General - SD Nuggets™

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

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 […]

General

If Nigerians Outside Nigeria Could Vote Without Needing to Cross Borders, Election Results Would SCREAM "CHANGE" MUCH LOUDER!

March 28, 2015

[NB: 10:19 p.m Sun 29th Mar 2015 - Voting began today, but now extended by INEC till tomorrow - ] This article was originally (before being relocated here) published as a Facebook Note yesterday - Sat 28th Mar 2015] Most (but NOT all) Nigerians living in other countries yearn for a change in the leadership […]

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

Having A "Bad" Boss Can Boost Your Ability to Succeed

March 26, 2015

Who is a good boss? And when can you correctly say that your boss is "bad?" This is an issue that is subject to a lot of debate. Does the fact that your boss does(or makes you do) certain things you personally dislike, make him/her "bad?" I say NOT necessarily! This article explores the subject, […]

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 […]

Career Development

No. 186: Champions Are Made of “HEART”, NOT Just Talented Muscle!

March 23, 2015

I explain below, why seemingly ordinary persons achieve exceptional successes, sometimes outdoing more talented contemporaries. You’ll understand why a lack of talent cannot STOP you from excelling. Indeed “pure determination”, mixed with relentless persistence can MAKE UP for ANYTHING you lack in talent. SCROLL DOWN TO READ FULL ISSUE Publication: Weekly Public Speaking IDEAS Newsletter […]