Entrepreneurship

To Win Profitable Clients, You Must Know Their Hot Buttons (A True Story)

July 15, 2014

One day in September 2006, I walked into a large Lagos hospital in Akoka area, and asked for the accountant. The receptionist got him on intercom. Using my elevator speech, I explained that I provided MS Excel-Visual Basic automation services to help business users get their work done faster, and with less effort - giving […]

Career Development

The Mental Attitude That Yields Web Marketing Success (Hint: Tips for "Marketers" In Paid Employment...and others)

July 11, 2014

The ideas I offer here can benefit members of sales and marketing teams in companies, who, in addition to offline efforts, have been tasked to use the web to find buyers, by the company (be it micro business or multinational) that employs them. And of course solo operators (e.g. independent consultants/professionals) who do self-marketing, will […]

Career Development

Video Narration: She Called Me a Peeping Tom (A True Personal Story) - What If This Happened To YOUR 8 Year Old Child?

July 10, 2014

This is a True Story Narration. It is available as audio (MP3) & as a video presentation, and PDF on CD/DVD. You can listen to the audio on your phones. This is Part 2 in the Self-Development Education for Parents Series titled "Kukuru Danger™: Adventures - & Misadventures - of a School Age Child Trying […]

Entrepreneurship

To Succeed, You Need a Gut-Level Instinct for Self-Preservation

July 9, 2014

I once had someone phone me up (in 2002, my first year in business), requesting that I come down to Falomo on Victoria Island from my Gbagada base, in Lagos (more than 30 minute drive on a good day) saying my services were needed. I got there to find that I was only being mocked! […]

Entrepreneurship

One Major Reason Why People Avoid Entrepreneurship (True Story)

July 8, 2014

[NB: Names used in the following narrative are NOT real] The Admin Manager in a medium sized company gets an ultimatum to resolve a recurring office photocopier fault. This fault has made it necessary to visit business centres to duplicate sensitive documents at higher costs. Different "trained" service engineers brought in previously had been unable […]

Career Development

No. 149: To Succeed, Use Adversity To Become More Creative

July 7, 2014

Yesterday (6th July 2014) was my 44th birthday. While reflecting, this quote awoke memories in me: "When man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood, he has gained facts, learns from his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit; has […]

Career Development

Why Farm CEOs Need to Read Non-Farm Related Articles (Hint: Like the multidisciplinry articles on THIS blog)

July 5, 2014

I believe, from over 2 decades of observation/experience, that one major mistake being made by conventional farm support specialists is that they focus mainly - sometimes exclusively – on farm related issues, in serving farm business owners. This can be self-defeating, because other aspects of the farm owner’s life can – and do! - interfere […]

Career Development

The Secret to Getting Things Done, Even When Busy (3 Tips on Smarter Self-Management for CEOs, Top Managers/Executives & Others)

July 3, 2014

Some CEOs, top managers or executives get so busy they suffer exhaustion. I make no claims to being perfect, but NO JOB I’ve done in paid employment, or as an entrepreneur, has EVER overwhelmed me. Indeed, despite being often accused of doing too many things, I - very frequently - get it ALL done on […]

Career Development

Without Adversity, Meaningful Achievement Would Cease to Exist (Why It Is UNWISE to Wish That You Never Fail Again!)

July 2, 2014

“If it were not for adversity (which has a habit of getting in our way via delays, disappointments, setbacks and failure), the business of achieving AUTHENTIC success, would progress much more quickly and easily for EVERYONE!” – Tayo K. Solagbade FACT: If adversity stopped showing up, meaningful achievement would no longer exist…! That's the truth […]

Entrepreneurship

Life is NOT a Competition to Be Won at All Costs (Be It In Business or Society at Large)

July 1, 2014

UPDATE: 4th October 2024 LISTEN TO THE PODCAST: Click https://youtu.be/llt2Ph1ykhg to listen to the audio on my YouTube Channel. 2. DOWNLOAD THE PDF VERSION: Click HERE now. A client once said to me (not exact words): “Tayo, over-invoicing will not reduce the money you make from a project. The person who requests that you […]

Entrepreneurship

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