This 14 year old lady hit the nail right on its head with this piece about how conventional schools are killing creativity.
Every parent should read her article shared here to understand why YOU need to take action to CHANGE the traditional schooling that you’re letting your kids gets exposed to.
It WILL DO THEM more harm than good in the long run.
If a 14 year old girl GETS IT, I worry for you, if you – as an adult – still do NOT get it after reading her article [If you’re a child being sent to school, read her article and demand that your parents take action to help you avoid the dangers she points out in it.]
Over the years, as I noticed no change in what schools offered, I have personally taken drastic steps to protect the valuable geniuses of my own kids from the damage it does.
That’s earned me severe criticisms from various quarters – but the RESULTS will soon begin to speak for themselves. Mark my words!
My advice to you: Take action now to help your kids protect their geniuses from the damaging impact of uncontrolled exposure to conventional schooling systems – or I might just be saying “I told you so!” in a few years time!
“No matter how difficult the socioeconomic environment of your primary target market is, smart web marketing know-how like the one I possess, and which I use to support my clients (via a customizable Web Marketing System) CAN, over time, be successfully leveraged to generate a RELIABLE stream of high quality sales leads of pre-qualified prospects, that you eventually covert to buyers, using the right techniques!” – Tayo K. Solagbade, Creator of the Web Marketing System for Low to Zero Cost High Quality Buyer Recruitment
Below is a screenshot (followed by the verbatim text) of a welcome email I sent yesterday (Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:14 PM) – with a FREE gift copy of my Excel-VB Payslip Generator software – to the latest PAID member (from Nairobi – Kenya) of my Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation Club
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From: Tayo Solagbade
Date: Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:14 PM
Subject: Download Your Personalized Copy of my Excel-VB Driven Payslip Generator Software
To: [name removed for privacy]
Hey Tirop,
Thanks for making the $200 payment to get the promised $50 discount, and complete your advance payment for access to my Excel-Vb coaching progam.
Find attached your personalized copy of my Custom Excel-Vb driven Payslip Generator Spreadsheet software.
Also attached is an MS Word file (EnableDisable.docx) which shows the steps (via screenshot images) to follow in order to open and run this kind of application by enabling macros.
When you try opening it for the first time in your copy of MS Excel, it will be reduced to a small window on your screen due to the Excel security disabling the code as a default protection against possible macros viruses.
By the time you follow the instructions to enable macros correctly, a LOGIN screen will appear. (see attached screenshot image of what it looks like – filename = z-xlvb-payslip-gen-login-screen.png)
Choose your name from the drop menu and type in the password into the next field to the right, as: tks2020
Be sure to type the password EXACTLY as it appears.
Clicking the login button will take you to MAIN MENU navigatiion interface. From there you will click the buttons provided to go to the different interfaces where data entry and report generation can be done using buttons provided.
Note that there are tip boxes all over the different worksheet interfaces read them and follow their instructions to interact with the software,
Just take your time for now, to move around and get familiar with the various interfaces. We will talk more so you can competently use the app to prepare reports you want,
Let me know if you have any questions or require clarification.
Talk later,
Tayo
PS: Below is a link to an article about how I started developing custom spreadsheet software in paid employment.
The MENTAL ATTITUDE I have always had, of ALWAYS aiming to use my coding skills to create dummy-proof, easy to use solutions continues to help me create software that clients enjoy using today.
You may wish to adopt a similar attitude as you commence using Excel-VB to solve problems for those you serve.
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Below: Screenshot of the Login Screen of the FREE personalised copy of my Excel-VB Payslip Generator software I sent to him
Below: Screenshot of emails we’ve exchanged since he got my welcome email and downloaded the software
In my Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation club I provide (via email) step-by-step coaching tutorials (videos, PDFs etc) for business users/expert members on how they can use smart Excel-VB coding to automate their use 0f MS Excel – and boost their work related productivity.
This Kenyan financial consultant supports clients with accounts management services, in which he helps, for instance, to prepare salary schedules and payslips, in addition to routine book keeping and other accounts related tasks.
Well, since that first exchange, we’ve had MANY more email and phone conversations.
As we conversed, I used my YEARS of keenly honed sales conversation making expertise, to move him from the stage of enquiry, till he made actual payment – by following instructions I emailed him, on how to open a Paypal account with his credit card, and then sending a total of $200 USD advance payment (of a total $500 USD agreed) to me, to signup for my 1 year Excel-VB one-on-one coaching program.
Here’s what’s especially noteworthy: I got him, to send payment from Kenya, to a paypal address belonging NOT to me (since Nigerians still cannot receive money via Paypal), but to my brother-in-law in London, whose name neither sounds, nor looks ANYTHING like mine.
I’ve done this countless times – getting total strangers to CONFIDENTLY send me considerable sums of money with NOTHING to go except what they see online and what I tell them via email and phone.
