Career Development
No. 168: Talent May NOT be Enough - You Need Practice to Excel! (FREE PDF: "There are Different Types of Public Speakers")









Malcolm Gladwell conceived the 10,000-Hour Rule, based on which he said: "Studies suggest the key to success in any field has nothing to do with talent....It's simply practice. 10,000 hours of it. 20 hours a week for 10 years." - (Source: click here) I agree with him! I became self-employed in Jan 2002 i.e. almost […]







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Achieve Business Success Using Spreadsheet Data Analysis & Reporting Automation









Data recording without analysis and interpretation is ultimately useless. Such data makes little or no meaning. Don't keep records for the sake of it. Records only add value when they tell us one or more of the following 5 things: 1). If we are doing well or not; 2). How well - or badly we […]







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How a Real Life Restaurant & Bar Data Handling & Report Generation Problem Was Solved Using Low Cost MS Excel-VB Automation









Mid-2005, Lagos - Nigeria. Kazeem(not real name), the owner of a restaurant and bar operation grossing a million naira in monthly sales approached his bank for funding towards expansion. Unfortunately, after some meetings, the bank was forced to turn down Kazeem's request, but NOT due to lack of collateral! He could not supply adequate and […]







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Career Development
No. 167: To Succeed Authentically, be a Model of the Possible Human









As an expert in your chosen field, your ability to excel will depend on how well you stand out from others who do what you do, in terms of the results you deliver. That means you need to be exceptional. But No One Can be Exceptional If S/he Chooses to Think and/or Act Small! Or […]







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Career Development
If You Never Stop Believing in the Creator, Haters Will NEVER Stop YOU! (True Story)









On 4th May 2014 my 9 year old spontaneousdevelopment.com was taken over by Aplus.net. But within a few days I moved my content to what I boldly declared would be a SUPERIOR reincarnation at www.tayosolagbade.com. As at October 2014, I’d surpassed ALL performance levels I achieved with my old domain spontaneousdevelopment.com. Indeed, with the exception […]







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Being Self-Directed Will Help You Succeed Better (Hint: NEVER let people or situations OUTSIDE of you control you!)









I recently read an article that used these 2 interesting acronyms to explain the behaviour of social media users: FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) and JOMO (Joy Of Missing Out). In this article, I why the latter is better for YOU, PLUS how being Self-Directed will help you achieve it! FOMO is often felt by […]







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6 Steps to Choosing a Competent Start-up Service Provider









Insisting on hiring ONLY individuals/companies with a client portfolio can deny you huge benefits. Every start-up WILL begin with ZERO customers. Even Bill Gates, must have had to find a FIRST paying customer or client! This article suggests other "indicators" you can use (aside from past clients list) to decide whether or not to hire […]







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When People Do MORE Without Being Asked, You Commend them! (Hint: That's Smart Leadership)









[MEMO] From: Ag. Production Manager To: Tayo Solagbade Date: 9th March 2000 Re: COMMENDATION I wish to commend you for the contributions you have been making to our process control through comput(e)risation of operations. Specially worthy of mention is the ODBM calculation spreadsheet for Malta Guinness Brews done on 8.3.2000. I know you put in […]







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Career Development
No. 166: Seek Success by Being CREATIVE and NOT by being COMPETITIVE









    Publication: Weekly Public Speaking IDEAS Newsletter Date: Monday 3rd November 2014 No:166 Title: Seek Success by Being CREATIVE and NOT by being COMPETITIVE Author & Publisher: Tayo K. Solagbade [Tel: +234-803-302-1263 (in Nigeria) or +229-66-122-136 (in Benin Republic) ] Blog URL: http://www.tayosolagbade.com/sdnuggets Archive (E-mail version started 14th May 2012): Click here to view Archive (Blog version started […]







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You can SUCCEED MORE by being a Multipreneur - A True Story (Hint: New Book Coming Soon)









“Specialization is for insects: A human being should be able to change a diaper....butcher a hog...balance accounts...set a bone...comfort the dying...take orders/give orders...cooperate/act alone...analyze a new problem...pitch manure...cook a tasty meal...fight efficiently...die gallantly.” - Robert A. Heinlein [NB: This is an abridged version. See complete/verbatim quote at the end of this piece.] I coined the […]







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