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"If It's LEGAL and Works In Nigeria, It'll Work ANYWHERE!" - Tayo K. Solagbade

December 19, 2014

My name is Tayo Solagbade, and I founded the Self-Development Academy(SDAc) to help individuals and groups of all types develop and implement strategies to successfully equip themselves to achieve their set goals every time. In this article, I provide insights into why SDAc chooses to use Nigeria as the main point of reference. Nigeria Is […]

Career Development

NEW BOOK: The World's Future Prosperity Depends on Digital Multipreneurs™

December 13, 2014

This book is based on a White Paper first published online in January 2006. Tayo has since applied the ideas and strategies described in it to achieve the success he enjoys today as a Location Independent Performance Improvement Specialist and Multipreneur (i.e. a highly versatile/multi-skilled entrepreneur), with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to […]

Entrepreneurship

Can Someone Really Steal Your Business Idea?

December 12, 2014

My answer to the above title-question is NO, for the simple reason that short of their being psychic, others around you are unlikey to be able to "see" an idea you originate in exactly he same way you see it. Worrying that someone will "steal" your idea will only cause you needless anxiety, and could […]

Entrepreneurship

If You Lack Capital, Intelligent Multipreneuring Can Help You Succeed!

December 9, 2014

Much of this article probably goes against ideas held by majority of people, but the truth is that when a person is willing, that which the majority regards as impossible, can become that which can be done with adequate intelligent effort. In our daily conversations certain expressions we use(such as "man-of-many parts", "multi-talented" "utility player", […]

Career Development

[Hope for Nikel] Let's help Nikel Lakise (Patrick Meninga's Friend) to Beat Leukemia

December 8, 2014

Most regular readers know that Patrick Meninga is the popular US based blogging expert whose blogging strategy I adapted (in 2012) to make this blog succeed: and we've since become friends. Yesterday, Patrick emailed me this link (http://www.hopefornikel.com/), about a care-giver colleague he says he's worked with for 5 years: It's about Nikel Lakise’s story […]

Entrepreneurship

White Paper (PDF), Blueprint for a Low Cost Automated Spreadsheet Hospital Management Information System (HMIS)™

December 2, 2014

In August 2007, an old client engaged me to write a research based paper on development of a low cost networkable Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) for a South Western state in Nigeria. We later traveled down from Lagos, to the state, so I could present the paper, but were unable to meet with top […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 170: Achieve Speaking Success Using Your Audience’s Local Proverbs & Stories

December 1, 2014

Popular Yoruba proverb: “Èhinkule l’ òtá wa, ilé ni aseni ngbé” [Meaning: “The enemy lies in wait in the backyard. The traitor lives in the home”. Read story-based interpretation in photo below].To speak successfully, one must connect emotionally and intellectually with an audience. Pastor Tunde Bakare is a speaker who does that effortlessly using local […]

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Success Quotes Only Work When Diligently Acted Upon

November 29, 2014

I once heard a famous American celebrity quoted on radio by a presenter as follows: "Success is the result of good judgement. Good judgement is the result of experience. Experience is the result of bad judgement". The moral - according to the radio presenter - is that FAILURES we go through in life (often as […]

Entrepreneurship

Boost Your Supermarket Bookshop or Factory's Profits With a Custom Excel-VB Software [Hint: View Screenshots of an Excel-VB driven Pure Water Business Manager™ app built for a Pure Water Factory in Ogudu, Lagos-Nigeria]

November 27, 2014

UPDATE - 29TH DECEMBER 2020: Watch video demonstration of NEW version with Auto Cashbook, KPI Charts etc. The Typical Scenario Some bookshop/supermarket owners (especially in my part of the world – Nigeria/Benin/Africa) focus - almost exclusively - on capturing sales and recording expenses using cash registers/POS tools (sometimes in conjunction with a PC based financial reporting […]

Career Development

Use Excel-VB to Create Limitless Possibilities BEYOND What Off-The-Shelf Software Make Possible

November 26, 2014

Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool for recording, re-organising, analysing and presenting information. By Excel VB, I refer to Excel VBA - where VBA means Visual Basic for Applications(VBA). VBA refers to the highly extensive and flexible macro programming language developed by Microsoft for use in their MS office applications – Word, Power Point, etc. […]

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