And most times what they want is 100% digital. The key to my success in doing this repeatedly with people from different parts of the world is the POWER of what I call a Web Marketing System (WMS), that I RELENTLESSLY develop and implement to promote the solutions I offer.
It helps me make sales of a variety of solutions in different fields – I sell products (software, books), services (coaching, training, speaking etc) and even ideas e.g affiliate partnerships and so on.
One evening on Tuesday 3rd March, I arrived the office of a multidisciplinary client company in Cotonou, Benin Republic, for a meeting with the CEO and members of his team.
NB: This PI Squared newsletter will be published weekly, on Mondays, in place of the Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS newsletter, starting from today – 15th February 2016. I’m reinventing my Monday newsletter content and theme, to accommodate my vision of serving the growing audience of serious minded individuals and organizations reaching out to me, with information, education. news and research findings designed to help them do what they do better.
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PII 105: To Achieve Greater Success, Offer to Speak Online – and Especially Offline [True Story: The First Speaking Invitation I’ve Accepted for 2018]
You no doubt know that public speaking is what people do when they run webinars and other forms of online training/coaching.
I however argue that at a point, depending on the kind of brand you’re building, and your purpose, you may want (even NEED) to put a face to your “name” by giving talks in person i.e standing physically BEFORE your audience, and not behind a computer.
One evening on Tuesday 3rd March, I arrived the office of a multidisciplinary client company in Cotonou, Benin Republic, for a meeting with the CEO and members of his team.
That outing lasted approx. 5 hours, during which time we discussed how to use promotional materials from a groundbreaking beauty pageant event they were organizing, to take their web marketing to the next level, so as to better create client attracting awareness.
Above Inset Photo: Taken during the meeting in their boardroom
The next day, I was back in Nigeria (at Sherryville Arcade, at Berger Bus stop, in Lagos), speaking to Small Biz CEOs and Network Marketing professionals on this same theme.
Attracting profitable buyers at zero cost while one sleeps is what I do, as a Location Independent Multipreneur.
Over 95% of my clients have NEVER met me – yet some have known me over 7 years from across Nigeria (Lagos, Kano, Bayelsa, Abuja, Nigeria, Oyo, Ekiti, Plateau, Kaduna, Enugu, Rivers, Delta, Edo, Anambra etc) as well as in/out of Africa (Canada, Abu Dhabi/UAE, Tanzania, Benin Republic, Guinea, USA, Holland, Uk, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya etc).
During my talk, I explain how I get total strangers to CONFIDENTLY buy remotely from me, – AND how YOU can do same!
Learn more about my1 hour talk on the page linked below:
Fill/submit the web form at www.tayosolagbade.com/contact.htm to request details of how you can invite me to give this talk to members of YOUR organization.
Below: Invitation letter from an organisation, whose decision makers I’ve been in discussions with since December 2017
It’s an indigenous Network Marketing outfit and they want to engage me to give talks to their members.
My key objective/purpose for giving FREE talks on this theme (or web marketing) is to sell access to my Web Marketing for CEOs club, which involves getting interested members to signup for hosting with me, and I then handle web marketing for their individual network marketing businesses.
The above means I’ll be speaking in the coming week.
The topic I will be speaking on is described on the page linked below on my blog:
I picked up the brocade outfit I had sewn for the outfit from my Dad’s tailor on Thursday.
Now I have to settle down to prepare myself so as to ensure I give a good showing to achieve my goal while adding value to my audience.
I’m told they have over members across the country, so if I do this right, the end will be VERY good for everyone.
Fill/submit the web form at www.tayosolagbade.com/contact.htm to request details of how you can invite me to give this talk to members of YOUR organization.
All human beings are born with some kind of unique genius. We just need to narrow down to what it is for each person. Some of us discover it by ourselves. Others get it pointed out to them by those they interact with.
Sadly few people who pass through formal schooling are able to preserve their capacity for INDEPENDENT thinking and creative reasoning (which is a function of the above mentioned genius they arrive the world with)
NB: This PI Squared newsletter will be published weekly, on Mondays, in place of the Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS newsletter, starting from today – 15th February 2016. I’m reinventing my Monday newsletter content and theme, to accommodate my vision of serving the growing audience of serious minded individuals and organizations reaching out to me, with information, education. news and research findings designed to help them do what they do better.
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PII 099: You Need Reasoning Skills, NOT Memorization for Success! [www.discovercotonou.com – COMING SOON!]
All human beings are born with some kind of unique genius. We just need to narrow down to what it is for each person. Some of us discover it by ourselves. Others get it pointed out to them by those they interact with.
Sadly few people who pass through formal schooling are able to preserve their capacity for INDEPENDENT thinking and creative reasoning (which is a function of the above mentioned genius they arrive the world with).
