Entrepreneurship

Teaching Kids "Practical Problem Solving" Through a Cake Baking Mishap!

April 9, 2015

Explore the picture "story" below of my kid's continuing charcoal stove (no oven) cake baking ...this time around decorating with icing. And what an experience it's been...with a MAJOR mistake caused by an oversight on my part [As I type this, they're having to bake ANOTHER set to make up]!! Below are a series of […]

1 Hour Talks

Coming on 13th & 14th April 2015: (1) The NEW Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS Newsletter & (2) The Cost-Saving Farm Business Best Practice Ideas Newsletter

April 7, 2015

Yesterday (Mon 6th April 2015), I DELIBERATELY did NOT publish what would have been Issue No. 188 of my Speaking IDEAS newsletter (view last week's issue here) …because I decided to RE-INVENT myself in celebration of 2 years since I relocated to Benin Republic on 1st April 2013. As a Performance Improvement Specialist, I believe […]

Career Development

Fearlessly Share Your God Given Genius and Experience Superior Success

April 3, 2015

In certain societies announcing your plans to others can attract resentment, envy and criticism (e.g that you're a show-off). Some may even plot to pull you down. This explains why a childhood friend recently expressed concern about an update I posted on Facebook of my plans to move my family to Cotonou. Read my response […]

Entrepreneurship

Learn to Generate Multiple Streams of Income on Your Farm, to Overcome Adversity (Special Anniversary Offer: Celebrating 2 Years As a Location Independent Multipreneur Serving Farm CEOs and Others)

April 2, 2015

Do you run a poultry farm? Are you aware that poultry farmers across Nigeria have been losing their flocks to Bird Flu? (Or has it happened to you?) Do you know there are multiple ways to generate extra earnings to CUSHION losses from disease outbreaks or other setbacks in your farm business? My recent phone […]

Entrepreneurship

Succeed More Often by Anticipating Problems/Preparing Backup Plansa

April 1, 2015

What is your crisis management ability like or better still, how good are you at anticipating and avoiding/preventing crisis in your business operations(e.g. outage of essential manufacturing components which leads to lost output/sales)? How good are you at assessing trends of events, and quickly determining sources of potential problems? This article explains why the good […]

Career Development

What If Google Is Saying "Bad" Things About YOU? (True Story)

March 31, 2015

When was the last time you "Googled" your name? Yes, "Google" became a verb a long time ago. It means typing your name in Google.com and clicking SEARCH to see what results are returned. My apologies, if you knew this already, but my experiences have taught me that so many people still do not. If […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 187: When You Experience a Setback, You Need a Viable Alternative (Hint: Attend a FREE Talk About Ideas to Cushion Income Loss!)

March 30, 2015

Doing business can be risky. As an expert in your field, in the process of delivering your products/services to clients, you may suffer losses. Achieving sustainable success depends on having support systems backed by a reliable Action Plan, to cushion such losses any time they occur. Otherwise, it could mean failure for you. This article […]

Career Development

A Lesson on Why You Need to Reject Failure to Achieve Success

March 27, 2015

This is an inspirational mind map (based on Abraham Lincoln's Life) on how to use "blind faith" and a "refusal to recognize failure" to achieve ANY goal you set. If he gets elected Nigeria's president tomorrow Saturday 28th March 2015, General I believe the story of Muhammadu Buhari's dogged determination, despite repeat failures, CAN also […]

Career Development

Stop Worrying Or Fail Frequently: How To Succeed With LESS Pain/Effort

March 25, 2015

"Either do wrong or feel guilty but don't do both. It's too much work." - Anonymous Wherever You Are, Be There! I doubt that there is any human being on earth that does not at one time or the other worry - even if only a little bit. Worrying, I believe is a part of […]

Career Development

Why It's Smart to Start a Business BEFORE You Quit (or Lose?) Your Day Job

March 24, 2015

"You must be in business for yourself, you'll never get rich working for someone else." - J. Paul Getty in his book titled "How To Get Rich" Many business startups fail NOT because of the owner's lack of "technical know-how", but quite often due to their lack of insight into many not-so-obvious dynamics that affect […]