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[MP3 PODCAST] How Lack of Social, Political & Economic Stability Kills Businesses (Case Study: Nigeria vs Rest Of The World)

May 1, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

It’s happening again. Totally unexpected fuel scarcity across Nigeria. Everybody complains, but businesses suffer the most. And that’s just one of many annoyances that routinely afflict Nigerians in Nigeria.

The problem I see is that too many people fail to realize how far reaching the negative impact of these developments are on the health of businesses and society at large.

In this podcast series I point out the many ways these problems hurt a nation, and I suggest solutions to them.

Email tayo at tksola dot com, if you want to be notified when the first podcast goes live.

General, My DN Travel News, My Ideas for Making Nigeria Better, Parenting, Self-Development

Insights From A Yoruba Proverb On Choosing a Leader [Case Study: Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential Elections]

April 30, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

The following DEEP Yoruba proverb came to my mind few days ago:

“Won ti ti òjé bo olosa lowo. Owa ku baba nla baba eni to o bo!”

I explain below, how it gave me interesting insights relevant to General Buhari’s impending presidency.

But first, here’s a not-easy-to-do contextual translation into English for non-Yoruba speaking readers…!

My time in Unibadan (1987 to 1992) exposed me to some room mates who ate Yoruba proverbs like food. They helped me develop appreciation for proverbs.

But doing accurate translations of Yoruba proverbs to English can be hard to achieve.

One needs to provide a context relevant interpretation to ensure the meaning the English speaking listener gets is that which a Yoruba speaking listener does. That’s not always easy to do.

Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the Afro beat creator and legend, once said in an interview(I heard it on a Lagbaja CD, that I took with me as a gift for family friends in Sheffield, when I visited the UK back in 2000):

“English is not expression. Expression is in all other languages all over Nigeria”

To illustrate, he said to the interviewer:

“Oya tell me what is ‘Eku ile’ in English?”

The journalist had no answer – because there was/is none:

It’s linguistically impossible to accurately communicate what “Eku Ile” really means in Yoruba, using English language, to a non-Yoruba speaker!

There is simply no way to use English words in any combination, no matter how clever, to FULLY communicate what is understood by native speakers when they hear “Eku Ile”!

The above situation applies to the proverb I began this article with…

I’m not sure one can really fully translate it for English speaking others to understand the way one versed in Yoruba would.

And so, for that reason, I apologize to non-Yoruba speaking READERS who may be here, if they still do not “get it” after I’m done below…

So, here’s my humble attempt at a literal translation the above proverb:

“The ring of spiritual authority/power has been put on the finger of the “wizard”. Let’s now see who has the guts (or as Nigerians would say “the liver”) to try take it off him!”

Below, I use General Buhari’s current situation as a basis for providing a contextual interpretation for this proverb.

Here’s the insight I gained about General Buhari’s impending presidency based on the above proverb:

I’ve been reflecting on what’s happening in Nigeria as the date for handover to Buhari as president-elect approaches.

Certain signs strongly suggest to me that many naughty power players in the Nigerian space have come to the realization that it will NOT be business as usual under the incoming General’s government. And they are trying to make the most of the time they have left, so as to move on to other things or to other places.

In the past, with some other “Nigerian” as incoming president, who would NOT have had the squeaky clean reputation of Buhari, and his renowned aversion for all things corrupt, they would have boldly stuck around and plotted/schemed ways to remain relevant or in control.

However, with the MAN they know, who has remained the SAME despite aging over MANY decades after leaving office, they are under no illusions about his incorruptibility.

What’s more, they KNOW that his antecedents prove he cannot be pushed around or led by the nose.

Far from it. They KNOW he is a MAN of his own, who will do what NEEDS to be done, no matter whose Ox is gored. And so, they KNOW the wise thing to do is to FLEE!

That’s why this proverb came to my mind.

You see, if Buhari had not won, they would have continued all the nonsense they did – and said – up till the elections ended.