By the time they emerge from that supposedly “educational” experience, they display an unhealthy preference for wanting to follow the crowd, to be like others, to NOT stand out, to belong to – and NOT stray away from – the pack or tribe.
And that’s what makes the few who refuse to let formal schooling “damage” them in that manner, seem so exceptional!
It’s what made Albert Einstein make such a formidable impact on the world with his ideas.
Little wonder that he consistently showed a contempt for formal education – having passed through it himself, and famously denouncing his teachers along the way.
Below is one of many quotes credited to him, in which he criticized the faulty system used in formal schools, whereby memorization of facts and figures was rewarded over and above reasoning skills:
“Never memorize something that you can look up.”
And here is an excerpt from an excellent BBC report which notes the fact that Eisnten excelled by NOT adopting what formal education demanded i.e Rote Learning.
“Intriguingly, those who have more spindle events tend to have greater ‘fluid intelligence’ – the ability to solve new problems, use logic in new situations, and identify patterns – the kind Einstein had in spades. “They don’t seem related to other types of intelligence, such as the ability to memorise facts and figures, so it’s really specific to these reasoning skills,” says Fogel. This ties in nicely with Einstein’s disdain for formal education and advice to “never memorise anything which you can look up”.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170612-what-you-can-learn-from-einsteins-quirky-habits
I happen to be one of those few who managed to emerge from the formal schooling process without losing my Creative Genius.
And this despite the fact that I managed to do quite well in the academic system. In fact, I did so well that I got awards right till I left the university.
Not only was I best graduating student, but I also scored the highest ever C.G.P.A (5.9) in the department I finished from. And on top of that, I got awards for sporting excellence as well.
On getting to the real world however, I discovered that being able to use the knowledge I had or read up, to “solve new problems, use logic in new situations, and identify patterns ” – was what the WORLD really valued in people.
I did things that got me noticed early in my career and earned me rapid career advancement opportunities well ahead of those who were my supposed seniors.
One recurring theme has always been that I tend to THINK of and SEE things that are likely to be needed well ahead of others.
When I take action based on those insights I have, most people initially just scoff at my efforts and even call me foolish or silly. But eventually, because I never let go, and diligently persist in trying to work those ideas, I eventually prove them valid and those who doubted become converts.
This has happened again and again. I’m used to it. Any person who wants to make the most of his/her genius MUST get used to it, and never let it stop him/her from taking action to do what s/he is convinced about.
Today, I’m acting on the above mentioned instinct, again, by launching a new website – www.discovercotonou.com – to meet a series of needs I’ve identified from 4 solid years of careful research based on enquiries from visitors to www.tayosolagbade.com.
Once again I’m seeing what others are NOT seeing. But soon, they will. And I’ll be waiting to reap the usual rewards.
1. Click here to learn more about this app – watch demo videos etc
2.Click here to watch a 4 part video in which I demonstrate how to use this app to formulate rations using real life data sent to me by an Algerian PhD student.
Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.
Click here to download a detailed PDF user guide and watch 15 screen shot user guide tutorials of the Monthly Poultry Farm Manager that I now offer Farm CEOs.
Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.
Tayo K. Solagbade is a Location Independent Performance Improvement Specialist and Multipreneur (i.e. a highly versatile/multi-skilled entrepreneur), with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to Farm Businesses and others.
Since 2002, he has earned multiple streams of income providing individuals and organizations with personal development training and coaching, custom MS Excel-VB solutions, web marketing systems/ web hosting, freelance writing services, and best practice extension support services (for farm business owners).
He has delivered talks/papers to audiences in various groups and organizations, including the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalisers Fast Foods and others.
In May 2012 he was the Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.
On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, write and speaks the French language) relocated to Cotonou, Benin Republic to begin slowly traveling across the West African region.
His key purpose is to deliver talks, seminars and workshops on his key areas of focus and interest to interested audiences (Email tayo at tksola dot com for details).
In a previous life, before leaving to become self-employed, Tayo served for seven years (October 1994 to December 2001) as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer to Training & Technical Development Manager, and later acted in senior roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager.
In addition to constantly challenging the status quo and influencing positive work changes, he built a reputation for using self-taught spreadsheet programming skills (starting with Lotus 1-2-3, and later moving to Excel Visual Basic) – in his spare time – to develop Automated Spreadsheet Applications to computerize manual report generation processes in the departments he worked. Over four(4) of his applications were adopted for brewery level reporting.
Tayo holds a B.Sc degree in Agricultural Extension Services from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, having graduated top of his class – with Second Class Upper Division honors – in 1992. He is an Associate Member of the UK Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management’s(NIM) Young Managers’ competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development™ (SCfS-D™), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy (SDAc).
When he’s not amazing clients with his superhuman skills (wink), Tayo works as the creative force behind his Daily Self-Development Nuggets blog – on which he also publishes The Farm CEO Weekly Newspaper (sent via email to paid subscribers) and his Weekly Performance Improvement IDEAS newsletter.
