General - SD Nuggets™

Learn How to Make Microsoft Excel Do ANYTHING You Want, and NOTHING You Don't!

April 15, 2015

If you do routine data recording, analysis and report generation, using MS Excel, I can show you how to optimize and automate your work, to achieve HUGE savings in time, effort and even money! Over 2 decades of experience in deveoping custom Excel-VB Solutions for business users equip me to develop solutions for clients, and […]

Career Development

To Win More Often In Life, Master The Art Of Non-Combative Confrontation (6 Tips to Follow & 3 Benefits to Reap!)

April 11, 2015

We are often told, as kids, to be respectful/obedient to older others. In some cultures, however, the indoctrination goes deeper, such that youths become adults unable to challenge "bad behaviour" by older persons or bosses. This article offers insights anyone can follow to overcome such a limitation - including 6 tips on what to do, […]

General

Overcoming Adversity to Succeed - Practical Lessons From a Teenager's Story

April 10, 2015

Some abusive people use their money and connections to try intimidating others. For me, accepting such treatment amounts to lacking REAL faith in God. I'm not talking religion here. God is OUR Creator. And ALL who have real faith in Him FEAR nobody! Remember the biblical trio who got thrown into the furnace for refusing […]

General

American Style Easter Eggs for my Nigerian Kid's 1st Year Birthday Anniversary!

April 8, 2015

Apart from launching 2 re-invented newsletters next week, and morphing this blog’s content, my best practice parenting articles are also evolving e.g THIS article announces (with a photo) my kids' first American Style Easter Eggs making effort merged with the 1st birthday anniversary for Tayo Kayode Solagbade Junior (TKSJ)! As I type this, my 13 […]

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 […]

General

Attention General Buhari: Here's a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) to Assess YOUR Government’s Success!

April 4, 2015

I wrote about this KPI on my Facebook wall several months ago... ===Starts=== To determine if a country is doing well, take a close look at how the most vulnerable i.e the poor, are faring. If they are able to afford and access the basic necessities (read: Millennium Development Goals) for themselves and their dependants, […]

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

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 […]