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On-Demand Feed Formulation for Farm CEOs Workshop : 2 Proposed Alternatives [1] Attend a one-on-one hands-on Feed Formulation Training session with me or [2] Purchase my Feed Formulation Home Study Video Series

October 23, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Last week I announced the availability of my Monthly On-Demand Feed Formulation for Farm CEOs Workshop [Hint: FREE Entry for Owners of Tayo Solagbade’s Feed Formulation Handbook & Software].

However, in light of the VERY different date preferences being expressed by intending attendees to the 6 tentative dates I sent out, it’s become obvious that getting up to the minimum of 5 persons needed to hold even one session will be difficult.

I’ve already discussed this challenge on phone, with some of you (past buyers of my products) who expressed interest in attending.

It’s not the first time this is happening.

Farm CEOs amongst you – like Collins Uwagholo in Warri, Azi Bulus Disu in Jos, Bello Hassan in Abuja, Abdul-Azeez Abba and Alhaji Usman Sanni in Kano (who had to travel out of the country the day after I called him last week) – will recall that my past efforts to put together a similar learning event so I could meet you all as a group had similar outcomes!

Only 2 people chose 14th Nov. 2015.

But I need at least 5 persons to make it worthwhile booking the hall for the FREE workshop.

Once again, due to busy schedules, most of you are choosing different dates. And some are just NOT free, making them request for an alternative

Since I’m not sure if/when the CEO of the Vocational/Entrepreneurship Skills Development Centre I mentioned will get back to me (or if her date will work for YOU), I’ve done some thinking and come up with two (2) alternative options you can adopt:

Option 1. Attend a one-on-one hands-on Feed Formulation Training session with me (for 4 to 6 hours)

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BELOW: One page flyer I’ve created to announce this On-Demand Feed Formulation for Farm CEOs Workshop (http://tayosolagbade.com/ffworkshop)

If you’d like to attend…

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Choosing The Right Role Models for Success Achievement – What to Look For [Case Study: 21 year old Ibadan-based Nigerian freelance writer/blogger, who earns thousands of dollars writing for international clients AND also makes money from a Catfish Farm Business he started 1 year ago!]

October 22, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Quick Take Away

As far as I’m concerned, due to the TRULY international dimension of the success he enjoys as a freelance writer/blogger, earning steady income in thousands of dollars by CREATING 100% original value adding content for high profile and discerning international clients, coupled with his successful investment of his earnings to start-up an offline cash-flow generating catfish farming business) 21 year old Ibadan based Bamidele Onibalusi is Nigeria’s NUMBER 1 blogger

That’s why he is the blogging role model I will continue to recommend to my kids, ahead of ANY others. Period.

In case you don’t know him, here are some of the grass to grace achievements already earned between the ages of 16 to 21, by this (fatherless-former-teen-startup) blogger who gained Internet fame for his prolific Guest Blogging:

1. Featured in publications on and off the web:Forbes.com, Digital Journal, Millionaire Magazine Italy, Huffingtonpost.com, The Nations Newspaper, Nigerian Tribune and The Guardian Newspaper.

2. Contributed to top websites like: Business Insider, ReadWrite, Under30CEO, Naij.com.

3. Featured in and/or contributed to internationally published books like: The Writers Market 2014, Engagement from Scratch (2011), 2 Billion Under 20.

4. Took a one year break from writing to invest some of the money from his freelance writing into owning an offline (Catfish Farming) business – and now publishes educational articles (and videos) on Catfish Farming for others in the business and those aspiring.

5. Runs a blog to help writers, that is visited daily by thousands of SERIOUS minded writers/bloggers from across the world (and also publishes a newsletter received by over 10,000 subscribers (including yours truly) – in addition to providing PAID writing coaching for aspiring writers/blogging).

Those were the highlights….:-)

Now read the rest of my argument/thoughts below…

Apart from article marketing which attracts buyers for my Custom Excel-VB Farm Business Support software and books, I also get paid to ghost-write for clients (I currently have 2 such projects in hand). That’s something I’m now coaching my older kids to do based on their talents and passions.

In this regard, I’m looking for role models – beyond myself – for my kids.

By this I mean AUTHENTIC achievers whose successes are not only EXPLAINABLE and VERIFIABLE, but also REPEATABLE and REPRODUCIBLE by anyone who follows guidance they (such achievers) offer.

These are successful people who readily offer information, education, ideas, tips and even coaching/training on HOW to do what they have done – and possibly do better.

The challenge in identifying role models like the above, is that so much “noise” is out here about “blogging”, “bloggers” and those “making it” amongst them – especially in the Nigerian space!!!

For the uninitiated, the “noise” can make it difficult to choose right.

Thankfully, for me, no such problem exists: I know exactly what to look for, to choose right!

In the rest of this article, I offer ideas to help interested persons accurately identify the right role models.

My (never ending) search for such role models to complement my efforts towards coaching my kids, has led me to VARIOUS places locally…and internationally, offline as well as on the web.

Regarding the international aspect, where I have since recorded the greatest successes in my searches, it’s all thanks to the Internet:

I struggled to find AUTHENTIC role models that could be reliably emulated locally. So I turned my attention to the web and voila: I found more than I’d dreamed possible!

The best part was that virtually all of those I found online had useful resources (often in form of write-ups and books) that I could have at no cost. That wonderful opportunity was one that I embraced and it helped me grow my business in various ways.

I’ve since paid tribute to some of those mentors in this article titled: Paying Tribute To 5 Experts Who Made Me and more recently in this article about Patrick Meninga, whose blogging strategy I adopted to find success: 10 Valuable Lessons I Learnt About Blogging for Passive Income, from Yaro Starak’s 60 Minute Podcast Interview with Patrick Meninga.

It is instructive to note however, that since most of my adopted role models were in foreign countries (mostly the USA, Canada etc), I was not able to directly transplant what I learned from them for use locally…

I tried to do that several times, but failed woefully each time.

Eventually, the hardships I faced as a result of my failures FORCED me to do more creative thinking in the use of what I’d learned, till I successfully developed adaptations based on a BLEND of all I’d learned, to meet my unique needs.

The above process enabled me begin to build my success to what I now enjoy today. And that experience is what’s guiding me now in the choice of role models to point my kids to!

Today, I’m giving my kids Personal Achievement Coaching to identify and choose role models whose success stories they can VERIFY. In other words, they are being taught how to identify achievers with traceable roots…and NOT overnight successes whose only testimony is what THEY say…!

I seek for my kids authentic successes through whom they can learn how to succeed with honesty and integrity. These would be potential mentors who also LIVE their lives – publicly and more importantly privately – in a manner that reflects the values they publicly claim to uphold.

