General - SD Nuggets™

How to Avoid Wasting Money You Spend On Adverts

September 13, 2014

I sent huge amounts of my working capital down "newspaper advertising drainpipes", when I first started out, because I did not have a proper understanding of the important considerations for deciding on how and where to place my ads. My thinking about advertisements, and how to use them to attract business for myself was terribly […]

Career Development

Defeat Traitors Using Compassion (Hint: Welcome a Judas into Your Life!)

September 12, 2014

FACT: You can be a genius and still fail due to a "close friend's" betrayal. This week, I'm teaching my kids about this. "Et tu Brutus?!" Caesar's famous exclamation is one of the classic examples of how great people responded to discovery of acts of betrayal by those closest to them. In my personal opinion, […]

Career Development

To Succeed More, You Need a Real World Understanding of the Meaning of Intelligence

September 11, 2014

We often hear (or read) this word - "intelligence" - being used in different situations by different people e.g an intelligent "writer", intelligent "student", intelligent "speaker", intelligent "artist", PLUS on a less approving note, an intelligent THIEF ! 🙂 In this article, I advocate the adoption of what I consider ONE all embracing,and real-world relevant […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 158: To Achieve Sustainable Selling Success, NEVER Stop Marketing!

September 8, 2014

In late 2007, I had a setback when I broke a fundamental rule which I've summed up as: "Never stop marketing. Not even when business is so good that you’re over booked!” Ignoring this is often what causes the feast-famine cycle many people pass through! In this issue of my newsletter, I use a true […]

General

Introduce Your Kids to the Philosophy of Personal Success Achievement (A Real Life Example) - Part 2 of 2

September 6, 2014

Yesterday, in part 1 of 2, I ended my true story at the point where I asked my kids: "What do you call a child of God?". They said: "A child of God." But I told them: NO! [And they looked at me in confusion]. When I told them THE answer, I saw the looks […]

General

Introduce Your Kids to the Philosophy of Personal Success Achievement (A Real Life Example) - Part 1 of 2

September 5, 2014

On Sunday 17th August 2014 a.m, I had my first Personal Achievement Coaching (PAC) project conversation with my children. I asked them: "What is a child of God called?" and told them it was NOT "child of God". If you truly believe in God, know that this is a message from God to you. If […]

Career Development

Is That Nice Person "Nice" To Everyone - Or Just YOU?

September 4, 2014

"A person who is nice to you, but is NOT nice to the waiter, is NOT nice" - Author unknown. The foregoing quote captures my preferred definition of being nice, which is essentially entails treating others with "respect and consideration". In this article, I offer five (5) practical ways to evaluate the "quality" of your relationships […]

Entrepreneurship

To Succeed, You Need to Avoid Advice from Wrong People!

September 2, 2014

Who are you taking advice from in your business or personal life? Every day in Nigeria, and I am sure all over the world as well, people find themselves on the receiving end of advice from speakers, writers, presenters etc. On radio, TV, newspapers, the web, tons of advices are offered by (mostly) well meaning […]

General

To Succeed, You Need a Reason for Writing

August 30, 2014

If you use your writing to directly or indirectly earn income (e.g. by writing for others, selling written works, or winning buyers for your products and services), this truth may shock you. But I've seen enough proof of it in 10 years, to be sure it's accurate! If you happen to write just "for the […]

Career Development

Protect Your Debit Card from Online Fraudsters...or This Could Happen to You (True Story) [Lost & Re-Published Post]

August 27, 2014

This article was first published on this blog 3 months ago, on Friday 23rd May 2014 (see browser history screenshot below). Today, when I tried linking to it, to post a comment on Facebook, I got a "Page Not Found" error on my blog. A MySQL database check soon revealed it was GONE: "Yepa!"! But […]