Visit Tayo Solagbade Dot Com, to download over over 10 performance improvement resources to boost your personal and work related productivity.
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[IMPORTANT NOTE:====
On 4th May 2014, Tayo’s 9 year old domain (Spontaneousdevelopment dot com), which hosted his website, was taken over by Aplus.net.
Within a few days however, Tayo used his advanced self-taught web development skills to build a SUPERIOR “reincarnation” of it the website http://www.tayosolagbade.com.
But updates are still ongoing to URLs bearing the old domain name in most of the over 1,000 web pages, and blog posts he’s published.
If you experience any difficulties finding a page or document, email Tayo at tksola dot com.
My experience based achievements make me a competent expert authority on entrepreneurship and other areas of focus maintained in my writing – as reflected in the categories on this blog.
The article linked below is one that describes ideas I advocate for adoption, based on the BENEFITS that have accrued to me, and others I’ve studied, from APPLYING them
There Is Nothing Wrong With A Humble Beginning- Achieve YOUR Success With Honour & Integrity
Identify The “Hurry Merchants” Around You, And Steer Clear Of Them!
I have met and in certain instances worked with (or studied closely) some business owners who call themselves entrepreneurs but display traits that suggest they are not.
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These individuals I noticed tended to measure their progress(and therefore that of anyone else they met), in terms of how quickly and easily they could make money and almost nothing else! They tended very often not do discriminate about how they made the money. That’s why people like them are often prepared to buy their way repeatedly to get awarded jobs.
Should a person who diligently professes (and practices) faith in the “All Knowing & All Powerful God” experience difficulties, delays, hardships, setbacks, failures or adversity in any form?
If YES, how long would be enough, and when would it be too much?
Does the fact that a person goes through hard times that seem prolonged and/or traumatizing mean that s/he has done something wrong for which s/he is being punished by “God”?
NB: This PI Squared newsletter will be published weekly, on Mondays, in place of the Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS newsletter, starting from today – 15th February 2016. I’m reinventing my Monday newsletter content and theme, to accommodate my vision of serving the growing audience of serious minded individuals and organizations reaching out to me, with information, education. news and research findings designed to help them do what they do better.
Should a person who diligently professes faith in the “All Knowing & All Powerful God” experience difficulties, delays, hardships, setbacks, failures or adversity in any form?
If YES, how long would be enough, and when would it be too much?
Does the fact that a person goes through hard times that seem prolonged and/or traumatizing mean that s/he has done something wrong for which s/he is being punished by “God”?
To put it another way: Is it possible for an honest and sincere believer to experience suffering in any way at all?
Should such a DEVOTED, honest and sincere believer not live a life free from problems, or hassles, that will reflect the fact that s/he believes in a “God” that has the power to put the world at his/her feet?
In this latest audio podcast version of my Performance Improvement Ideas (PII) newsletter, I share some hard truths based on the theme of the above title and questions.
Quick take-Away: To believe that professing faith in “God” or the “Creator” will spare you from experiencing suffering, hardships, difficulties or adversity of any form in life is NAIVE. Indeed the fact that YOU have taken such a stand to BELIEVE puts you in a position where you become a VERY eligible candidate for MASSIVE visitations of adversity!
Listen to the full audio for my complete message – and learn why you need to EMBRACE adversity whenever it shows up in your life, IF you want to grow and succeed.
Refuse to adopt the silly mentality that success will be yours simply because you claim it – by saying it. Nothing could be further from truth: YOU have to do the work!
1. Click here to learn more about this app – watch demo videos etc
2.Click here to watch a 4 part video in which I demonstrate how to use this app to formulate rations using real life data sent to me by an Algerian PhD student.
Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.
Click here to download a detailed PDF user guide and watch 15 screen shot user guide tutorials of the Monthly Poultry Farm Manager that I now offer Farm CEOs.
Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.
Tayo K. Solagbade is a Location Independent Performance Improvement Specialist and Multipreneur (i.e. a highly versatile/multi-skilled entrepreneur), with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to Farm Businesses and others.
Since 2002, he has earned multiple streams of income providing individuals and organizations with personal development training and coaching, custom MS Excel-VB solutions, web marketing systems/ web hosting, freelance writing services, and best practice extension support services (for farm business owners).
He has delivered talks/papers to audiences in various groups and organizations, including the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalisers Fast Foods and others.
In May 2012 he was the Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.
On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, write and speaks the French language) relocated to Cotonou, Benin Republic to begin slowly traveling across the West African region.
His key purpose is to deliver talks, seminars and workshops on his key areas of focus and interest to interested audiences (Email tayo at tksola dot com for details).
In a previous life, before leaving to become self-employed, Tayo served for seven years (October 1994 to December 2001) as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer to Training & Technical Development Manager, and later acted in senior roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager.
