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Many Great People Were Laughed At Before Succeeding

August 27, 2013

If you’ve ever been laughed at in public, you know it can hurt badly. When I was much younger, I readily took offence if people laughed at me, or my ideas. Today, I'm completely immune to laughter or mockery directed at me . How? Because I've found it can never stop me achieving my intended […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 104: Your Audience Needs Truth - Not Flattery

August 26, 2013

When a public speaker tells an audience of struggling business owners that "evil spirits", and "enemies from the village" are the reasons they fail, s/he sets them up for longer spells of avoidable hardship! (NB: This issue of my newsletter features a priest, who - for 3 decades now - has provided world class Agri-business […]

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If You Really Want Success, Lack of Money Won't Stop You

August 25, 2013

Success in freelance writing - or indeed any other area of life - requires passion, backed by effort, commitment, diligence – and most importantly, relentless persistence. Except you want to cheat - your way to success (and some do!), the foregoing are a reality you must face. But what if you lack money? This article […]

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Wise People Disagree With Tact

August 23, 2013

A facebook friend – Dauda Ayodele – recently shared a status update posted by a friend of his. It featured responses posted by two groups of people to the same potentially provocative statement. One group (which I’ll call “A”) was from a society in which freedom is highly cherished. Not just freedom of speech or […]

Career Development

Play for Your Workplace Team...and Not to the Decision Makers Gallery!

August 22, 2013

Ambitious career persons sometimes get carried away by their desire for career advancement. So they do things more to impress decision makers, than to make useful impact in the workplace. Unfortunately, many end up sabotaging the careers they seek to progress in the process. This article offers ideas to help you avoid such a fate. […]

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Succeed Even When Nothing's Working

August 21, 2013

Does it feel like nothing is working the way you want? Can’t find (or keep) a job or client? Bungling important assignments at work? Or having problems with your partner? This post offers ideas you can use to succeed, in spite of negative situations in your life. Those Who Seek Success, Must Embrace Hard Times […]

Entrepreneurship

3 Reasons to NOT Pay for Facebook "Likes"

August 20, 2013

I'm intrigued by people - some big name bloggers too - who recommend "seeding" comments on blogs. That is getting friends etc to routinely post comments, using aliases, on your posts to entice visitors to comment. What value is there in doing that? Would it not be better to challenge yourself to write better, so as […]

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No. 103: On Being a Master (A PDF Gift from Burt Dubin!)

August 19, 2013

Download Chapter 1 of Burt Dubin's Forthcoming Book - FREE...below! On Monday 12th August 2013 at 16.32, Burt Dubin emailed me the PDF version of the first chapter of his forthcoming book - titled "On Being a Master" - with permission to re-publish it with attribution if I so wished. After reading it, I decided […]

Career Development

Error-Free People Rarely Achieve Authentic Success

August 17, 2013

"Success tends not to go to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk averse. Rather, it goes to the person who recognizes that life is pretty much a percentage business. It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal tasks.” – Donald Rumsfeld I […]

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How United Is Your Family?

August 16, 2013

What is the current state of YOUR marriage union – and family? This can be a very tough question to answer, for many people today. I say this from personal - and very painful – experience, as one who has been married for over 14 years, with kids. In my part of the world (Africa), […]