Entrepreneurship
Proven Strategies for Competing Against Bigger Businesses
March 26, 2013









If you’re a solo act or a small operation, the ideas I share in this piece can help you win a bid for a project ahead of a much bigger company. On several occasions, contact persons – sometimes the CEO - in client companies have told me they chose me over another much bigger company. […]







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Career Development
My Recommended Posts for W/E 23rd March 2013: Humanity And Corruption Are Strange Bed Fellows | 5 Ways to Use Google+ to Improve Your Search Engine Optimization |Why You Need "Bulldog Blood" (#1 Characteristic of a Lifelong Achiever)
March 24, 2013









Starting tomorrow, the countdown to the opening of a new, exciting - and major - chapter in my entrepreneurial journey begins. I still can't let the big cat out of the bag yet. That will happen via a scheduled post at midnight (Nigerian time) of Sunday 31st March 2013. Most people who read that post […]







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Entrepreneurship
Getting Other People to Give You Money for Your Business (Featuring: ONE Big Mistake That Can Make Even Loved Ones Say “NO”!)
March 19, 2013









NB: This is the first of a ten part series based on an e-book I wrote few years back. Subsequent parts are published at weekly intervals – in the “Entrepreneurship” category. This post is based on my personal achievements. Like I often say about my written works, this is real life experience – not textbook […]







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Entrepreneurship
Train Your Mind to Repel Fear
March 12, 2013









Fear is a terrible thing. It negatively affects your state of mind, and at a point even your physical well being. It is my considered opinion, that the biggest mistake anyone can make is to allow fear to control her, or influence her decision making. In fact I believe your ability to master your fears […]







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Entrepreneurship
Do You Have To Be Popular To Get Rich? (Case Study: Michael Jackson vs Warren Buffet)
March 5, 2013









"Quiet Success" vs "Loud Success": Which Is Better? If you think that's an odd question, bear with me as I explain. Generally, wealth acquired through creative endeavours (like entrepreneuring, sports, entertainment) are especially popular measures of success. In contrast, less widely followed avenues to success (like investing) can often be more lucrative, even as they […]







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Entrepreneurship
How Flexible Should Your Fees or Prices Be?
February 26, 2013









I have yet to meet one person who started a real business without expecting to make a profit. Even if you're not one to obsess over money or material wealth, and you actually have a great emotional investment in the venture, you still need to make profits if you plan to keep going for the […]







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Career Development
My Recommended Posts for WE 23 Feb 2013 | The #1 Thing You Need to Be Successful In Life | King of the Online Jungle: The Early Years of Jeff Bezos | How A Guy With A Full Time Job Built A $2,000 A Month AdSense Income Niche Site And Then Sold It For $200,000 – Patrick Meninga Tells His Story
February 24, 2013









As a Performance Improvement Specialist, I diligently apply Continuous Improvement principles in my personal and work life, and have consistently achieved great progress as a result. To this end I'm always keen on researching successful people in various areas of endeavour. I do this not just for myself, but also to improve the variety and […]







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Entrepreneurship
Why A True Entrepreneur Cannot Fail
February 19, 2013









“There is no such thing as an entrepreneur who failed. Only one who gave up.” - James Cook, author of the Startup Entrepreneur. There will always be good and bad times in life. But during hard times, the mind can play tricks on you. The successes you’ve achieved before could even begin to look ordinary. […]







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Career Development
My Recommended Posts for W/E 16th Feb 2013: Sun Tzu's Art of War for Business Executives | Stopping Web Content Theft | Winning A Fight By Walking Away | African Moms vs Their Unmarried Daughters | Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka's Valentine Message to Wives of African Leaders
February 17, 2013









Below are brief previews and links to the full text of the above mentioned blog posts/articles I read online this week. Remember to apply due diligence before putting any ideas to use for yourself 🙂 1. A Summary and Review of Sun Tzu's The Art of War for Thinking Executives - and Those Who Want […]







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