In addition to constantly challenging the status quo and influencing positive work changes, he built a reputation for using self-taught spreadsheet programming skills (starting with Lotus 1-2-3, and later moving to Excel Visual Basic) – in his spare time – to develop Automated Spreadsheet Applications to computerize manual report generation processes in the departments he worked. Over four(4) of his applications were adopted for brewery level reporting.
Tayo holds a B.Sc degree in Agricultural Extension Services from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, having graduated top of his class – with Second Class Upper Division honors – in 1992. He is an Associate Member of the UK Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management’s(NIM) Young Managers’ competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development™ (SCfS-D™), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy (SDAc).
When he’s not amazing clients with his superhuman skills (wink), Tayo works as the creative force behind his Daily Self-Development Nuggets blog – on which he also publishes The Farm CEO Weekly Newspaper (sent via email to paid subscribers) and his Weekly Performance Improvement IDEAS newsletter.
Visit Tayo Solagbade Dot Com, to download over over 10 performance improvement resources to boost your personal and work related productivity.
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[IMPORTANT NOTE:====
On 4th May 2014, Tayo’s 9 year old domain (Spontaneousdevelopment dot com), which hosted his website, was taken over by Aplus.net.
Within a few days however, Tayo used his advanced self-taught web development skills to build a SUPERIOR “reincarnation” of it the website http://www.tayosolagbade.com.
But updates are still ongoing to URLs bearing the old domain name in most of the over 1,000 web pages, and blog posts he’s published.
If you experience any difficulties finding a page or document, email Tayo at tksola dot com.
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write. They will be those who cannot learn, unlearn or re-learn.” – Alvin Toffler
Preamble
Many people today, who have undergone formal schooling, do not have life survival skills, having only acquired learning for school (i.e. academic education), which they do not KNOW how to apply usefully in the real world.
We already know from years of recent history that it is no longer necessarily those who do well in school that go on to achieve success in life. It used to be so, when paid employment was the primary destination for people who finished school/learning.
In this audio podcast version of my weekly Performance Improvement Ideas newsletter, I discuss the subject of money making, with regard to the deficiency of formal conventional schooling systems in giving learners the know-how to do IT.
Among other issues, I highlight the fact that conventional learning institutions in our societies continue to focus excessively on book based learning, so that learners arrive adulthood, and enter society, post schooling with little or no understanding of money and how to make it.
NB: This PI Squared newsletter will be published weekly, on Mondays, in place of the Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS newsletter, starting from today – 15th February 2016. I’m reinventing my Monday newsletter content and theme, to accommodate my vision of serving the growing audience of serious minded individuals and organizations reaching out to me, with information, education. news and research findings designed to help them do what they do better.
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PII 096 [AUDIO]: Money Making Skills Cannot be Acquired by Reading a Book!
In this audio podcast version of my weekly Performance Improvement Ideas newsletter, I discuss the subject of money making, with regard to the deficiency of formal conventional schooling systems in giving learners the know-how to do IT.
Among other issues, I highlight the fact that conventional learning institutions in our societies continue to focus excessively on book based learning, so that learners arrive adulthood, and enter society, post schooling with little or no understanding of money and how to make it.
Unfortunately, they inevitably discover, to their shock and dismay, that the world – more or less – revolves around money i.e. Money – as they say – makes the world go round.
No matter the academic credentials you acquire via schooling, if you lack money in enough volumes, to meet your needs (as an adult, post-schooling) so that you do not have to depend on others to “survive”, chances are good that you will NOT enjoy their respect – especially in Nigeria (ignore what they SAY & pay close attention, instead, to what they DO).
People will roll their eyes heaven wards when you speak; they will accuse you of “speaking too much English” or “blowing grammer”, when you voice opinion on issues. You will be used as the butt end of jokes to your face, and often behind your back. Money has a way of popping up in all areas of human life – so NOT having it, can make you look and feel bad quite often.
I say ALL this based on my painful personal experiences – which I’ve described in MANY of my past articles on this blog. A good example is this PDF report (in which I describe my experiences as a struggling startup of being the “Bambiala” of the Solagbade family) and this article, in which I noted that I used to steal N100 naira from the purse of my kids’ mother to purchase browsing time in the cybercafe, so as to do more marketing!
I did all that because I did not know how to make money in those early years. My brilliant academic abilities did NOT help me!
It took great effort and pain, to learn via trial and error, till I became competent. Today I make money without even needing to meet clients/buyers in person.
I therefore argue that parents who want the best for their kids need to ADD a vocational skills acquisition dimension to the “education” of their kids. Formal schooling on its own simply will NOT do anymore in today’s world.
