Career Development
To Achieve Web Marketing Success, You Need Persistence
December 11, 2014









The maiden issue of my first ever newsletter - called the Self-Development Digest - was published on Mon 5th Jun 2006 and it was titled Bad/Embarrassing Experiences CAN Help You Succeed! Today makes it 8 years since that issue was published. But the newsletter has since evolved into this blog (Daily Multidisciplinary Self-Development Nuggets). ==== […]







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More Real-Life Proof that Being an Intelligent Jack of Many Trades (aka Multipreneur), Can Make You Succeed More Often
December 10, 2014









More Real-Life Proof that Being an Intelligent Jack of Many Trades™ (aka Multipreneur), Can Make You Succeed More Often In this article, I supply authoritative/real-life references and examples to underscore the fact that intelligently acquiring multiple competencies, that enhance your ability to achieve set goal(s), can be very profitable for an individual or business. If […]







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No. 171: To Achieve Your Goals, Stop Hesitating!
December 8, 2014









"I have succeeded in whatever I have undertaken because I have willed it. I have never hesitated, which has given me an advantage over the rest of mankind." - Napoleon  On 2008-06-06 at 01:48:46, Ben Oshionya wrote (from Port Harcourt) via my website request form: "I am excited by this website. You seem to be […]







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[Hope for Nikel] Let's help Nikel Lakise (Patrick Meninga's Friend) to Beat Leukemia
December 8, 2014









Most regular readers know that Patrick Meninga is the popular US based blogging expert whose blogging strategy I adapted (in 2012) to make this blog succeed: and we've since become friends. Yesterday, Patrick emailed me this link (http://www.hopefornikel.com/), about a care-giver colleague he says he's worked with for 5 years: It's about Nikel Lakise’s story […]







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Why You Need to Mix Things Up Periodically - Even in Business (Hint: There Are Many Ways to Get Results You Want)
December 5, 2014









Even though you use the web for marketing, it PAYS to periodically connect with "humans" offline e.g. via phone and face to face. BUT not with intent to sell. Doing so once got me invited - in May 2012 - as Guest Speaker at Yaba College of Technology's Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial […]







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What's The Future Of Spreadsheet Automation?!
December 4, 2014









I build custom Excel-VB driven software used by a growing number of individuals and businesses within and outside Africa. Over the past decade in particular, I have successfully tailored the solutions I offer to SUIT the local environment we have, in my part of the world (Africa). And I did it in a way that […]







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The Secret to a Worry-FREE Life: Never Let Your Problem Give Birth to Babies
December 4, 2014









“Either do wrong or feel guilty but don’t do both. It’s too much work.” - Anonymous A number of factors can cause a person to worry. Examples include financial difficulties, problems in the family or workplace etc. Sometimes we become so worried or pre-occupied by certain things that we inadvertently let them affect our behaviour […]







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To Succeed, Make Your Excel-VB Software Complement Others
November 28, 2014









"Tayo, what is your honest opinion about commercial off-the-shelf accounting software, compared with the custom applications you build?" I am sometimes asked the foregoing question in various forms, by prospective clients trying to make up their minds about what option to choose (i.e off-the-shelf apps versus my custom Excel-VB application development service). Here's a typical example of the […]







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Use Excel-VB to Create Limitless Possibilities BEYOND What Off-The-Shelf Software Make Possible
November 26, 2014









Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool for recording, re-organising, analysing and presenting information. By Excel VB, I refer to Excel VBA - where VBA means Visual Basic for Applications(VBA). VBA refers to the highly extensive and flexible macro programming language developed by Microsoft for use in their MS office applications – Word, Power Point, etc. […]







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Adults Learn Best by Doing: Power User Experiential Coaching Learning Event
November 25, 2014









Become more productive in using Microsoft Excel through my Power User Coaching. I employ an "Experiential Coaching" technique which emphasises job-based case studies as a medium for imparting knowledge/skills to adults, so as to ensure increased retention. By "Power User" I mean a person who demonstrates: a. superior proficiency in using an application to the […]







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