But now that he has WON legitimate access to the presidency as the C-I-C, it obvious to them the game is up (For instance, look how quickly the Army “found” his certificate that was being “demanded” right up till the elections took place!!).

In other words…

“Won ti ti òjé bo olosa lowo. Owa ku baba nla baba eni to o bo!”

Sai Buhari!!!

PS: By way of interest…ON THE SUBJECT OF LEARNING YORUBA PROVERBS…

To ensure my kids arrive adulthood better equipped to use Yoruba proverbs than I was, I published recently, the first in my audio book series titled “10 Storyfied Yoruba Proverbs for Children – and Other Learners”. Click here to watch/listen to the audio book playback on my Youtube Channel.

It is available as a PDF from my Online Store (click here): Online store buyers are advised to get in touch with me via tayo at tksola dot com, if they want the slideshow version with autoplay audio. You can also use this web form to send a message.

You can also get it as an automated Slideshow with autoplaying MP3 Audio files (click here for details) via direct download from the web or it can be delivered on branded auto run DVD to your doorstep.

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Click here to read the true story about how a lady banker called about purchasing my “Ten Storyfied Yoruba Proverbs for Children” – and later revealed she knew me from way back in 2002, my startup year, when we both served with an NGO as volunteer tutors.

In addition to buying my DVD, she had some VERY nice things to say to me, about me, with regard to how I’d influenced her without knowing it.

What was that saying again: It’s GOOD to be GOOD! Click here to read the full story.

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The DVD sells for N5k, and comes with PDF versions of some other books I’ve published as FREE bonuses. Buyer just pays courier fee.

[NB: Read this article (click) in which I first announced this proverbs learning product for sale. It’s available in my online store as a PDF. Those who want the Slideshow audio book version with clickable links to MP3 files, that’s delivered on DVD have to send me a message for details of how to get it using THIS form (click)]

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UPDATE: Excel-VB Elections Results Compiler & Reports/Charts Generator – Hyper linked map of Nigeria, and autogenerated REGIONAL Results (Charts/Tables)

April 28, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Below is a partially hyper linked map of Nigeria, which allows for clicking of individual states to view reports exported as images from the app. On this sample results web page (click) I share examples of summary reports and charts auto generated by my new Excel-VB Election Results Compiler, using Nigeria’s March 28, 2015 INEC Summary Results.

Click here to watch a video of the app as it looked when I first began building it. It’s really evolved since then (click here to read my first post on it), and I’m now tweaking/testing it.

Click here to continue viewing more auto-generated reports on the sample results page

Valid Votes [ZONES] Below are samples of auto generated reports from the app, displaying the INEC results summaries from a zonal perspective

Click here to continue viewing more auto-generated reports on the sample results page

When the app is ready, I will create a complete version of this map, that anyone can browse to view the static reports. However, a much better experience will come from generating the reports using drop menus and buttons provided in the app itself.

So, if you’d like to own a copy of the fully functional version, click here to let me know.

Entrepreneurship, Farm Biz, My DN Travel News, My Ideas for Making Nigeria Better, Self-Development

Automate Your Farm Records Keeping For Profitable Farm Planning

April 23, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

In this article, I explain the importance of establishing and maintaining reliable farm records keeping systems as it is a crucial requirement for successful planning & profitable management of your farm business. As they say, if you do not record it you cannot measure it. And if you do not measure it, you cannot control it. Which is the same thing as saying you cannot plan for it. In essence, I am saying that keeping detailed and accurate farm records is a crucial requirement for effective and profitable farm planning.

Your Farm NEEDS Diligently Kept Records

One thing lacking in most agricultural entreprises out here is detailed and accurate records of activities that take place as operations are carried out.

For peasant farmers who are usually illiterate, it can possibly be considered pardonable if they can’t say what inputs (herbicide types, quantities etc) they used the past year. But for the growing population of literate farmers, there cannot be any excuse. Then again literate or otherwise, every farm owner who wishes to enjoy reasonably predictable profits MUST as a matter of priority keep and analyse detailed farm records.