This is why we have armies of unemployed certificate carrying graduates walking jobless on the streets. You can make YOUR child’s story different. I say this based on what I’m doing for my kids. Learn more from the audio – and follow the instructions at the end to find out how I can help you design a programme for your child.
1. Click here to learn more about this app – watch demo videos etc
2.Click here to watch a 4 part video in which I demonstrate how to use this app to formulate rations using real life data sent to me by an Algerian PhD student.
Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.
Click here to download a detailed PDF user guide and watch 15 screen shot user guide tutorials of the Monthly Poultry Farm Manager that I now offer Farm CEOs.
Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.
Tayo K. Solagbade is a Location Independent Performance Improvement Specialist and Multipreneur (i.e. a highly versatile/multi-skilled entrepreneur), with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to Farm Businesses and others.
Since 2002, he has earned multiple streams of income providing individuals and organizations with personal development training and coaching, custom MS Excel-VB solutions, web marketing systems/ web hosting, freelance writing services, and best practice extension support services (for farm business owners).
He has delivered talks/papers to audiences in various groups and organizations, including the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalisers Fast Foods and others.
In May 2012 he was the Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.
On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, write and speaks the French language) relocated to Cotonou, Benin Republic to begin slowly traveling across the West African region.
His key purpose is to deliver talks, seminars and workshops on his key areas of focus and interest to interested audiences (Email tayo at tksola dot com for details).
In a previous life, before leaving to become self-employed, Tayo served for seven years (October 1994 to December 2001) as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer to Training & Technical Development Manager, and later acted in senior roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager.
In addition to constantly challenging the status quo and influencing positive work changes, he built a reputation for using self-taught spreadsheet programming skills (starting with Lotus 1-2-3, and later moving to Excel Visual Basic) – in his spare time – to develop Automated Spreadsheet Applications to computerize manual report generation processes in the departments he worked. Over four(4) of his applications were adopted for brewery level reporting.
Tayo holds a B.Sc degree in Agricultural Extension Services from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, having graduated top of his class – with Second Class Upper Division honors – in 1992. He is an Associate Member of the UK Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management’s(NIM) Young Managers’ competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development™ (SCfS-D™), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy (SDAc).
When he’s not amazing clients with his superhuman skills (wink), Tayo works as the creative force behind his Daily Self-Development Nuggets blog – on which he also publishes The Farm CEO Weekly Newspaper (sent via email to paid subscribers) and his Weekly Performance Improvement IDEAS newsletter.
Visit Tayo Solagbade Dot Com, to download over over 10 performance improvement resources to boost your personal and work related productivity.
====
[IMPORTANT NOTE:====
On 4th May 2014, Tayo’s 9 year old domain (Spontaneousdevelopment dot com), which hosted his website, was taken over by Aplus.net.
Within a few days however, Tayo used his advanced self-taught web development skills to build a SUPERIOR “reincarnation” of it the website http://www.tayosolagbade.com.
But updates are still ongoing to URLs bearing the old domain name in most of the over 1,000 web pages, and blog posts he’s published.
If you experience any difficulties finding a page or document, email Tayo at tksola dot com.
NB: This PI Squared newsletter will be published weekly, on Mondays, in place of the Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS newsletter, starting from today – 15th February 2016. I’m reinventing my Monday newsletter content and theme, to accommodate my vision of serving the growing audience of serious minded individuals and organizations reaching out to me, with information, education. news and research findings designed to help them do what they do better.
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PII 095: Transform Your Child Into a Money Making Machine Who NEVER Needs a 9 to 5 Job!
This post features photos of 2 different sized batches of snails put up for sale in a popular Ikeja-Lagos side street market.
The bigger ones (see below) sell for N2, 000.0 for a set of 4. In other words, one goes for about N500.0
The smaller ones (see further down) sell for N250.0 for a set of 4. In other words, one goes for about N60.0
In a past article on this blog, I shared photos of snails being reared by my 8 year old daughter in her backyard snailery.
This was something she started a simply hobby, but over time we’ve gradually begun to turn it into a formal – though still pilot -scale operation.
Now we have a formulated ration we feed them and we have also set up a nursery where we hatch baby snails
Especially as we excitedly discovered that the new feed we were giving the snails seemed to result6 in regular eggs lying.
One main challenge with handling the eggs and baby snails is that we are still struggling to get the hang of it.
As a result, I estimate that we end up losing up to 50% of the egg batches we collect. In most cases we get about 15 to 30 eggs laid in a batch. So, you can do the math to determine how many snails we end up with as babies from each batch.
Feeding these babies has also been something we’ve not really been able to formally address.
For the most part we’ve sprinkled the same powdery feed for the adults in the nursery section, and left them to roam around. We’ve found that they generally are able to eat the same food the adults eat, but the smaller sizes of course.
It’s really tiny – but if you look carefully at the vertical glass side of the nursery to the right, you will eventually see it climbing slowly up… We have many of them now.
