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An Eye Cannot See Itself (Hint: Are men by their nature promiscuous?)

October 26, 2013

"An eye cannot see itself. That's why it's best to look in the mirror often!" - Tayo K. Solagbade I always try to look in the “mirror” – literally and figuratively speaking – as often as possible. By this I mean FREQUENTLY doing a hard and honest self-evaluation. It helps me identify areas I need […]

General

Generate Ideas to Solve YOUR Country's Problems (Hint: Time for a female president in Nigeria?)

October 25, 2013

Quick Take-Away: Come up with practical, ready-to-use ideas to help make YOUR country better. I practice what I preach - so this post announces the maiden issue of a PDF series I've decided to periodically publish, regarding making MY country of origin better. I am passionate about influencing positive change in Nigeria. And I have […]

Career Development

What Video Interviews Don't Reveal About What It Takes to Succeed

October 23, 2013

I have a deep passion for analyzing success stories, and extracting useful learning points from them. My most recent obsession has been ESPN’s video about how a guy, born without arms, rose to world class success as a vehicle engineer. The video however lasts only 7 - short - minutes. But It Actually Took That Guy 22 […]

Entrepreneurship

My Pineapple Peel-Based Drinks Production Project UPDATE: Pilot Scale Shelf-Life, and Variable Cost-Reduction “Trials”

October 22, 2013

This is an update on progress with my Pineapple Peels based drinks production project. I’ll also be posting an update on my Quick and Dirty Guide to English/French soon. [NB: That next post will include details of how I’ve now partnered with a 2-man Beninois team of language experts to produce chapters 2 to 10 […]

Career Development

NEVER Let Anyone Tell You What YOU Cannot Do! (Transcript Slideshow Version of ESPN’s July 21 “SportsCenter” Profile video about Richie Parker)

October 19, 2013

I created this PowerPoint slideshow (and published it on slideshare.net), to give people with poor (or zero!) connectivity, an alternative means of “learning” about Richie Parker. NB: To get the Power Point file version, CLICK HERE NOW to download it in a zipped folder (3MB approximately). === Read the article I wrote about Richie: It's titled […]

Career Development

Announce Your Goals, and You'll Be Forced to Achieve Them

October 18, 2013

Just today, I replied to an enquiry by a facebook friend, about progress I’d made with my Pineapple Peel based drinks production project. He’s not the only one who has been asking me this question. Clients, friends and relatives have intermittently requested to know how far I’ve gone. Thankfully, I’ve always had significant progress to […]

Career Development

All You Really Need Is Ingenuity...aka Creative Thinking (True Story: Man Born Without Arms Designs Championship Winning Race Cars)

October 17, 2013

How much effort do you put into doing your JOB each day? And how many times have you told your employer (or boss) you could do MUCH more...IF ONLY s/he would send you on some training, or buy some latest gadget for you to use? Well, I’m here to tell you (using the amazing achievements […]

Career Development

He Called Me "Voleur" (Thief)!

October 12, 2013

In this article, I discuss one big mistake some non-Nigerian Africans seem to be making in thinking about Nigeria. To do this, I share a true story about a Francophone African undergraduate in his 20’s, who called me a thief - and meant it. Why? Because he daily saw me typing away on an Internet […]

General

Strategies to Start Writing On Your Blog - Fast!

October 5, 2013

About one hour ago, I sent out an email to a client, offering ideas to help him generate article topics for his new blog. On re-reading the message, I realised others struggling to get started with their writing, may also find its contents useful. What follows below are 3 tips you can use, based on […]

Career Development

10 Year Old Uses Dead Laptop Battery, to Build Home-Made Rechargeable Lamp

October 4, 2013

This article is a tribute to my kids. Especially my 10 year old boy, who recently championed the use of my "dead" laptop battery to make a rechargeable lamp - which uses NO external power source for charging! This true story proves that coaching others to be super achievers at work , applies just as […]

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