Career Development
Be Easy to Identify Online









Success in business (or life in general) requires getting others to trust you. Today, people will readily Google your name to find out more about you. Do you have your first name and surname registered as a domain name i.e. www.firstnamesurname.com? This article explains why your success may depend in-part, on doing that - as […]







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Entrepreneurship
Why Company Retirement Courses Rarely Work









This is a sequel to yesterday's issue of my Speaking IDEAS newsletter, titled "Speaking to Retirees & Aspiring Entrepreneurs". If you have to organise training courses for (prospective) retirees, start-ups and/or aspiring entrepreneurs, THIS is one article you want to read. Otherwise you may get it ALL wrong. Believe me! Before leaving in December 2001, to […]







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Career Development
How to Use Your Job to Prepare for Retirement (6 Tips)









Every employee will eventually leave the company s/he works for e.g. via retirement. Sometimes companies can also “leave employees” e.g. via retrenchment. Either way, it pays to be ready. In one of his books, Robert Kiyosaki, recommended proactively acquiring skills that would help one in self-employment, while still in paid employment. It’s an unusual - […]







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Career Development
THE FOOL WHO THOUGHT HE WAS WISE (A 14 Year Old's Useful Short Story On HIV-AIDS Prevention)









This insightful piece was written by a 14 year old boy – Amaechi O.S - 6 months ago. It was typed by him in MS Word format. The story delivers a powerful message regarding a dangerous misconception some people – especially kids or “uneducated” adults - may have about “how to wear” condoms to prevent […]







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Career Development
Attract Success by Leaving Others Better Off Than When They Met You (2 Tips)









FACT: In business, and life in general, doing what this title proposes is sure to lead you to attract long term recognition and success to yourself. I employ it in dealing with every person I encounter – both online, and off the web. I strive to do it no matter how brief our interaction is. […]







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Entrepreneurship
You Can Get Paid MORE for Doing LESS Work, By Adopting This Simple Mindset









Are you good at what you do? Very good? If no, work hard on yourself, so you can use the ideas here. But if yes, this article explains how you can get paid more, for doing the same or even less work. It goes without saying that getting to the competence level that makes it […]







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Entrepreneurship
No. 93: Aim to Be Reliably Competent - Not Popular









Competence, when reliable - and especially when exceptional - can lead to popularity or fame. However, chasing popularity ahead of competence can make you prone to avoidable mistakes e.g. going inadequately prepared for a speaking gig, and goofing up. Now that, could also make you popular – but it would be for the wrong reasons! […]







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Entrepreneurship
10 Fruits You Eat That Leave Useful Peels/Skins Behind (FREE PDF DOWNLOAD)









E-mail your name, country, mobile number, occupation, & facebook/twitter URLs (if any) to tayo at tksola dot com, and I’ll send you a FREE copy of my detailed PDF report titled “10 Fruits You Eat That Leave Useful Peels/Skins Behind.”







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Entrepreneurship
How to Make Drinks You CAN SELL, from Peels of Pineapples & Nine (9) Other Fruits!









If you're someone looking for a viable business venture to start, this is ONE I assure you cannot go wrong with. Over the past 2 months, I've watched with growing frustration huge quantities of pineapple rind get thrown away by vendors who sell the fruit here in Calavi. And I've often imagined that the same […]







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Entrepreneurship
The World Will Step Aside For YOU, If You Know Where You’re Going…But DO YOU?









“The world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going” – Abe Lincoln Wise words, from a very great man, who survived serial failures for more than half of his life, to become president of the most powerful country on earth! Do you know where your life is headed? Have you found […]







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