The truth is however that I’ve always known that the best way to make my daughter’s efforts relentless investment of time, effort, energy and creativity into caring for the snails worthwhile, would be to help her scale it up to a commercial operation.
For that to happen there was need for a formal feasibility study to be done.
Luckily, I knew who to go to, for that/
So, a few weeks ago, I put my money where my mouth was, by ordering for a feasibility report to be prepared for my daughter’s proposed scaled up snail farm business.
Before contacting the consultant, I told her my intentions and watched as her eyes lit up in excitement. I explained that the report needed to include the name of her farm – asking her to tell me w3hat she would like to name her snail farm business. After a short brainstorming session she settled for using her name i.e. Oxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Snail Farm (OSF) – full name removed for privacy.
Next, I logged on to the web and sent the proposed farm name, address and other details to the consultant via Facebook messenger.
It goes without saying that most of the technical aspects` would not make much sense to her. However, the computations of snail and egg numbers, as well as monetary values for purchase/sales were aspects she could relate to. fairly readily/
Soon, we will begin implementing the expansion plans. But for now, she’s pushing to grow the 21 snails she has as much as possible, fir sale by the end of December.
I took photos of the smaller batch of (N250 for four) snails to show her that her snails (21 of them) already command a good price in the market.
The idea is to inspire her to keep doing what she’s doing, based on the realization that it’s not a waste of time.
The entire exercise I’ve involved her in through this vocation is designed to give her real world relevant education about what to focus her attention upon, outside the academic arena.
We need to realize that kids are fast learners
Therefore if we expose them to such income earning vocations early in life, so that they develop a passion for doing it, they will arrive adulthood with a lifelong money making competence that will boost their chances of achieving financial independ3nce and success in life.
Isn’t that why we send them through formal school?
Shouldn’t that be the ability they emerge from their schooling with?
Shouldn’t they know more than just carrying their certificates from school, along with CVs to look for jobs?
Does it not make sense that if they search for paid employment post-schooling, and are unable to find jobs, that they should at least be able to fall back on income earning vocational skills, like that required for snail farming, to earn income that meets their needs?
I say it does.
Reality says it does.
History, past and present, says it does.
That’s why I argue that vocational skills based education is what schools need to offer to remain relevant to the needs of people in the 21st century and beyond.
Smart thinking societies like Germany have operated this model for decades – and that’s why they boast one of the lowest youth unemployment rates in the world.
I will be talking more about this is my next article.
For now, I challenge you to find out what passion. gift or interests your child has, and help him/her channel it into a vocation that is an established money making avenue in your society.
It’s the greatest gift you can give him/her.
PS: If you’re like me, and really want to take this to the next leve
In this regard you would aim to arm your child with multiple income earning vocational skills – and s/he will become an unstoppable, self-confident money making machine, who will NEVER need a 9 to 5 job!
1. Click here to learn more about this app – watch demo videos etc
2.Click here to watch a 4 part video in which I demonstrate how to use this app to formulate rations using real life data sent to me by an Algerian PhD student.
Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.
Click here to download a detailed PDF user guide and watch 15 screen shot user guide tutorials of the Monthly Poultry Farm Manager that I now offer Farm CEOs.
Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.
Tayo K. Solagbade is a Location Independent Performance Improvement Specialist and Multipreneur (i.e. a highly versatile/multi-skilled entrepreneur), with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to Farm Businesses and others.
Since 2002, he has earned multiple streams of income providing individuals and organizations with personal development training and coaching, custom MS Excel-VB solutions, web marketing systems/ web hosting, freelance writing services, and best practice extension support services (for farm business owners).
He has delivered talks/papers to audiences in various groups and organizations, including the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalisers Fast Foods and others.
In May 2012 he was the Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.
On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, write and speaks the French language) relocated to Cotonou, Benin Republic to begin slowly traveling across the West African region.
His key purpose is to deliver talks, seminars and workshops on his key areas of focus and interest to interested audiences (Email tayo at tksola dot com for details).
In a previous life, before leaving to become self-employed, Tayo served for seven years (October 1994 to December 2001) as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer to Training & Technical Development Manager, and later acted in senior roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager.
In addition to constantly challenging the status quo and influencing positive work changes, he built a reputation for using self-taught spreadsheet programming skills (starting with Lotus 1-2-3, and later moving to Excel Visual Basic) – in his spare time – to develop Automated Spreadsheet Applications to computerize manual report generation processes in the departments he worked. Over four(4) of his applications were adopted for brewery level reporting.
Tayo holds a B.Sc degree in Agricultural Extension Services from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, having graduated top of his class – with Second Class Upper Division honors – in 1992. He is an Associate Member of the UK Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management’s(NIM) Young Managers’ competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development™ (SCfS-D™), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy (SDAc).