In addition, I want my kids to look for role models that enjoy the HEALTHY respect and recognition of their peers or counterparts INTERNATIONALLY – evidence of which would be seen by way of MENTIONS they get in relevant high profile circles!

That is what I seek for my kids, and I’ve told them NEVER to settle for anything less.

Every day, I strive to make myself FIT the above description of role models they are to seek…

At the risk of sounding immodest, I’d say I’m not doing badly on that front, for a guy who’d had to climb back up from repeated setbacks and failure in business for YEARS while carrying the load of a wife and kids.

Having lived with me all their lives, during the times when I struggled to provide for them (to the point that relatives had to bail me out repeatedly), they KNOW I’ve overcome countless odds to establish my brand.

[Hint: Most people fail to realize it’s easier – MUCH easier(!) – to deal with failure, and grow your success, when you’re single/unmarried and especially if you have few or no dependents to feed or spend the income you earn on. I intend to write a book on that!]

Today, my children are aware that I enjoy growing high profile international recognition within and outside Africa for what I do. We often talk about how I am increasingly getting opportunities to rub shoulders with some of the best known minds in my fields of professional occupation and interest.

But it’s not just recognition….

On a progressive basis, my work now earns me income in multiple currencies, without my needing to travel. Indeed over 80% of income I earn today is via passive channels for products I create(d) and sell online to buyers within and outside Africa.

I’m now preparing my kids to learn how to do – but with special focus on discovering THEIR own natural God-given talents, passions and abilities.

The objective is for them to leverage those strengths to become competent to function independently in society while still in school-age.

Why make them start earning income that early?

Because today’s world requires kids to be better prepared to meet the challenges it presents.

Fewer job opportunities are a reality more and more school leavers will face. Kids who get the kind of preparation I refer to – especially one based on identifying and emulating the right role models – will stand a much better chance of succeeding – and excelling.

For my kids, the ethos in their “coaching” program is therefore self-employment…

Seeking long term or career paid employment will simply NOT be a priority for them, and will only be considered as a temporary stepping stone to owning their own businesses.

Today, countless opportunities exist for young people to own their own businesses without giving up formal schooling. Especially when PC and Internet technology is involved.

Regarding the above, about 4 years ago, I found a wonderful young Nigerian making waves internationally as a Freelance Writer/Blogger that I told my kids is a worthy role model for them.

I actually discovered him while on a blog owned by an American Writing Coach familiar with his work. My attention was piqued when his credentials were being raved about this group of high profile freelance writing experts.

Especially because they said he was a Nigerian living in Nigeria and just 17years old but already earning over $5,000 USD monthly, serving international clients in Asia, America etc!

Today, he is 21 years old…and now owns a large catfish farm, which he personally runs with hired hands. He started it by taking a one year break from writing to learn about, and invest some of the money from his freelance writing business into owning a Catfish Farming business.

Imagine that?

Such a wise head on his young shoulders.

Robert Kiyosaki advises making your money work for you – and he stresses that Cash Flow Generating Assets (e.g. businesses) are a proven means to achieving that.

This chap learned enough to know that it was better to sink the money from his online writing business, into a lucrative offline venture like catfish farming, to boost his cash flow generation – rather than spending directly from his writing business’ earnings.

But that’s not all he’s done. Remember I said that authentic achievers always display a readiness to share what they know with others?

Well, just as he has done for years, writing educational articles for other writers to learn from, this young man is already writing articles with a similar focus, for other farm business owners and those aspiring, to learn from!

Apart from articles, he’s also creating video tutorials freely available on his Youtube channel.

See what I mean when I say he’s an authentic role model?

In case you wonder how he began, get this: He is not the only one who knows or tells his story.

I have read articles about him written by others within and outside Nigeria/Africa (some are top names in international blogging!) which provide details about how he began in his early teens – after losing his Dad, and having to drop out of school.

Google the name “Bamidele Onibalusi” and begin reading to discover the authentic success story of a Nigerian living in Nigeria’s Ibadan City, who over 5 years ago made himself a globally recognized authority in Freelance Writing and Blogging – without any money or connections of any sort.

This young man is an excellent example of the kinds of people we should encourage our kids to adopt as role models – especially towards achieving financial success using just PC and Internet Technology.

In case you missed it. Oni (as most people call him online) built his brand to what it is today, from his early teens, by working thousands of hours in those formative years, under harsh living conditions with a mother struggling to feed him and 4 other siblings.

Today he’s pursuing university education without stress – but ONLY because he used the web to find financial success to return to school. At his age (21), I was in my 4th years, and got money for my undergraduate studies from my parents, since I had NEVER worked for a single day’s pay in my life!

The Yoruba’s have a saying: Ki a ro idi mo aso, tabi ki a ro aso mo idi. Ki idi sa ma pa ofo”

Literal Translation: It does not matter if you tie your bottom around your wrapper or tie your wrapper around your bottom – as long as your bottom is not exposed”

Contextual Translation: Whether you complete your formal education early on in life, or you do so a little later, what matters is that you find a way (income-wise) to get it done.

The moral: Since one needs money on a regular basis to pursue formal education in most societies, you’ll get kicked out of school anyway if you want to continue schooling but cannot pay your fees.

That’s why it sometimes makes practical sense (or circumstances could force you, like the passing away of Oni’s rich dad did) to take a break from school to develop the needed income earning competence to enable you meet the requirements for completing any formal schooling you want.

The above is why I advocate that Personal Achievement Education is a better way to go compared to conventional/formal education.

Wonder what the difference is? Watch out for my new book on due to be published soon.

But briefly, Personal Achievement Education (PAE) is what Oni literally empowered himself with. And countless others who rose from grass to grace did the same thing in different parts of the world, to achieve their successes.

PAE is superior because it incorporates Academic Education while exposing learners to information, ideas, opportunities, and experiences designed to enable them identify and develop their real world relevant income-earning talents/abilities/passions to support themselves through life.

PAE is what I’m giving my kids now, and like I’ve told those who’ve raised issues with my approach, especially relatives, the results they get will demonstrate to MANY parents that it’s the BEST way to go, in this 21st century and beyond.

A WORD OF ADVICE: No matter how old you think you are, or how much you think you know about Freelance Writing or Blogging, stay open to LEARNING from others…even if they are DECADES younger than you are!!

In my case, within days of discovering Oni’s YoungPrePro.com (now www.writersincharge.com) a few years back, I wasted no time in subscribing to his newsletter (using an email forwarder I setup via my tksola dot com domain to my GMAIL box for my first son), so as to see possible learnings I could pick up, to boost my efforts to win freelance writing clients, and also to coach my kids.

By way of interest, I knew I was 20 years older than him, but my attitude to life has always been to learn from even a 1 year old…if it helps me. Many Africans struggle to scale this mental hurdle and it hurts them!

Accepting to learn from a younger person does not mean you’re inferior to him/her. It simply means you have enough self-esteem to NOT feel inadequate acknowledging that others may know things in certain areas, that you need to learn!

I soon began sharing Oni’s emails with my first son (who had not long before that time just completed a 6 month weekend practical manual typewriting course).

Unfortunately, despite my best efforts, I was unsuccessful in using most of the ideas I got from reading Oni’s blog to get hired to write.

Try as I could, I was unable to get even one Guest Posting opportunity (maybe I did not try hard/long enough)…

But I knew that was not Oni’s fault. I knew it was not that Oni’s tips were not useful.

Instead, my analytical thinking helped me discern what the likely problem was…

My primary target market (farm business) and audience (farm CEOs), coupled with my multidisciplinary profile makes me a fairly unusual case…and that’s why a more flexible approach to blogging (like the one I learnt by studying Patrick Meninga’s model) was eventually what helped me achieve my goals in blogging.

In line with Patrick’s advice, I focused on writing on this blog DAILY, and to use multiple content syndication tools to propagate it to as many channels as possible, to boost my marketing reach and impact.

That strategy has since worked perfectly for me – leading to more sales leads (for my custom f software, information products and ghost-writing services) being generated via Google’s results pages and other channels.

For instance, I currently have 2 Ghost-writing projects in hand (one for a UK based client, and the other for an Abuja based Farm CEO client) – both came from clients I have NEVER met in the flesh.

And that’s apart from passive income I regularly earn from sales of my products – to online buyers..

No matter how you look at it, even if it did not get me hired in the conventional way, my exposure to Oni’s work at least indirectly benefited me…and I know a lot more about blogging as a result…!

As you can imagine, I’m determined to make sure my kids learn from him as well.

Sadly, so many older persons in this part of the world let their egos and concerns about being “older” than another person (e.g they’ll think and even say “s/he is a small boy or girl”) stop them from learning from – or at least being positively influenced by – those who can help them…

My advice: If you want to get ahead in life, DROP that retrogressive mind set, or you’ll have yourself to blame!

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THE FARM CEO (Issue 20): Formulating Swine Rations…PLUS Get MY Upgraded Excel-VB Ration Formulator Which Generates Amino Acid Balanced Rations for Pigs!, video, POOR WATER QUALITY IN FISH PONDS – What went wrong, Review of Livestock Feed Formulation Techniques, A diet fit for a pig: seven basic rules, A New Guide to Fish Farming in Kenya

October 21, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

[Tagline: If it can help your farm business, you’ll find it in THE FARM CEO™ Newspaper ]

Preview:

This week, I am pleased to announce that ALL who sign-up for my Feed Formulation Workshop will get a 50% discount to order my new Home Study DVD on How to Formulate Rations for Poultry, Pigs, Fish, Dairy Cattle & Rabbits.

Any persons who are interested will also get a 50% discount to buy a new version of my Excel-VB Ration Formulator which features an interface for formulating rations for Pigs, by balancing for essential Amino Acids in ingredients used.

Just like in past issues, the resources featured this week, are based on farm related activities done in different parts of Africa.

The reason I do this is that a key objective of The Farm CEO newspaper is to encourage Farm CEOs to develop interest in staying up to date with developments in other markets outside theirs.

Potential benefits to be had from doing that is the opportunity to get useful ideas and inspiration they can apply to their own farm businesses to achieve improved performance at low to zero cost.

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Here are the headlines, reviews – and links – for this week’s featured news items:

[PDF] Formulating Swine Rations…PLUS Get MY Upgraded Excel-VB Ration Formulator Which Generates Amino Acid Balanced Rations for Pigs! P.1

[VIDEO] POOR WATER QUALITY IN FISH PONDS – What went wrong P.2

[PDF] Review of Livestock Feed Formulation Techniques P.2

[PDF] A diet fit for a pig: seven basic rules P.3

[PDF] A New Guide to Fish Farming in Kenya P.3

Below: Screenshot of the cover for Issue No. 20 of THE FARM CEO (Monday 19th October 2015)

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The Missing Element Needed to Equip More School Leavers/Graduates to Excel In Life

October 20, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

“A society’s competitive advantage will come not from how well its schools teach the multiplication and periodic table, but from how well they stimulate imagination and creativity.” –Einstein to Vivienne Anderson, May 12, 1953, AEA 60-716.

If you are a parent to school age kids, mark my words:

You need to get yourself firmly into the driving seat in terms of “educating” them.

Exposure to formal academics, especially via conventional schooling is only one part of what is required to equip young people for the real world.

There is another important but often ignored factor.

To illustrate what I mean, have you ever stopped to ask yourself what happened to the classmates of geniuses like Einstein, Achebe, Soyinka, Chimamanda Adichie etc?

How many of them are famous for being exceptional today?

Few if at all any.

The difference is in an intangible non-academic element identified by Edison in his quote above: “imagination and creativity.”

But money cannot be used to buy it. You have to DEVELOP that aspect of yourself. For your kids, you have to support them to develop it too.

Their teachers will rarely be able – talk less willing – to do it.

That’s why it’s up to you to make it happen, if you want your child’s true genius to be unleashed so her full God given potential can be actualized.

The following quote by Einstein provides a fitting end to this write-up by further underscoring the points made here:

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand. ” – Albert Einstein

I recommend you take a cue from Einstein.

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No. 215: Don’t Be So “Nice” That You Appear Incompetent (Hint: Sometimes It Pays to be Initially “Difficult” So as to be Successful Later)

October 19, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

When it comes to DELIVERING desired results, LOWERING YOUR STANDARDS (or COMPROMISING) in order to avoid being called “difficult” by clients (or representatives) unwilling to honour their end of the bargain, can end up making you look incompetent.

In this write-up I explain why doing the above to please others is never worth it, IF you want authentic and lasting success.

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1 of 2: PUBLIC SPEAKING – No. 215: Don’t Be So “Nice” That You Appear Incompetent (Hint: Sometimes It Pays to be Initially “Difficult” So as to be Successful Later)

In this write-up I explain why doing the above to please others is never worth it, IF you want authentic and lasting success.

Some people always want to cut corners, or give too little, if possible nothing, to get ALL they want!

In today’s NIGERIA, a person can easily get labelled wicked if s/he REFUSES to allow or tolerate wrong behaviour from those who report to him/her or who s/he has to LEAD.

The problem is widespread, and begins right from the schooling system, from primary to tertiary level.

For instance, today the following can earn a teacher/lecturer the label of “WICKED”:

1. Insisting students meet minimum required attendance, or get penalized.

2. Insisting students score required passing grade for a credit course, or repeat/carry over.

3. Refusing to entertain “pleas” that a student whose performance falls below cut-off level be allowed to advance to the next class.

Like I said, it’s everywhere…even on the Nigerian roads, the traffic offender thinks the same way. S/he will plead in the same manner after DELIBERATELY jumping the lights and getting caught.

They always believe they can plead (and if necessary BUY) their way out of any trouble. Quite often they also find enforcers willing to let them do just that.

In Nigeria, when people “BEG” you to bend the rules for them and you agree, they say “God Bless You”. When you refuse, they call you “WICKED”!

I argue that it becomes impossible to ensure the required high standards are met, and the DESIRED RESULTS achieved when we fail to enforce rules put in place to make that happen!

For instance, how do we turn out competent medical surgeons if we let those who fail tests designed to test “competence” to advance to the next class…because we don’t want to be WICKED, or we want to HELP?

The truth is that there are times when the best way to HELP people will be to make them pay the price for their wrong doing.

We need to challenge people to put in the needed effort to QUALIFY to move to the next level in pursuit of a reward they want.

The reason Nigeria has become home to “mass mediocrity” is because too many people are UNWILLING to EARN merit-based access to rewards they seek…AND too many people in decision making positions are WILLING to BEND the rules to let such people have their way.

We see the result in the pitiful state of our sports today, compared to our rich past!

Save for some individuals who are excelling in their fields using raw talent and drive (e.g. Table Tennis), our Sportsmen and Women today give us little or no reason to cheer.

Many people are getting picked to represent us through corner-cutting, and it’s preventing the BEST talents that we really have from getting to represent us.

It’s the same problem in other areas.

Merit gets second place most times in decision making when it matters most.

Until we change this harmful and shameful culture, Nigeria will continue to crawl in fields of endeavour where she should be SOARING high above other nations, in the skies of achievement.

I’ve been called DIFFICULT, UN-REASONABLE, RIGID (or even WICKED!) quite a bit in Nigeria…and I have NO PROBLEMS with it!

That’s because I do NOT tolerate mediocrity in any guise or form, and I constantly demand EVERYONE around me to pull their weight, and earn the right to access rewards they seek.

My kids will tell you this is true – and like I’ve told their grandparents, the results WILL be obvious in the abilities they manifest for the world to see in the VERY near future.

In the meantime, if YOU are a parent, I urge you to entrench a similar culture in your home, so your kids get the best preparing to excel in the real world.

They will arrive adulthood with the right mental attitude and discipline to make the most of opportunities that come their way!

Question: How do you serve clients successfully?

Answer: By delivering the results YOU promised them and which they agreed to pay YOU for.

It’s VERY unlikely that you can successfully serve clients by being NICE to them, while failing to do the above i.e. delivering what you promised!

This is why it’s crucially important that you avoid making the dangerous mistake of LOWERING your standards to please any client.

Let me explain using a personal example:

In developing and implementing Web Marketing Systems (WMS) for clients, I sometimes get asked to meet with and/or give a talk to decision makers (who pay to have that happen) on what I am to do for them.

During such interactions I spell out what I will do for them, as well as what they need to do on their own part, to meet me halfway, so that the solution works as expected.

But I don’t just stop at telling them…

When work starts, if/when I identify that a client is going off track in terms of delivering what s/he has agreed to enable me progress the work (e.g. sending me a profile, or articles to use in creating new content), I firmly, but politely remind him/her noting problems likely to occur.

Trying too hard to be “nice” with a client (or representative) failing to give you what you need to do YOUR work, can end up making YOU look bad at the end of the day.

How?

Myriad possibilities exist.

For instance, in order to be “nice”, you may say nothing about the delays to those who need to know. The problem is that the culprit could later turn around – when eye brows are raised, and say YOU did not ask/remind him/her – effectively blaming you!

So don’t take the business of being nice too far: You must think and act like a true professional at all times – IF you want the client to respect you.

Learn to assert yourself to get your work done.

No one is going to give you a pat of the back for failing to deliver. Remember that you’re getting paid!

If the decision maker has given you the go ahead, and some person(s) assigned to work with you are delaying things, find a way to set them right before they make you look bad.

If they fail to change despite your best efforts, get the relevant decision maker involved.

THAT could get you labelled “WICKED” by any naughty mediocre minds involved. However, my experiences indicate that such a situation will only be temporary.

You see, taking such decisive action WILL often enable you deliver a solution works, just like you promised. When that happens, you’ll look good to decision makers WHO TRULY MATTER!

All others will simply fall in line and join in applauding you from them on!

Take it from me. I’ve been there countless times in paid as well as self-employment…

…as a shift manager leading over scores of men to achieve daily targets on bottling lines; as a shift brewer leading a dozen operatives to meet daily brewing targets; as Technical Training and Development Manager leading a team of Training Instructors and Engineering Trainees to serve the brewery with custom training, and also as Acting Production Manager, leading others (some 15 years my senior in the company) to achieve target brewing outputs.

Since becoming an entrepreneur over a decade ago, I’ve also been “there” countless times at an even more demanding level…

…as a multi-skilled Performance Improvement Specialist working – in person and online – with clients within and outside Africa, to deliver promised results.

Sometimes it’s not deliberate on the part of the client or representative. They tend to get so busy with their own business tasks that they “forget” or “de-prioritize” what they agreed to do for you.

But the problem created for you WILL always remain the same!

That’s why you need to call their attention, if/when they inadvertently fail to meet you halfway as agreed.

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SD Nuggets Blog™	New posts from last week that may interest you! *
Public Speaking[Monday]:	No. 214: Be Prepared to Maximize EVERY Opportunity!
[Tuesday]:	On-Demand Feed Formulation for Farm CEOs Workshop [Hint: FREE Entry for Owners of Tayo Solagbade’s Feed Formulation Handbook & Software]!
[Wednesday]:	THE FARM CEO (Issue 19): Feed Formulation for Farm CEOs Workshop: FREE Entry for Buyers of Feed Formulation Pack, How a Ugandan Woman Became a Millionaire from Piggery, Mixed-Crop Livestock Farming: Traditional technologies for animal production, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF CATFISH FARMS : Catfish Growth-Cash flow MS Excel Models, Genetic improvement of indigenous cattle breeds in Zimbabwe : a case study
[Thursday]:	[RECOMMENDED READING] An adventure to discover the best teacher in Nigeria. Drama Galore…lol!
[Friday]:	Making Nigeria Work Again: We ALL Need to Beat The Nigerian Factor (BTNF) ™
[Saturday]:	Motivational Speaking is NOT Self-Development Education
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and others.

In May 2012 he was the Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.

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traveling across the West African region.

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and workshops on his key areas of focus and interest to interested audiences (Email tayo at tksola dot com for details).

In a previous life, before leaving to become self-employed, Tayo served for seven years as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer, to Training

& Technical Development Manager, and then later acted in senior management roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager.

He is an Associate Member of the UK Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management’s(NIM) Young Managers’

competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development™ (SCfS-D™), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy Limited.

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continent).

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But updates are still ongoing to URLs bearing the old domain name in most of the over 1,000 web pages, and blog posts

he’s published.

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Click “Tayo, What Happened to

SpontaneousDevelopmentDotCom ?” to read a detailed narrative about how the above event occurred :-))

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Succeed by Emerging from Adversity Like a Phoenix

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And he wrote the one below, to explain why losing a domain name, no matter how old NO LONGER determines your online success or otherwise:

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Motivational Speaking is NOT Self-Development Education

October 17, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

[NB: This Personal Philosophy paper was originally e-published via SpontaneousDevelopmentDotCom (now defunct) on 27th March 2003/Revised on 27th December 2006 by Tayo Solagbade – Founder SDAc]

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It rarely happens anymore, what with my increasing name/brand recognition for what I do…but several years ago, it happened fairly often. I mean people calling me a “Motivational Speaker/Author” – based on aspects of of my writing or learning events they were exposed to.

But whenever it happened (or happens), I made (or make) a point of promptly correcting the person, by stating that I am a Self-Development Educator/Performance Improvement Specialist.

So, what’s the difference, you ask?

In this paper I explain why calling me a Motivational Speaker would be most inaccurate and potentially deny those who can benefit from me (possibly persons you care about!) the opportunity to discover that I can help them.

Yes, there is a motivational dimension to what I do, but my basic aim is to help people achieve Mental Emancipation™, by (re-) orienting them about what they (think they) know; how they see themselves/their society; and what they believe they can (or cannot) do.

You could in fact call it “Philosophical Re-Orientation”.

The unusual titles of many of my Talks and Information Products (e.g [NEW BOOK with Optional MP3 Audio files] Ten (10) ‘Storyfied’ Yoruba Proverbs for Children – Goes Live from 8th January 2015 at www.lulu.com/sdaproducts | SD Nuggets™ ) support my claims.

I have gained deep insight into the socio-cultural situation in Nigeria, and wish to share my ideas with others. My objective is to influence people to positively change the way they think/act towards getting what they want in life. That’s why I also describe my role as that of a Social Change Agent.

We all (should?) take time to reflect on our experiences, and develop our own philosophies about life.

We should also be unafraid to voice/discuss them with others, even if they differ from what the majority hold to be true. This is especially important, if our ideas can help others.

It is my considered opinion that many harmful myths, values etc are held in our society today, causing major damage to the self-perception of the average Nigerian

I believe that correcting this damage will enable many Nigerians (re)discover themselves, and achieve more personal successes to the overall benefit of our country.

You can help an individual become motivated to achieve success in a chosen area of life, but if the wrong “education” about himself/his society is not corrected by helping him re-think or unlearn certain things, his chances of achieving sustainable successes are limited.

The phrase “know yourself” becomes relevant here.

Many Nigerians – motivated or not – do not know themselves. For instance, many believe the only way to get respect is to have a white man as a friend…Or to be based in “Jand”(i.e. overseas), and visit Nigeria every once in a while.

I have worked with white people (from England/South Africa etc), right here in Nigeria. Some expressed unease with how most Nigerians treated them “special” for no obvious reasons.

A few wondered why we treated ourselves shabbily/with contempt! Our own Fela once sang “Let us think say, Oyinbo no good pass me”(translation: “Let us stop thinking the White man is better than us“). I guess most of us heard the music, but didn’t listen to the lyrics!

In certain ways, I see myself as a non-singing ideological equivalent of Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Through his lyrics, I discovered myself, and became passionately proud of being Black, Nigerian and African. (I named my first son after Fela, for this/his other good sides). My objective is to help others achieve similar Self-Discovery.

Think about Fela’s messages and you’ll find that just as he entertained with good vibes, he also motivated and often educated his listeners. For example he once sang about the white colonialists:

“…Na we open dem eyes. Na five hundred years slavery cause am. Dem meet us we dey do plenty things. I say we teach dem plenty things. No be me talk am, na books dey talk am. No be the yeye books you dey read, for the yeye school for your town. Na those colonial books from dat London..”

(translation: “We were the ones who opened their eyes. Five hundred years of slavery caused it. They found us doing many things. I say we taught them many things. It is not I who said it. It’s the books that say it. Not the rubbish books you read, in the rubbish school in your town. It’s those colonial history books in London..“).

So “Who” is a Self-Development Educator? And how does a Self-Development Educator differ from a Motivational Speaker? Here’s my personal definition of a Self-Development Educator:

A person who provides practical information about what people can do by themselves for themselves to achieve their goals in life.

Specifically, he/she will consider 2 major aspects to developing/empowering people: (a) Motivational – I help people see/believe they can achieve goals they set for themselves in life. (b) Educational – I actively challenge, (what I consider) any limiting sets of values, belief systems etc they hold, deriving from their environment or elsewhere.

I tell them why it is important to be Self-Educated and Emancipated Thinkers™, if they wish to empower themselves to achieve sustainable successes. Lastly, I SHOW them(through articles, special reports, talks, coaching programs and other learning events) – often using lessons from my experiences, and other real-life case studies – HOW TO empower themselves to go about pursuing their set goals in a way that increases their chances of success.

In showing people how to empower themselves, I work hard to make them INDEPENDENT of me, by helping them develop confidence in their own abilities to come up with solutions that work for them.

For instance in my article titled “A System That Can Produce Millionaire African Writers” (which has been read over 5,600 times since I republished it on this blog back in May 2014), I provided an example of how my adopted approach benefits the larger society:

“It is my strong conviction that empowerment of individuals to be multi-skilled, independent minded creatives, who are able to leverage technology and the Internet in ways that require little or no capital, for the purpose of offering value adding products and services for which they will paid, is the most realistic, and viable solution for Africans living in Africa. Adopting Print-On-Demand Self-Publishing as proposed in this article is one way individual Africans can easily adapt foreign ideas to achieve financial independence – and prosperity for their countries.” – Tayo K. Solagbade

Still think it’s all motivational?

Then why not read more of my articles or attend one of my learning events, and then decide afterwards.

Even better, you can actually take me up one-on-one on this issue – by sending me a message.

I look forward to “meeting” you!

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Making Nigeria Work Again: We ALL Need to Beat The Nigerian Factor (BTNF) ™

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“The Nigerian factor is what makes things that work elsewhere fail to work in Nigeria. It is also what makes doing the wrong thing acceptable, and doing the right thing condemnable” – Tayo Solagbade

Below is a screenshot of the home page of my – now defunct – Beat The Nigerian Factor (BTNF) ™ mini site, which I ran on a sub domain of my former, 9 year old website – www.spontaneousdevelopment.com.

I’m posting it along with excerpts from the home page featuring a definition I coined for the social anomaly called the Nigerian Factor – because this problem persists today, and remains a MAJOR hindrance to Nigeria’s progress on various fronts.

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Nigeria has wonderful talents that can add great value to the world. But she needs to give those talents a conducive environment to flourish. Tayo Solagbade’s definition of the Nigerian Factor indicates how the Nigerian Factor stifles Nigeria’s ability to do the foregoing :

“The Nigerian factor is what makes things that work elsewhere fail to work in Nigeria. It is also what makes doing the wrong thing acceptable, and doing the right thing condemnable” – Tayo Solagbade

SDAc believes that anyone who truly loves Nigeria will want her to develop to the point where many individual Nigerians will no longer feel a need to flee for Europe and America,( these days even Ghana/Togo!) in order to achieve worthwhile goals.

Perpetuation of the Nigerian Factor currently (Jan 2006) makes this development process difficult, if not impossible.

a. BTNF Objective

The objective of this mini site is to provide education for re-orientation towards eliminating the Nigerian Factor. This is being done as a social development service.

Why? Because we believe every business organisation will find her chances of survival and profitable existence threatened if negative influences that prevent stabilisation of political and economic conditions persist.

We also believe we have a responsibility to contribute positively to the development of any environment in which we operate. Not all of us can get invited to high profile meetings with important dignitaries to discuss matters of national importance/security.

Click here to learn about our adopted strategy,and how you can join us.

b. How Bad Is This Problem?

Our special report – “The Nigerian Factor UNMASKED!” – was originally written in June 2005. However events in the last quarter of 2005 – especially the unprecedented series of fatal aircraft crashes has revealed other areas where the problem has eroded any security persons in this country (Nigerians or foreigners) may be confident they have.

At the special emergency meeting of stakeholders called by President Obasanjo(and broadcast on TV), one of the delegates provided revealing insight into the issue of age, and airworthiness of planes bought and used Nigerian airline operators.

According to him, sometimes officers of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority(NCAA) who travelled abroad to inspect planes to be bought by an airline operator, would have their estacode, flight tickets, accommodation fees paid by the airline operator(who wished to purchase the plane to be given a pass or fail mark by the NCAA officer!) – in addition to being provided a shopping allowance. How can one then expect the NCAA officer to objectively carry out the assigned job?!

The above more that anything else confirmed the President’s insistence on corruption as the root cause was not wrong. All this however only came to the fore AFTER multiple crashes claiming hundreds of lives within a few weeks (including those of 50 very young students on their way back to School) had occurred.

c. Individuals Are Also Guilty!

The irony is that those responsible for cutting corners in vetting/ buying the planes and who circumvent established routine aircraft maintenance regimes for personal monetary gain are NOT all in government. Some are individuals in society who think it is smart to exploit the existing loopholes.

Maybe that is why many Nigerians seem incapable of insisting that things be done as expected. They can ask for a while, but they soon give up and accept anything they are told hoping that the problem will resolve itself.

The SDAc believes that this LACK OF POLITICAL WILL(note that political will need not be demonstrated through violence) is what makes Nigerians continue to suffer the hardships they complain so much about. The following quote reinforces this:

“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to, and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them” – Frederick Douglas

===Ends==

The Nigerian Factor™ was behind what manifested as the Econet Wireless saga that Strive Masiyawa is currently writing a series on via his Facebook page and website.

And it was behind the shameful revelations that Olusegun Adeniyi highlighted in his THISDAY newspaper article titled “An adventure to discover the best teacher in Nigeria. Drama Galore…lol!” – about the rotten state of our educational system.

Simply put, the Nigerian Factor™ is the reason why Nigeria has failed to work for decades, compared to small neighbouring countries with only a fraction of its capacity or potential.

But there’s hope…especially with the new leadership Nigeria now has…

Especially when it is considered in conjunction with the vibrant and growing population of civil society crusaders who are using PC and Internet technology in creative ways to elicit more responsible behaviour from key actors in society.

Never has the time to do this been more relevant than now. A wind of change is really blowing across the Nigerian landscape.

Those of us who were mocked for trying to fight the Nigerian Factor™, but who refused to be discouraged, are now the ones leading the way to show others how to do it.

Even though the material from the BTNF mini site was published way back in 2006 (over 9 years ago), it still remains VERY relevant to today’s Nigeria.

That’s why I’ve decided to deliberately republish relevant excerpts from the Beat The Nigerian Factor (BTNF) ™ mini site, on my SD Nuggets blog, to provide badly needed information and education for reorientation of those who will be on the look out for it.

Those who were misled into thinking there was no other way to do things, are now coming to the realization that it can no longer be business as usual – and they are searching for viable alternatives.

Guess what? This website – www.tayosolagbade.com offers information and education about several viable alternatives to the Nigerian Factor™.

If you’d like to know what those viable alternatives are, and how you can use them to achieve the progress you desire, no matter the obstacles you face, explore the articles on this blog – especially those in the “My Ideas for Making Nigeria Better” category.

Want to learn more, or discuss possibilities for making Nigeria better, click here to send me a message

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[RECOMMENDED READING] An adventure to discover the best teacher in Nigeria. Drama Galore…lol!

October 15, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

I never re-publish other people’s writings on my blog, but I do link to those I find compelling. This piece by Olusegun Adeniyi titled “An adventure to discover the best teacher in Nigeria. Drama Galore…lol!” – published in THISDAY Newspaper perfectly fits that description: it is a truly compelling, and at the same time “painful” read, that confirms the serious ROT Nigeria’s educational system in in!

Read on…and see if you disagree…

PREVIEW: Why are you in the teaching profession? Ordinarily, you would expect a teacher who was in the final rounds of an interview for a life-changing national award to be prepared for such a question. But after a momentary hesitation, the respondent said she chose teaching because it is a profession that “offers me opportunities to do other things by the side.”

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THE FARM CEO (Issue 19): Feed Formulation for Farm CEOs Workshop: FREE Entry for Buyers of Feed Formulation Pack, How a Ugandan Woman Became a Millionaire from Piggery, Mixed-Crop Livestock Farming: Traditional technologies for animal production, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF CATFISH FARMS : Catfish Growth-Cash flow MS Excel Models, Genetic improvement of indigenous cattle breeds in Zimbabwe : a case study

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[Tagline: If it can help your farm business, you’ll find it in THE FARM CEO™ Newspaper ]

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On-Demand Feed Formulation for Farm CEOs Workshop [Hint: FREE Entry for Owners of Tayo Solagbade’s Feed Formulation Handbook & Software]!

October 13, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Are you a Farm CEO looking to save money, and boost performance in feeding your livestock? If YES, attend my on-demand workshop to learn Practical Livestock Feed Formulation and Compounding for Poultry, Fish, Pigs, Dairy Cattle and Rabbits based on use of low cost locally available feed ingredients to formulate balanced rations.

Since 2006 I’ve conducted on-demand one-on-one feed formulation training, for INDIVIFUAL Farm CEOs. In the last 2 years, some traveled from as far as Uyo and Umuahia (while I came in from Cotonou), to meet me at the venue: a Feed Mill location in Oko-Oba, Agege area of Lagos.

Those unable to make it down often chose to purchase my Branded Auto run Home Study DVD containing 30 video tutorials.

However, a new trend has recently been developing in terms of enquiries I’m getting…

For instance, in the last 3 months, I’ve been approached by CEOs of organizations looking to invite me to conduct LIVE training on Feed Formulation for small groups.

The first time it was the Abuja branch of a National Government Agency.

More recently, it was the CEO of a Vocational Skills/Entrepreneurship Development Centre in Lagos.

This latest enquiry led to a request by the CEO for a price concession, to which I responded with the following offer:

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I appreciate the preference you expressed for a discount concession in light of the fact that you are looking to train 10 persons. I’ve done some thinking and come up with what I feel may appeal to you…

Here’s what I propose:

a. I will FREEZE invoice total for training at N250k.

In other words, you will NOT pay for the 5 extra persons you wish to attend.

b. Note however that to take up this offer, the full amount has to be paid AT LEAST 5 business days BEFORE the training date.

c. In exchange, I’d like to have space provided at your venue for up to 10 of my clients to attend.

I have a database of over 500 Farm CEOs based in/out of Africa. Some are past buyers of my Farm Business Support Products and Services (Custom Software, Information Products, Training and Web Marketing Services). About 70% of those past buyers are based in Nigeria – in various states across the country, and even though I have not met 95% of them in the flesh, we’ve enjoyed healthy relations via email and phone over the years.

When I read your latest message it occurred to me, that they might want to attend the training. So, this afternoon I called up about 10 of them, in places like Kano, Warri, Umuahia, Ibadan, Lagos etc, and so far 6 have told me they would love to attend.

It’s likely I’ll get up to the 10 I have in mind. All they need is the space (seats) to be part of the event.

They will take care of their own transportation, accommodation, feeding etc. I’ve cleared all that up with them and they are OK with it. Note however that they will NOT be paying me ANY money, as they already own my software and handbook.

Indeed, some have even paid for/attended my training in the past at a feed mill location I normally use in Oko-Oba area of Agege (I typically traveled down from Cotonou, while they came from places like Uyo, Umuahia etc)

My purpose is simply to add extra value to them by exposing them to the training at zero cost, so they become better equipped to make use of the products they purchased from me.

NB: I am also hopeful that they will be able to share experiences with YOUR 10 attendees, based on their practice of feed formulation in real-world situations.

This is the best way I can think of to make the required investment more pocket friendly for you.

If it appeals to you, please let me have your feedback on the following:

1. What is/are the intended Date(s) you wish to have the training?

Do you want it to happen in one day (6 to 8 hours) or over 2 days (3 to 4 hrs/day)? As I stated earlier, the N250k fee needs to be paid 5 business/working days before your intended training date. That’s the minimum notification and commitment I need to prepare for an event like this.

2. What is the address of the intended venue?

3. What are the demographic characteristics of your intended attendees? (E.g. Age, gender, educational level, Do they already run their own livestock farm businesses? if YES, what kinds? etc)

4. Please state the specific goals and objectives you have for holding your program/event AND WHAT your expectations are.

In other words, how do you intend to measure whether the training has been a success? (What will you see in your trainees/attendees; what will they say; what will they be ready/able to do AFTER the event in line with your organization’s vision/mission?)

5. Please state any other issues you want me to consider in preparing for the training.

With kindest regards,

Tayo K. Solagbade

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There has NOT been a response yet, but even if the CEO takes up my offer, responses I have gotten from past buyers of my Feed Formulation Handbook and Software, who I contacted BEFORE sending my reply to the CEO, indicate that MOST of them would love to attend the workshop.

In speaking with past buyers, I discovered that the fact that it’s FREE makes it appeal readily to them. As a result, I already have nine (9) who’ve said YES, and now await details from me, of when and where etc.

Below are excerpts of the benefits as outlined on the flyer…

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Get LIVE Exposition and Hands-On Training on:

1. Theory and Practice of Livestock Feed Formulation for different livestock – especially Poultry, Fish, Pigs, Dairy Cattle & Rabbits.

2. Identification of feed ingredients and considerations in choosing them for use in ration formulation

3. Use of TK Solagbade’s ExcelVB Ration Formulator software

Attendees Get the Following at ZERO COST:

a. T.K Solagbade’s popular Livestock Feed Formulation Handbook – N8k

b. Pictorial Introduction to Feed Ingredients (Print-ready PDF) – N7.5k value

c. Automated Ration Formulation Excel-VB Software – N12.5k value

d. PDF user guide for Automated Ration Formulation Application – FREE

e. User-guide videos for the software will be on EACH attendee’s DVD – FREE

f. 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Feed Formulation (PDF) – FREE

g. Branded Auto run DVD containing 30 Livestock Feed Formulation
(& Compounding) Home Study Videos – N35k value

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In light of the above, especially since those I’ve contacted are less than 25% of the total number I can make this offer to, it’s likely that I’ll need to have more than one run of the workshop to cater for all of them.

That’s one reason I decided to launch this formal on-demand workshop offer.

Another reason is that the busy schedules of my clients make it difficult to do a run that they will all find convenient to attend at the same time.

For instance, when I called one Farm CEO client based in Kano, who has purchased my handbook, Ration Formulation Software and Poultry Farm Manager, he told me he was headed on a trip across Asia, and would not be abel to make it.

