My DN Travel News
The Deadly High School Students Street Fight (A True Short Story I Submitted to the 2013 GKBCinc Short Story Competition)
February 9, 2014









As the screenshot below shows, this piece - my first ever (500 word) attempt at writing a short story - was not short listed for phase 2 of the GKBCinc Short Story Competition that I entered it for on 31st December 2013, the LAST day for entries! But I'm glad I sent it in anyway. […]







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Career Development
You Can Agree to Disagree and Still LOVE (Tribute to my father at 80!)
February 8, 2014









Photo: My father - Ezekiel Oluwajimi (E.O) Solagbade - cuts his 80th birthday anniversary cake on Tuesday 4th Feb. 2014, with my mom (his wife for 43 years now). Dad is a Civil and Structural Engineer by profession. I absolutely LOVED the cake, because it was beautifully decorated to depict technical drawing tools he uses! […]







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My DN Travel News
Why Your Child May Need a Liberal Arts Education to Succeed
February 7, 2014









"One of the benefits of a liberal arts education is that it trains the mind to think." - Albert Einstein Einstein was a famous "Theoretical Physicist"...who thought up amazing theories, that changed our lives. Now Here's Something Many People Miss About Einstein's Achievements: You see, he was a SCIENTIST. That means he specialised in the […]







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Career Development
Do We Really Become More Prone to “Forgetting” As We Grow Older?
February 6, 2014









In 2003, I wrote my popular research based article (titled “When You Grow Old, Your Brain Does Not”. It has since been republished via syndication on many websites. If you believe your mental abilities will diminish because you’re aging, think again. Do We Really Become More Prone to “Forgetting” As We Grow Older? In yesterday's […]







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My DN Travel News
Proof That Poverty Cannot Make People Steal...If They Don't Want To (A True Story)
February 5, 2014









One minute the phone was next to my elbow in the space behind the hand brake, the next minute I was looking all over the taxi to find it. The driver asked “When did you last see it?” “I called my mother just before we left the border” I replied in a puzzled voice. (The […]







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Career Development
Happy 80th Birthday to our SUPER DAD!
February 4, 2014









By the time you read this, I'll be in Lagos with my siblings and the rest of the "Luwaji Solagbade family" to join in celebrating with my father, on his 80th birthday anniversary, at the University of Lagos. [Update (12th Feb 2014): Dad's 80th anniversary celebration went perfectly! Click here to read about/view photos :-))] […]







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My DN Travel News
No. 127: Master FEAR, and You'll Achieve Mastery In Any Field
February 3, 2014









What are you afraid of? Fear is experienced by everyone. And that includes experts - be they self-employed or in paid employment. Sadly, traditional schooling teaches us little about how to handle it successfully. This issue of my newsletter offers practical insights that can help you. You could be trying to launch a speaking service, […]







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Career Development
Is Your In-House Expert's Ego Costing Your Company Money? - Part 2 of 2
January 31, 2014









In this second – and concluding part – of this article (read Part 1 of 2 here) , I offer practical suggestions (based on the true success story of a large multinational company) about how businesses can help their in-house experts act, more often, in the best interest of the company. . The In-House Expert's […]







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Career Development
Is Your In-House Expert's Ego Costing Your Company Money? - Part 1 of 2
January 30, 2014









“This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us”. – Western Union Internal Memo, 1876. Isn’t it amazing how those narrow minded individuals who wrote that memo, rubbished an innovation that was destined to change the world? If anyone had […]







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Farm Biz
Potentially Useful Books, Website URLs, Software and Ebooks on Broiler Farming and Feed Formulation for Poultry Farmers
January 29, 2014









It happened about 2 hours after I sent out issue 126 of my Weekly Public Speaking Ideas newsletter on Monday. The title was "True Story - Public Speaking on the Road(Why You Must Always Be Prepared!)". I got a call from a gentleman based in Portharcourt, Nigeria, who excitedly told me he'd been (as he put […]







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