When he’s not amazing clients with his superhuman skills (wink), Tayo works as the creative force behind his Daily Self-Development Nuggets blog – on which he also publishes The Farm CEO Weekly Newspaper (sent via email to paid subscribers) and his Weekly Performance Improvement IDEAS newsletter.
Visit Tayo Solagbade Dot Com, to download over over 10 performance improvement resources to boost your personal and work related productivity.
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[IMPORTANT NOTE:====
On 4th May 2014, Tayo’s 9 year old domain (Spontaneousdevelopment dot com), which hosted his website, was taken over by Aplus.net.
Within a few days however, Tayo used his advanced self-taught web development skills to build a SUPERIOR “reincarnation” of it the website http://www.tayosolagbade.com.
But updates are still ongoing to URLs bearing the old domain name in most of the over 1,000 web pages, and blog posts he’s published.
If you experience any difficulties finding a page or document, email Tayo at tksola dot com.
NB: This PI Squared newsletter will be published weekly, on Mondays, in place of the Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS newsletter, starting from today – 15th February 2016. I’m reinventing my Monday newsletter content and theme, to accommodate my vision of serving the growing audience of serious minded individuals and organizations reaching out to me, with information, education. news and research findings designed to help them do what they do better.
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PII 094: The World Needs Prayerful Warriors – NOT Prayer Warriors!
This week’s issue of my Performance Improvement Ideas newsletter is an Audio Podcast
Here’s a short transcript excerpt ending with a link to the full audio in my Sound Cloud channel:
Some people make the mistake of assuming that when they don’t have problems or experience difficulties or failures in their lives, or any form of adversity for that matter, that it implies that they’ve lived well – that they are better than others who experience especially a public natured kind of problem in their lives.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Unfortunately, it depends on the society you’re in.
If you’re in a society where people generally rejoice in the fact that they don’t have problems and actually assume it’s a sign of advancement or superiority, then you’re not likely to get the feedback that will help you to understand that NOT experiencing problems does NOT mean you’re doing well.
1. Click here to learn more about this app – watch demo videos etc
2.Click here to watch a 4 part video in which I demonstrate how to use this app to formulate rations using real life data sent to me by an Algerian PhD student.
Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.
Click here to download a detailed PDF user guide and watch 15 screen shot user guide tutorials of the Monthly Poultry Farm Manager that I now offer Farm CEOs.
Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.
Tayo K. Solagbade is a Location Independent Performance Improvement Specialist and Multipreneur (i.e. a highly versatile/multi-skilled entrepreneur), with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to Farm Businesses and others.
Since 2002, he has earned multiple streams of income providing individuals and organizations with personal development training and coaching, custom MS Excel-VB solutions, web marketing systems/ web hosting, freelance writing services, and best practice extension support services (for farm business owners).
He has delivered talks/papers to audiences in various groups and organizations, including the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalisers Fast Foods and others.
In May 2012 he was the Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.
On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, write and speaks the French language) relocated to Cotonou, Benin Republic to begin slowly traveling across the West African region.
His key purpose is to deliver talks, seminars and workshops on his key areas of focus and interest to interested audiences (Email tayo at tksola dot com for details).
In a previous life, before leaving to become self-employed, Tayo served for seven years (October 1994 to December 2001) as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer to Training & Technical Development Manager, and later acted in senior roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager.
In addition to constantly challenging the status quo and influencing positive work changes, he built a reputation for using self-taught spreadsheet programming skills (starting with Lotus 1-2-3, and later moving to Excel Visual Basic) – in his spare time – to develop Automated Spreadsheet Applications to computerize manual report generation processes in the departments he worked. Over four(4) of his applications were adopted for brewery level reporting.
Tayo holds a B.Sc degree in Agricultural Extension Services from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, having graduated top of his class – with Second Class Upper Division honors – in 1992. He is an Associate Member of the UK Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management’s(NIM) Young Managers’ competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development™ (SCfS-D™), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy (SDAc).
When he’s not amazing clients with his superhuman skills (wink), Tayo works as the creative force behind his Daily Self-Development Nuggets blog – on which he also publishes The Farm CEO Weekly Newspaper (sent via email to paid subscribers) and his Weekly Performance Improvement IDEAS newsletter.
Visit Tayo Solagbade Dot Com, to download over over 10 performance improvement resources to boost your personal and work related productivity.
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[IMPORTANT NOTE:====
On 4th May 2014, Tayo’s 9 year old domain (Spontaneousdevelopment dot com), which hosted his website, was taken over by Aplus.net.
Within a few days however, Tayo used his advanced self-taught web development skills to build a SUPERIOR “reincarnation” of it the website http://www.tayosolagbade.com.
But updates are still ongoing to URLs bearing the old domain name in most of the over 1,000 web pages, and blog posts he’s published.
If you experience any difficulties finding a page or document, email Tayo at tksola dot com.
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