Without detailed and accurate records, farm business planning and management effectively becomes a game of guestimations and unguided assumptions which rarely produce desired results with consistency.

To effectively manage a farm, the farmer needs to have ready access to extensive information concerning past costs and returns, input use, production levels, existing financial situation, including the physical conditions of the farm. S/he also has to know about likely future costs, future returns of production etc. This information can be acquired from farm records and accounts, as well as from all farm sources like research/experimental stations, demonstration plots, universities etc.

In essence, the farmer needs to have records of what has happened before, is happening now and what is likely to happen in future.

What Exactly Can Farmers Do With Farm Records?

The following are specific BENEFICIAL uses farmers will readily find for diligently kept farm records :

1. Farm Planning & Budgetting: The most realistic way to plan farm production and prepare accompanying budgets is to refer to estimates based on historical data available from past periods of operation. If it’s a new farm, then other sources will be referred to.

2. Farm Performance Evaluation: Without accurate physical and corresponding accounting records, it will be practically impossible to accurately establish how well a farm entreprise has performed over a defined period.With accurate physical records and corresponding records, evaluation of the farm performance is easy, simple and a matter of routine, PLUS one is sure of progress of the farm business over a time period.

Specifically, accurate records and accounts show how, within a period of time, labour costs or feed costs for example have either been increasing or decreasing, and how revenue from various entreprises has been increasing or decreasing either because of price changes or changes in physical production.

3. Daily Farm Decision Making: Farm records and accounts are essential for day to day decision making especially because they show the strong and weak points in management. A farm entreprise may not be doing well because of a particular factor of production, but such a factor may be difficult to identify/isolate in the abscence of good records and accounts.

For instance in pig farming, it is reported that good farm performance depends on large and frequent litters, economical use of feed, mortality rate, marketing the pigs at the right weight etc. Without accurate records and accounts therefore, it would be dificult to identify which of these factors is contributing to low profits for instance. The records will show which areas need improving upon.

4. Securing Credit/Loan Support: There is probably no bank which will not require a farm business to produce adequate physical records with the corresponding accounting records and the overall farm plan, before it can give credit/loan support.

Incidentally, this requirement helps both parties: the bank uses it to know the current state of the farm as well as offers advice. The farmer on the other hand will work to achieve his/her goals in order to fulfill his/her obligation to pay back the extended credit.

Banks need to be convinced that money given out will be used for what is being asked for, and that can only be done by presenting records of what one has already been doing.

5. Taxation & Insurance Purposes: To avoid over or underpaying taxes, good records and accounts are essential. Insurance on relevant farm assets can only be done properly if records are available and accurate.

Summary

a. By keeping farm records and accounts, you, the farmer will be equipped to periodically evaluate your overall farm performance using three (3) simple but powerful ratios which I describe in full detail in my customisable on-demand talks on Best Practice Farm Performance Measurement and Improvement (Call 0803-302-1263 for details).

b. You will know where to place emphasis (using the 80:20 Pareto principle), and will be able see dangerous trends earlier and take needed evasive action.

c. Diligently kept farm records and accounts will help you determine where and/or when you are under (or over) estimating your farm costs (or sales/gains).

d. Good farm records and accounts help reliably measure the impact of unexpected market changes on the farm business’ bottom line e.g. policy and price changes announced by government.

In relation to the above last part, the use of custom software automation for records keeping would enable you punch in the new input prices and quickly see how badly it affects your planned/projected production and/or sales margins – as well as other key performance indicators.

Do you own – or plan to own – a farm business? Why not consider automating your farm records keeping and accounting using a custom software application like those that I build for my clients? You will be able to cost-effectively and efficiently realise all the benefits outlined above in the body of this article. Call me on 0803-302-1263 to learn how you can get a low cost software built for YOUR farm business today!

Visit http://www.excelheaven.tayosolagbade.com to learn more about my custom software development service.

