Career Development
No. 136: Stop Taking Failure Personally!
April 7, 2014









People who take failure personally, often fail to succeed. Some who succeed fail to continue succeeding, for the same reason! Most people want things to work the way we want all the time. And when that doesn't happen, they give up on themselves. But people who succeed often do so, because they NEVER take failure […]







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Entrepreneurship
Fulfilling Farm Business Best Practice Product Orders, Amidst Chaos (True Story)
April 6, 2014









[Lagos, 6:49a.m, 6th April 2014] Each time I visit Lagos, I see more reasons to justify not doing any aspect of my work from here. I spent all of Friday 4th February 2014 - under stressful conditions - battling to prepare and send courier packs to 3 Farm CEOs who paid for my products. One […]







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Career Development
To Sell with Your Writing, Touch on Different Areas of Your Target Audience's Life
April 5, 2014









Successful selling in any area of life requires gaining the trust of the prospective buyer. If you think about why YOU buy things, you'll likely discover multiple factors often influence your final decision. For instance, I have bought tutorial CDs and books on a variety of subjects, because I felt they would be useful for […]







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Entrepreneurship
Sometimes You'll Need to Keep It Within Your Family
April 3, 2014









“Tayo, let your wife and kids work with you to run the place. Do not employ people who will have easy access to the inner workings of your business. Out here, people can rarely be found who are that trustworthy. Give them an inch, and they’ll take a mile!" That kind of advice came from […]







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Entrepreneurship
Why Marketing to Strangers Yields More Success
April 2, 2014









Rekiya, a chartered accountant had a great career, for 15 years, in a leading financial services firm. Since launching her own consulting outfit 6 months ago however, finding client business has been tough. She’s been offered advice by well meaning friends, relatives, former colleagues and associates. Many recommended calling old school mates, past acquaintances, with […]







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Career Development
Earning Income Working From Anywhere (True Story)
April 1, 2014









Yesterday, I was in a Cotonou taxi headed for the Benin Republic-Nigeria border, when Alhaji Usman S., CEO of a pelleted livestock feed manufacturing company in Nigeria’s Kano State, called, and we spoke like old friends…even though we have NEVER met. I've been having such conversations weekly, with increasing frequency since last year... If truth […]







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Career Development
No. 135: Succeed by Speaking Part-time With a Full Time Job!
March 31, 2014









Some experts in paid employment are doing great things others can learn from. You may be one of them. Do you know you can earn extra income by sharing what you know with others as a part-time speaker? I offer ideas you can use in this issue of my Speaking Ideas newsletter. Some Self-Employed Experts […]







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Entrepreneurship
Achieve Increased Marketing Success Using This System
March 29, 2014









I've used it for years, at zero cost, to repeatedly attract prequalified prospects, who periodically buy from me, and/or refer others to do so. It's difficult to imagine ANY website owner being averse to such benefits. I explain how YOU can have such a system. FACT: If Google Sends People to Websites Unrelated to Their […]







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Career Development
Teach Your Child How to Recognize Authentic Success
March 28, 2014









A recent discussion started by a friend - Chima Ejiofor - on Facebook reminded me I wanted to write about two kinds of success: Authentic and Non-Authentic (or to put the latter bluntly…Phony!). If you desire positive, long term progress, pursue achievement of "Authentic Success". I offer ideas you (and any child in your life) […]







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Entrepreneurship
How Many Farm Records Do You Need to Succeed?
March 25, 2014









As a Farm CEO, how do you decide what data to record and analyze, towards achieving cost-effective and proactive planning/decision making for profits? And how many would be too many? This article offers ideas that can help you. This evening I sent an email response to a consultant representing a Farm Business Owner in Kenya, […]







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