General - SD Nuggets™

Are Your Employees Happy & Satisfied With Their Jobs?(A Ten Item Quiz That Can Help You Find Out)

October 24, 2014

This article offers ideas developed based on a relatively small questionnaire survey I conducted in 1999 for a paper I entered into the Nigerian Institute of Management's Young Manager's Competition. I make no claims to having exhaustively tested the survey items for statistically significant relevance to all situations. My main purpose is to offer suggestions […]

Career Development

Why You Need "Sales & Marketing Education" - Even If You're a "Job Seeker" or Employee! (Based on a True Story)

October 23, 2014

I sat down for one week in 2002 (my start-up year), and wrote what is now my popular Feed Formulation Handbook (photo below). It was based on my knowledge/experience as a key member of the self-funding Student's Farm Research Foundation (SFRF) in the University of Ibadan. But...my first sale did NOT happen until 2004! (NB: […]

Career Development

How Exposure To Poverty & Trial-By-Fire Can Be Deliberately Used To Prepare People To Succeed

October 22, 2014

[NB: This article is based on lessons I learned from my real life personal experiences, as an individual AND a parent] The concept of "Trial By Fire" can be successfully applied in different social settings. The ultimate purpose of a "Trial By Fire" approach should however always be to help "participants" discover and/or develop FURTHER […]

Entrepreneurship

Learn How to Achieve Superior Success as a Location Independent Entrepreneur

October 21, 2014

[Hint: If you're a YOUNG African keen to MAXIMIZE your God-given potential, I wrote this article with YOU in mind] Most people who follow my work online know that I relocated to Benin Republic from Lagos-Nigeria on 1st April 2013. From my very first night in a Cotonou hotel, till today, as I write from […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 164: Develop the Ability to Monetize Your Ideas (True Story)

October 20, 2014

As an expert-who-speaks, potentially useful insights (i.e. IDEAS) about your field or subject may come easily to you. However, successfully implementing them in a way that equips you to earn ADDITIONAL income can prove difficult, if you lack the know-how. This article uses a true story to explain why acquiring the know-how to monetize your […]

Entrepreneurship

[NEW E-BOOK] 10 Highly Educative Articles on Best Practice Farm Management for Profits

October 18, 2014

[UPDATE: The ebook went LIVE in my online store a few minutes ago...click here to view!] [This 55 page e-book goes LIVE at www.lulu.com/sdaproducts tomorrow Sunday 19th October 2014] It's a compilation of 10 of my top performing Cost-Saving Farm Business Ideas articles. They were written on the Best Operating Process Management Systems (BOPMS)™ […]

Career Development

The Company You Keep (Even Online!) Determines The Quality of Life You Live (Practical Ideas You Can Use)

October 17, 2014

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Career Development

10 Practical Strategies To Help Your Employees Produce Better Results

October 16, 2014

To get your team members to put in their BEST efforts at all times, you need what I call a Workplace Performance Improvement philosophy. One that will inspire them to willingly do their jobs AND even take up MORE as the need to do so becomes obvious - without seeing it as extra work! I […]

Entrepreneurship

Smart Web Marketing Makes Multidimensional Marketing Success Possible

October 15, 2014

Wherever and whenever possible, it makes sense to use EVERY single activity you spend money on to PROMOTE your business. A Web Marketing System makes that possible i.e it equips you to use ONE stone to kill many birds. With a Smart Web Marketing System you'll seldom need to to spend any more money than […]

Career Development

Why You Need to Become a Master of Adversity to Achieve Long Lasting Success

October 14, 2014

Are YOU experiencing discouraging delays, disappointments, or setbacks in life, and struggling to deal with them? If YES, this article can help you. “Ona kan o gba oja” - a Yoruba saying – translates literally as: “several routes can be followed to the market”. It is often used in a figurative sense e.g. if an […]