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Video: Excel-VB Driven Election Results Compiler & Reports/Charts Generator – Using Nigeria’s 2015 Elections Data [Coming Soon]

April 22, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

[UPDATE: Excel-VB Elections Results Compiler & Reports/Charts Generator – Hyper linked map of Nigeria, and autogenerated REGIONAL Results (Charts/Tables)]

This app is currently work-in-progress by Tayo K. Solagbade as an example of useful everyday application of MS Excel Automation. It is based on Nigeria’s MARCH 28, 2015 ELECTIONS results as obtained from PDF Results Summary provided on INEC website.

If you would like to get a copy of the fully functional app, contact Tayo via www.tayosolagbade.com | www.excelheaven.biz

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No. 189: (a) Why “Made-in-Africa” Experts-Who-Speak Are Hard to Find (Hint: And Why YOU Should Become ONE!) (b) One Question to Ask Yourself EVERY 24 Hours to Determine If You’re Using Your Website Profitably – [MP3]!

April 20, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

A few years back, I read an article by a female IT professional who is an internationally recognized speaker from Africa…but whose business is based in the UK. She was complaining about what she called a dearth of “Made-in-Africa” speakers. I agree with her…

Public Speaking is a powerful weapon for achieving high impact business marketing promotion. Compared to conventional marketing, it yields multiple benefits in terms of product sales, name recognition, brand building and more.

So why don’t MORE business owners in Africa use it?

[NOTE TO READER: This newsletter serves experts-who-speak. Starting Monday 13th April 2015 – it MORPHED in name and content served, to a 2 part Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS newsletter, to better serve them. You just read a preview to the “Public Speaking IDEAS” part above.]

Here’s a preview of the Web Marketing IDEAS part:

The title of the above new podcast is self-explanatory. In 13.5 minutes, I tell you what you should be doing DAILY to make your web marketing succeed…and HOW you should be thinking about what your website should look like, or MORE importantly what the CONTENTS should be, how often it should change, and who it should appeal to!

Click here to jump to the FULL Web Marketing IDEAS part, or continue reading the Speaking IDEAS part here.

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Date: Monday 20th April 2015

No:189

Title: (a) Why “Made-in-Africa” Experts-Who-Speak Are Hard to Find (Hint: And Why YOU Should Become ONE!) (b) One Question to Ask Yourself EVERY 24 Hours to Determine If You’re Using Your Website Profitably – [MP3]!

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1 of 2: PUBLIC SPEAKING: Why “Made-in-Africa” Experts-Who-Speak Are Hard to Find (Hint: And Why YOU Should Become ONE!)

So why don’t MORE business owners in Africa use it?

A few years back, I read an article by a female IT professional who is an internationally recognized speaker from Africa…but whose business is based in the UK.

She was complaining about what she called a dearth of “Made-in-Africa” speakers.

I agree with her.

It is HARD to find experts-who-speak across Africa – at least not like you have them in other climes in all of the SAME fields we practice here!

IMPORTANT NOTE: I’m talking now about the experts-who-speak and NOT people who only function as professional “motivational speakers”.

We have fashion designers, we have lawyers, and we have doctors, restaurant owners, financial consultants, real estate professionals, farm business owners, IT professionals and many others in various fields.

Some are engaged in provision of services, others retail or wholesale products and some are manufacturers.

They can ALL use public speaking as a business marketing tool IF they know how!

But don’t get me wrong now. There’s nothing wrong with being a motivational speaker.

I’m just saying that this piece is more about people who are hands-on professionals (i.e. practicing professionals in their various fields) adopting public speaking to find more clients and/or earn more income.

My argument is that we need more of the skilled professionals like those mentioned above, to get into the business of public speaking.

That way they can kill two birds with one stone: they market themselves and at the same time they educate people and add value to them.

Professionals are typically people who are already equipped with experiences and knowledge that can add value to the lives of others in their areas of expertise.

Therefore when they deliver talks or lectures based on what they know, they can help their audience gain improved knowledge and insights to do what they do better.

Doing public speaking WILL give a professional MORE credibility.

