General - SD Nuggets™

Life is NOT a Competition to Be Won at All Costs (Be It In Business or Society at Large)

July 1, 2014

UPDATE: 4th October 2024 LISTEN TO THE PODCAST: Click https://youtu.be/llt2Ph1ykhg to listen to the audio on my YouTube Channel. 2. DOWNLOAD THE PDF VERSION: Click HERE now. A client once said to me (not exact words): “Tayo, over-invoicing will not reduce the money you make from a project. The person who requests that you […]

Entrepreneurship

To Succeed, Let Your Reputation Precede and Speak for You

June 28, 2014

Today, I delivered a one hour talk to members of the media unit of (name removed for privacy) Foundation, in Ota, Ogun State Nigeria. It was a small group. But no speaking event is EVER small. As such, I prepared for it like I was going to speak to members of a CEOs club. It […]

Career Development

How To Make Yourself IMMUNE To FRUSTRATION!

June 25, 2014

On Saturday (28th June 2014), I'll be delivering a paid 1 hour talk to members of the Media Unit of an NGO in Ogun state, on the invitation of the CEO, who I met with yesterday, here in Lagos. Attendees will hear stories of exciting successes I recorded via diligent application of ideas I describe […]

Entrepreneurship

To Achieve Success, Be Prepared to Give, In Order to Get (Lesson from an 11 year old boy, and his 13 year old brother)

June 17, 2014

This photo, is of a handwritten “contract” of sorts recently sent me by my (11 & 13 year old) sons. It reads: “Tayo, we will do anything you and mummy ask us to do without grumbling, but we need a deal. The deal is if we do anything for anybody in this house without grumbling, […]

Entrepreneurship

If You Have a "Bankable Idea" Your Brain Can be Your Collateral (2 True Stories About People Who Did It)

June 14, 2014

The above screen shot shows my Facebook post quoting Ben Murray Bruce, President of Silver bird Entertainment as saying: '...My collateral is my brain...". Basically arguing that financiers (individual or corporate) need no physical collateral from people with "bankable ideas". I saw his point, and agreed with him. However, like I said in my post […]

Entrepreneurship

The Cheapest, Most Reliable Way to Find Buyers (Hint: It's NOT What You Think)

June 11, 2014

The first issue of my Self-Development Digest newsletter was published on Mon 5th Jun 2006. Six years later, in June 2012, it evolved into what is today my popular DAILY multidisciplinary Self-Development (SD) Nuggets blog, on which I publish my Monday Speaking IDEAS newsletter. Truth is, it takes UNDILUTED passion to keep going, day, month and […]

Career Development

Why School Prepares People POORLY, to Succeed OUTSIDE Paid Employment

June 10, 2014

In 1992, I graduated with the highest ever C.G.P.A of 5.9 (First class was 6.0) in Agric. Extension from Unibadan. Then, in Guinness Nigeria, I earned senior management roles in less than 6 years from 1994. However, as an entrepreneur, I looked like a TOTAL IDIOT - for years - after starting. Yes, IDIOT, in […]

Career Development

No. 145: A Few People Can Make Life NEEDLESSLY Miserable for Many, IF Not Called to Order (Case Study: My Experiences at the Nigeria-Benin Republic Seme Border)

June 9, 2014

[NB: This issue of my newsletter is a public service edition.] Last Saturday a.m (7th June 2014), I published a blog about my near 12 hour traffic jam ordeal coming from Seme border to Mile 2 the day before (i.e Friday). What I did not mention was that before that, I’d had unpleasant money-related “disagreements” […]

Career Development

Failure Does NOT Happen Suddenly...(Hint: It takes time for your inactions to cost you success)

June 7, 2014

James Cook in his book titled "The Startup Entrepreneur" explained that certain successful entrepreneurs get very uneasy whenever things seemed to be going (in their opinion) "too smoothly". They are rarely comfortable with "good times" and when such times come upon them, they take pains to stay on the alert for things that could go […]

General

When a 3 Hour Journey Takes Half-a-Day Due to Traffic Jams, Some Person(s) Are NOT Doing Their Jobs

June 7, 2014

From 12 noon to 2.30 p.m yesterday, I had a meeting in Cotonou with a client. Then right after, I took off for Lagos. It's now 1.51a.m, today 7th June 2014, and I'm typing this from my home in Lagos, Nigeria. A Lagos cab I hired from Mile 2, just dropped me off over ten […]