Entrepreneurship
Story: After Resolving Layers Feeding Problems, Selling Increased Eggs Output Became a Headache!
March 4, 2014









[UPDATE: 16th February 2021] Click here to download a print ready PDF version of this post, that you can read offline. A young couple tackles unexpected challenges in running their commercial layer farm. This story illustrates how Cost-Saving Best Practice ideas, tools and strategies, can be used to solve problems, and boost long term farm […]







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Career Development
No. 131: To Succeed, Creatively Apply What You Learn
March 3, 2014









Albert Einstein went through formal schooling. Did any of his school/class mates also become geniuses? What about the legendary Afro Beat inventor, Fela Anikulapo Kuti (who studied music in a UK college)? Or Bill Gates? Richard Branson? Steve Jobs? Why didn't their classmates succeed like them? SCROLL DOWN TO READ FULL ISSUE Home | Subscribe | About | […]







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My DN Travel News
For Writing to be Successful, It Needs to be Inspired!
March 1, 2014









Sometimes you just don't feel like writing. It happens to the best of us. You make (what you consider) the best efforts, and no words come. Your fingers just hang over the keyboard. That is if you even get as far as seating yourself in front of the computer in the first place! Writer's Block […]







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Career Development
Conversation between Entrepreneur Parent and His Kids’ Lesson Teacher
February 28, 2014









How well do you know your child’s teacher(s)? By “know” I mean meeting and engaging him/her in conversation about what s/he thinks education for success in life is about, and how to go about giving it. I share excerpts from a conversation (online chat) with my kids’ lesson teacher, which reveals why connecting with your child’s teacher(s) […]







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Career Development
8 Practical Considerations You Need to Start a Fish Farm (One Page Practical Mind Map, for Aspiring Fish Farmers and Teachers of Fish Farming!)
February 27, 2014









Starting business part-time, before leaving paid employment is best (though it did NOT work for me). However, this safer approach has its own challenges. Your "employee duties" can deny you time to properly investigate the prospects of a venture you’re considering. Sometimes, even if you can make out time, you may lack the training/skill and […]







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Entrepreneurship
Once You Start Your Farm Business, You Must Think & Act Like An Entrepreneur To Succeed!
February 26, 2014









"I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going" - Richard Branson. In this article I explain why anyone starting a farm business needs to realize that s/he must become an entrepreneur in order […]







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Farm Biz
3 Forms In Which Cassava Can Be Profitably Fed to Livestock (and 1 Danger to Guard Against)
February 25, 2014









Cassava can be fed to virtually any kind of livestock. Research reports indicate it can prove especially economical in feeding pigs and poultry - IF properly balanced with proteins and vitamins, which it is deficient in. This article discusses 3 forms in which Cassava can be profitably fed to livestock. Today, rising feeding costs make […]







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General
No. 130: Speak For a Worthy Cause!
February 24, 2014









As an expert in your chosen field there’s no doubt your aim is to prosper. Focussing on your “business” and avoiding distractions is therefore essential. However, in this issue I explain why speaking for a cause you believe in can also help you progress, even as it can contribute to dramatic improvement in the lives […]







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Entrepreneurship
Automate Your Farm Record Keeping and Accounts to Succeed Profitably
February 22, 2014









In this article, I explain the importance of establishing and maintaining reliable farm records keeping/accounting systems as it is a crucial requirement for successful planning & profitable management of your farm business. A popular saying goes thus: "If you do not record it you cannot measure it. And if you do not measure it, you […]







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General
Why You Need to Nurture the Genius In Your Child
February 21, 2014









Did you know? There IS a genius in your child. This article explains what you must do to AVOID stifling it...so s/he can MANIFEST that inborn genius, which can make society a better place for all of us! Kids Are Often Fearless and Uninhibited As I’m yet to conclude arrangements to bring my family to […]







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