletter (which I use to promote Burt Dubin’s Speaker Mentoring Products/Services) 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 the “Public Speaking IDEAS” part above. What follows below is the “Web Marketing IDEAS” part.

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It’s FREE for all my Web Marketing/farm business clients, and ALL members of my Inner Circle as well as for ALL subscribers to THIS newsletter.

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Question: But who is Burt Dubin, and why do I (Tayo K. Solagbade) think you should you learn from

him?

Answer: Burt is a 3 decade veteran in the professional speaking business. After achieving top level cross continental success as an

expert-speaker, he has established a reputation for mentoring some of the highest paid speakers in the world. He owns SpeakingBizSuccess.com, SpeakingSuccess.com and BurtDubin.com.

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.

Trout, Joe Vitale, Yanik Silver…and Burt Dubin.

That’s ample proof that (in addition to Public Speaking), Burt would be a great resource to learn business marketing from!

Click here to read TONS of Burt’s useful articles on professional public speaking and business marketing.

Full Disclosure: I represent Burt as Sole Agent for his products/services, which means if YOU buy from him, I get paid.

But that’s NOT the main reason I represent and recommend him. I have benefited in many ways by learning from Burt. Through his writing, his audio recordings,

and from directly relating with him.

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!

That’s why I never tire of CONFIDENTLY recommending him to others.

If you need help putting the ideas shared above to use, let me know HERE.

Click here to tell me which of Burt’s speaker mentoring products or services you are interested

in.

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Learn about Burt Dubin’s speaker mentoring products (books, audios etc) below…

If you need help purchasing ANY of Burt’s products, call me on +229-66-122-136 (in Benin Republic, my base) or +234-803-302-1263 (in Nigeria) or email tayo@tksola.com

Have a great week :-))

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NEW: Speaking Ideas: 25 Articles and True Stories for Experts Who Speak and Those

Aspiring (Volume 1)

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About the Adventures – & Misadventures! – of a School Age Child Trying to Find Purpose in Life

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THEY WROTE…

—————————–

“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

start his own business).

———————–

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)

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.

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).

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 (SDAc).

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.

====
[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.

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: