Career Development
What You Need is NOT Size, But "Fight" to Outsmart Bigger Competition!









"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog." - Dwight Eisenhower The Yoruba's have a proverb that expresses a similar sentiment. It goes thus: "Kekere ni abere nkere. Ki nse gbi gbe mi fun adiye." Translation: "Don't be fooled by the […]







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Career Development
How Not To Get To The Top - Advice From The World's Greatest Salesperson









Preview: I once read a piece Joe Girard wrote about the importance of following the right route to achieve success. In my language (Yoruba), we have a saying that "Ona kan o gba oja". Literal translation: "There are different routes that can be taken to get to the market". For people going to the market, […]







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Career Development
To Succeed, Treat People Right!









"The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people" - Thomas J. Peters I have major difficulty doing the OGA or BIG MAN thing. In paid employment it was so. As an entrepreneur, this "affliction" of mine has gotten worse. Owning things (which some use to […]







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Career Development
Join My Spreadsheet Solutions Development Club and Boost Your Productivity









Join My Excel Heaven Visual Basic Membership Club: MS Excel is available on most PCs anywhere, and it has it's own development platform. ANYONE competent in Excel VB programming can therefore earning income developing low cost custom applications at zero cost! There is a HUGE Excel-VB industry across the world that most people are not […]







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Career Development
No. 192: (a) Don’t Fret Over Fleeting or Fleeing Opportunities (Hint: Why I Rarely Hurry Over Anything – Especially In Business) (b) To Achieve Sustainable Success, Closely Monitor News About Current Affairs and Politics! - [MP3]!









Many people are truly GIFTED at ANALYZING what it takes to succeed …or why failure happens. What most seem to LACK, in my experience based opinion it the WILLINGNESS (and NOT the ability) to unflinchingly persist in APPLYING the insights they possess to achieve their (supposedly) valued goals. This is why so many people ONLY […]







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Career Development
Get Excel-VB Home Study Tutorials Created Specifically for YOU!









If you do routine data recording, analysis and report generation, using MS Excel, I can show you how to optimize and automate your work, to achieve HUGE savings in time, effort and even money! The best part is you do can learn from me in the comfort of your home or office. Anytime of the […]







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Clients
The Secret to Winning Unsolicited Sponsors for Your Event or Project (Case Study: Global Konsult Group's UMB Pageant in Cotonou)









If you’re looking for sponsors for your event or project, Global Konsult Group (GKG)’s Universities Most Beautiful (UMB) pageant inside story offers useful insights. This report offer insights you can use, based on a study of the GKG team's success in winning eager followers, fans and sponsors for its flagship pageant. Background GKG is a […]







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Career Development
[2 Part Video] Tayo Solagbade's Excel-VB Elections Results Compiler & Reports/Charts Generator - Based on INEC Nigeria's Summary of Results for the March 28th, 2015 Presidential Elections









In this 2 part video demonstration, summary reports and charts are auto generated by my new Excel-VB Elections Results Compiler & Reports/Charts Generator, which I built mainly to demonstrate how Excel can be used to boost productivity in everyday activities. [I began building the app around 25th April 2015. Today, 7th May 2015, I'm putting […]







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Career Development
Why You Need to Seriously Consider Taking Self Defence Lessons (True Story)









One minute we were all browsing quietly in the cafe. The next minute all hell had broken loose as a hefty chap put off the generator, then came in and slapped the smallish young man who owns the cafe! My mouth fell open as both men staggered out of the cafe as they wrestled, close […]







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Entrepreneurship
You Can Market Your (Farm) Products On TV/Radio/Print Media At Zero Cost









My 3 part article series linked below, explains why I discourage COMPETENT experts from paying to appear on TV/Radio/Newspaper platforms in Nigeria. Part 1 of 3: Why You Need To Change The Way You Find Buyers for Your Products/Services Read here Part 2 of 3: Understanding How (Routine/Repeated) Use of Paid TV, Radio & Print […]







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