Entrepreneurship

4 Essential Factors Affecting Feed Formulation

July 16, 2013

In formulating your rations, there are four crucial considerations you need to keep in mind. I discuss them below in a question-answer format. I suggest you actively work through them in your decision making: 1. What feed ingredients are regularly available locally; in what condition do they come – and at what price? Knowing the […]

Career Development

You Can’t Establish Expert Authority with Money

July 11, 2013

In some parts of the world, some people get accorded authority status based on unproven wealth they display – and rarely little else. I grew up in a society where it happened (happens!)…a lot. However, authentic expert authority is not achieved by “showing money”. It comes via demonstrating verifiable, value-adding competence. This article provides insights […]

Career Development

Fast-Food Energy: Self-Repairing “Artificial Leaf” Cheaply Generates Electricity from Dirty Water (New Discovery)

July 9, 2013

A research team has developed a "self-repairing artificial leaf" that produces electricity from dirty water. This is a milestone achievement, in the drive for sustainable energy. Forward thinking governments of developing countries may find it useful to explore adopting this new technology. This is a major advancement in efforts to develop alternative – and sustainable […]

Entrepreneurship

Use Articles for Your Marketing, or Lose Money

July 7, 2013

This article should have gone live yesterday - Saturday 6th July 2013 (my 43rd birthday). But since my blog posts auto-publish on my Facebook profile, I felt it would be disrespectful to those who had taken pains to post birthday wishes on my wall. So I auto-scheduled it to publish 0400 today. Thanks a lot. […]

Career Development

Young People Must Be Taught To Be Original!

July 5, 2013

Less than 24 hours ago, I saw one of my most widely read and referenced farm business ideas articles (titled “Producing Good Catfish is Important, But Finding Good Buyers is Imperative!”) subjected to a more malicious level of abuse than I've ever seen. Naughty people periodically use other writers’ works without giving credit. When found […]

Entrepreneurship

To Effortlessly Do More, Get Into Flow (Or The Zone)!

July 2, 2013

It’s been about 5 years since I wrote my 6,000 (six thousand) word article titled “Become a Habitual Peak Performer: Learn How to Get Into "Flow"(Or..."The Zone") More Frequently”. In that article, I explained what getting into flow (or the zone) means. It means entering a state of mind, that facilitates seemingly effortless attainment of […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 96: Amaze Clients By Being Extraordinary!

July 1, 2013

What you’re about to read is a simple – but very effective - formula for impressing people who pay for your services. People who do extraordinary things often get called “amazing”. If YOU can learn how to habitually deliver extraordinary results, clients will call YOU amazing! It's that simple. This issue of my speaking IDEAS […]

Career Development

Sometimes You Need to Act Without Your Intuition (6 Tips)

June 28, 2013

This article is a sequel to the piece on my blog titled “How to Establish Truth, and Experience Less Doubt“. Like I said in that piece, to use your sixth sense simply LISTEN to your deepest feelings, and act on them. However, sometimes those “feelings” may not be distinct enough for you make your mind […]

Career Development

Be Easy to Identify Online

June 26, 2013

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 […]

Entrepreneurship

Why Company Retirement Courses Rarely Work

June 25, 2013

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 […]