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Career Opportunities in Spreadsheet Solutions Development (Tayo Solagbade's MS Excel Heaven™ Visual Basic Club & Competition)

July 2, 2015

On Monday 22nd June 2015, the Executive Director of a Nigerian NGO that runs tutoring projects for students in partnership with a State Ministry of Education, wrote to confirm their interest in partnering with me to run my Excel-VB club coaching session for their students and volunteers. For me, this is proof that MORE people […]

Career Development

You Are an “Illiterate of the 21st Century” If You Cannot Learn, Unlearn and Relearn

July 1, 2015

“The illiterates of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read or write. They will be those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” - Alvin Toffler They are called coincidences...but when it concerns people like me i.e. authentic students of the Philosophy of Personal Achievement, and The Science of Getting Rich (SOGR), VERY […]

Career Development

Making the Right Purchase - Seven (7) Questions That Can Help You

June 25, 2015

Let me begin by stating that the ideas I offer here were obtained from studying the writings of experts like Jeffery Meyer. Adapting them to my purposes has actually helped me repeatedly convince prospects to buy from (or hire) me. If you are an entrepreneur, understanding the ideas I offer here, if you apply them […]

Career Development

To Get Lasting Improvements In Employee Performance, Avoid Use of Money As Primary Reward"

June 20, 2015

Do you want to have a lasting and sustainable training system in your company? If YES, then you must avoid the TRAP of trying to use money to motivate your employees. If you don't you'll keep training them and they'll show little or no improvement in their performance. Why? Because money is like a chemical […]

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To Succeed In Today's World, Your Kids Will Need REAL WORLD Experience

June 18, 2015

No amount of "formal classroom based schooling" at ANY levels in the BEST (whatever that means) learning institutions in the WORLD, can compare to QUALITY time spent gaining real world relevant hands-on experience in any field of endeavor. This is why students are asked to go on INTERNSHIPS, or INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT etc. You need to […]

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MS Excel Automation Education in African Institutions Can Boost Jobs Creation & Self-Employment!

June 16, 2015

Universities and business schools across the world often offer full, real world relevant Excel-VBA programming courses. But NONE in Nigeria, Benin, possibly all of Africa do. This write-up is targeted mainly at educators and providers of learning solutions in Africa. There is a massive dearth of MS Excel learning in general and Excel-VB programming education […]

Career Development

It Pays to Keep Truth-Based Relationships (Lesson from True Story by Beyoncé)

June 14, 2015

What Kinds Of Friends Do YOU Want - And Keep? I want to surround myself with TRUTH all the time. I do not want to keep diplomatic and "anchorless Social Chameleons" (as Daniel Goleman described them in his book on Emotional Intelligence) in my social circle. Does not matter if they are relatives or friends. […]

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Teaching People To Make Money Helps Them Better Than Always Giving Them Money

June 12, 2015

I believe, from years of careful observation, that: People Who Always Get Helped Without Being "Taught" Seldom Stop Needing Help. The following quote explains why... "The more is given, the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work, the more their poverty is increased" - Leo Tolstoi (1892) For some reason, […]

Career Development

"Do Not Ally Yourself With Power Against The Powerless!" - Chinua Achebe

June 11, 2015

Sometimes people need to be rebuked for trying to protect their vested interests, at the expense of others. Chinua Achebe once said: "there is a moral obligation “not to ally oneself with power against the powerless." (See [The Boston Globe] Achebe: Fighting corruption with fame - The Boston Globe) As a leader in a developed society - […]

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A Proven Solution That Enables Any African Write And Publish An International Quality Physical Book At Zero Cost!

June 10, 2015

This article is based on a letter dated 31st October 2005 written by Tayo K. Solagbade following a 2 week exploratory business visit to Accra-Ghana, during which time he met with the President of Pan African Writers Association(PAWA). Tayo emailed the letter to Media Houses in Ghana (e.g. Graphic Ghana), Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South […]

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