This is not the first time that has happened with several of my Farm CEO clients across the country. Over the years we’ve tried to come together as a group, with little success due to various challenges.

So that’s ANOTHER reason I’m launching THIS On-Demand Workshop offer: The idea is to allow interested Farm CEOs and those aspiring, as well as other stakeholders, to book to attend the workshop at a time that is convenient for them.

As long as we get up to 5 persons (to a maximum of 15), the event will hold.

Details will be agreed with all those who register for the event. Over time, I hope to interests sponsors of various kinds, to partner with me, and make this more pocket-friendly for those who may wish to attend.

BELOW: One page flyer I’ve created to announce this On-Demand Feed Formulation for Farm CEOs Workshop [*Image Updated in 2021 – from 2015] (http://tayosolagbade.com/ffworkshop)

If you’d like to attend…

Fee = N50k

For payment details (and/or to discuss possible group discount concessions for your group members), email tayo at tksola dot com

Call +234-803-302-1263 or +229-66-122-136 or send a message via www.tayosolagbade.com

If you already own my Feed Formulation Handbook and Software, you get to attend FREE.

Just contact me to book your place!

I’ve already discussed this challenge on phone, with some of you (past buyers of my products) who expressed interest in attending.

Option 1. Attend a one-on-one hands-on Feed Formulation Training session with me (for 4 to 6 hours)

BELOW: One page flyer I’ve created to announce this On-Demand Feed Formulation for Farm CEOs Workshop (http://tayosolagbade.com/ffworkshop)

If you’d like to attend…

Quick Take Away

In case you don’t know him, here are some of the grass to grace achievements already earned between the ages of 16 to 21, by this (fatherless-former-teen-startup) blogger who gained Internet fame for his prolific Guest Blogging:

Now read the rest of my argument/thoughts below…

These are successful people who readily offer information, education, ideas, tips and even coaching/training on HOW to do what they have done – and possibly do better.

In the rest of this article, I offer ideas to help interested persons accurately identify the right role models.

It is instructive to note however, that since most of my adopted role models were in foreign countries (mostly the USA, Canada etc), I was not able to directly transplant what I learned from them for use locally…

Today, I’m giving my kids Personal Achievement Coaching to identify and choose role models whose success stories they can VERIFY. In other words, they are being taught how to identify achievers with traceable roots…and NOT overnight successes whose only testimony is what THEY say…!

Every day, I strive to make myself FIT the above description of role models they are to seek…

On a progressive basis, my work now earns me income in multiple currencies, without my needing to travel. Indeed over 80% of income I earn today is via passive channels for products I create(d) and sell online to buyers within and outside Africa.

Regarding the above, about 4 years ago, I found a wonderful young Nigerian making waves internationally as a Freelance Writer/Blogger that I told my kids is a worthy role model for them.

Today, he is 21 years old…and now owns a large catfish farm, which he personally runs with hired hands. He started it by taking a one year break from writing to learn about, and invest some of the money from his freelance writing business into owning a Catfish Farming business.

But that’s not all he’s done. Remember I said that authentic achievers always display a readiness to share what they know with others?

I have read articles about him written by others within and outside Nigeria/Africa (some are top names in international blogging!) which provide details about how he began in his early teens – after losing his Dad, and having to drop out of school.

In case you missed it. Oni (as most people call him online) built his brand to what it is today, from his early teens, by working thousands of hours in those formative years, under harsh living conditions with a mother struggling to feed him and 4 other siblings.

The moral: Since one needs money on a regular basis to pursue formal education in most societies, you’ll get kicked out of school anyway if you want to continue schooling but cannot pay your fees.

But briefly, Personal Achievement Education (PAE) is what Oni literally empowered himself with. And countless others who rose from grass to grace did the same thing in different parts of the world, to achieve their successes.

A WORD OF ADVICE: No matter how old you think you are, or how much you think you know about Freelance Writing or Blogging, stay open to LEARNING from others…even if they are DECADES younger than you are!!

Unfortunately, despite my best efforts, I was unsuccessful in using most of the ideas I got from reading Oni’s blog to get hired to write.

No matter how you look at it, even if it did not get me hired in the conventional way, my exposure to Oni’s work at least indirectly benefited me…and I know a lot more about blogging as a result…!

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You see, taking such decisive action WILL often enable you deliver a solution works, just like you promised. When that happens, you’ll look good to decision makers WHO TRULY MATTER!

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Here’s an article Tayo wrote, to inspire others to defy adversity, and bounce back to even greater reckoning at what they do EVERY time:

And he wrote the one below, to explain why losing a domain name, no matter how old NO LONGER determines your online success or otherwise:

So, what’s the difference, you ask?

You could in fact call it “Philosophical Re-Orientation”.

It is my considered opinion that many harmful myths, values etc are held in our society today, causing major damage to the self-perception of the average Nigerian

I have worked with white people (from England/South Africa etc), right here in Nigeria. Some expressed unease with how most Nigerians treated them “special” for no obvious reasons.

So “Who” is a Self-Development Educator? And how does a Self-Development Educator differ from a Motivational Speaker? Here’s my personal definition of a Self-Development Educator:

In showing people how to empower themselves, I work hard to make them INDEPENDENT of me, by helping them develop confidence in their own abilities to come up with solutions that work for them.

Still think it’s all motivational?

a. BTNF Objective

b. How Bad Is This Problem?

c. Individuals Are Also Guilty!

The Nigerian Factor™ was behind what manifested as the Econet Wireless saga that Strive Masiyawa is currently writing a series on via his Facebook page and website.

But there’s hope…especially with the new leadership Nigeria now has…

Those who were misled into thinking there was no other way to do things, are now coming to the realization that it can no longer be business as usual – and they are searching for viable alternatives.

Below: Screenshot of the cover for Issue No. 19 of THE FARM CEO (Monday 12th October 2015)

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However, a new trend has recently been developing in terms of enquiries I’m getting…

This latest enquiry led to a request by the CEO for a price concession, to which I responded with the following offer:

There has NOT been a response yet, but even if the CEO takes up my offer, responses I have gotten from past buyers of my Feed Formulation Handbook and Software, who I contacted BEFORE sending my reply to the CEO, indicate that MOST of them would love to attend the workshop.

Attendees Get the Following at ZERO COST:

In light of the above, especially since those I’ve contacted are less than 25% of the total number I can make this offer to, it’s likely that I’ll need to have more than one run of the workshop to cater for all of them.

So that’s ANOTHER reason I’m launching THIS On-Demand Workshop offer: The idea is to allow interested Farm CEOs and those aspiring, as well as other stakeholders, to book to attend the workshop at a time that is convenient for them.

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