Career Development
Unruly Employees – An Employer’s Worst Nightmare (3 Tips for Dealing With Them)
May 9, 2013









I’ve had many discussions with organizational decision makers, about employee behavior over the past 15 years. At first it was as a high performing employee, then later as a service provider. What frustrates employers often is when some employees act as if the company owes them for doing nothing. Some employees seem to delight in […]







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My DN Travel News
Deliver to Deadlines, Even After a Setback, Using This Smartphone Based Productivity Hack for Writers
May 8, 2013









Imagine you have a write-up that needs to go online before a deadline expires, but your trusted Internet connection suddenly disappoints. Plus there’s no place you can go to use another. What do you do when that happens (other than running out in your underpants to bang on your neighbour's door)? This article describes a […]







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Entrepreneurship
What Do You Do When People Are Scared To Trust You?
May 7, 2013









Sometimes it happens with women who’ve had bad experiences with men. The men want to take the relationship to the next level, but they keep holding out. In business, this problem of damaged trust from past relationships between people can create major obstacles to successful selling. I’ve tried hard to keep quiet about it since […]







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My DN Travel News
Outsmart Competitors (& Earn More) Using Foreign Language Skills
May 6, 2013









This newsletter serves speakers, but service providers in general may periodically find some issues useful – like this one. Discover how developing ONE foreign language skill can help you (1) beat more competitors in your current market (2) win more business in new markets, and (3) make more money – despite harsh economic times. This […]







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My DN Travel News
Why Being "Dis-organized" Can Make You a Better Writer
May 4, 2013









The above title is not a play on words. This article highlights an often missed truth that determines how productive we can be each day. Creative types (writers, developers etc), often go through psychological peaks and troughs, that affect their output. There are those times when you find yourself in the zone, and relentlessly churn […]







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My DN Travel News
To Understand What You Learn, Teach It (3 Tips)
May 4, 2013









Think about it, and you’ll realize it’s true. Anytime human beings have to demonstrate a learned skill before others, they often put in more effort than they normally would, if they had only themselves to account to. This is why coaches and performance consultants often recommend announcing your goals. It makes you accountable to others […]







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Entrepreneurship
Getting Potential Buyers to Do What You Want (5 Powerful Insights from my Study of Online Scam Artists Who Get Total Strangers to Send Them Big Money!)
April 30, 2013









In this article, I narrate a true story of an encounter I had with an online scam artist in a Lagos cyber cafe. I then offer – for the benefit of online entrepreneurs - my insider's perspective of strategies they employ to convince total strangers to part with their money. That is, after all, what […]







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My DN Travel News
3 Reasons YOU Need To Learn Public Speaking
April 29, 2013









It may sound like I’m pushing it a bit here. But I honestly feel, based on over ten years of personal experience, that the practice of public speaking confers multiple life changing benefits on. In this issue of my Speaking IDEAS newsletter, I outline 3 specific ways in which learning public speaking can help you […]







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My DN Travel News
2 Lessons on Writing...from Tom & Jerry Cartoons!
April 28, 2013









Yeah, I know. What on earth can Tom and Jerry cartoons teach anyone about writing? But that’s the irony of life. I don’t know about you, but simple, yet powerful insights used to elude me a lot in the past. As a result I often ended up dwelling on needlessly complex alternatives. This cartoon series […]







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My DN Travel News
How Benin Republic Youth are Driving African Innovation (PLUS Women Cassava Farmers in Nigeria Earn Extra $2,200 in Off Season By Planting Cucumbers)! - Review of 12 Page PDF 2011 Report By International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
April 25, 2013









This update starts with a few notes about the responses to my new text and audio guide for english/french learners. I've provided names, links, and locations to help ANYONE interested in following up/acting on the information I've supplied here.(No time to read online? Click here to request a copy of the IFAD 12 page PDF […]







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