It is for this reason that public speaking is a powerful tool that can be used anywhere in the world. Indeed, it has been used – for decades – across the world as a zero cost or very low cost promotional strategy.

For some strange reason not much of that (i.e. experts-who-speak) is happening in Africa.

It is my considered opinion that the main reason for the above is that many independent professionals and business owners are scared of speaking before a formal audience (even when it is ONE person they face), and they need help.

That’s why many of them are NOT very comfortable with the Sales & Marketing that needs to be done to ATTRACT a continuous stream of new buyers or clients for the solutions they offer.

To overcome that problem, they hire employees and push them out to do the marketing for them. Problem is very often those ones get little or no structured guidance on what to do/how, to boost their chances of success.

I am on a mission to help “experts” that are willing break that mental barrier and move to the next level in the productivity as business persons.

To facilitate that process, I offer ideas through this Speaking Ideas/Web Marketing newsletter. In addition, I promote tried and tested speaker learning resources for the consideration of my readers.

To this end, I represent Burt Dubin, who is a renowned and veteran mentor of mentor of some of the highest paid speakers in the world.

This newsletter promotes Burt’s offers.

Go to www.speakingsuccess.com, and you should be able to see on that page, on that home page, my name and a link to his website.

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“Tayo, I honestly believe you are one of those who will succeed at anything he does. Your commitment and effort has been outstanding….Thanks for all your hard work since I’ve been here – you will be sorely missed. I don’t need to wish you good luck, you have the ability to make your own luck. – Andy”(R. Jones)*

*Operations Manager, Guinness Nigeria Plc Benin Brewery, December 2001 (Handwritten comments in farewell/xmas cards sent to Tayo Solagbade following his resignation to start his own business).

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Tayo K. Solagbade*

Self-Development/Performance Improvement Specialist

*Sole Agent For Burt Dubin’s Speaker Mentoring Service In Africa

Mobile: +234-803-302-1263 (in Nigeria) or +229-66-122-136 (in Benin Republic)

http://www.tayosolagbade.com

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 organisations 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).

Tayo is the author of the Self-Development (SD) Bible™ and the popular Livestock Feed Formulation Handbook. He is also the developer of its accompanying Excel-VB driven Ration Formulator™ and the Poultry Farm Manager™ software.

He has delivered talks/papers to audiences in various groups and organisations, 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 as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer, to Training & Technical Development Manager, and then later acted in senior management roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager.

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 Limited.

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 his Weekly Public Speaking IDEAS

newsletter(which he uses to promote Burt Dubin’s Public Speaking Mentoring service to experts working across the African continent).

You can connect with him on Twitter @tksola.com and Facebook.

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.

Click “Tayo, What Happened to SpontaneousDevelopmentDotCom ?” to read a detailed narrative about how the above event occurred :-))

Here’s an article Tayo wrote, to inspire others to defy adversity, and bounce back to even greater reckoning at what they do EVERY time:

Succeed by Emerging from Adversity Like a Phoenix (TayoSolagbade.com launches extra Hosting plan with FREE Web Marketing!)

And he wrote the one below, to explain why losing a domain name, no matter how old NO LONGER determines your online success or otherwise:

A Proven Strategy to Find Profitable Buyers Regardless of Your Domain Name

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How to Respond if Anyone Tells You ‘Spiritual Enemies’ Are The Cause of Your Failures :-)) [ 18minute 27 second Performance Improvement podcast – Downloadable as MP3]

April 18, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Listen to/read verbatim excerpts from my new 18minute 27 second audio Performance Improvement podcast (Downloadable as MP3 file)

Title: “How to Respond if Anyone Tells You ‘Spiritual Enemies‘ Are The Cause of Your Failures”

Subtitle: “You Have to Work With God to Create The Miracle You Want”

This is one of many in a series that is available for FREE download/listening access ONLY by members of my Inner Circle. (Click here to learn how to become a member)

====Excerpt Starts====

“…If you want to succeed, you have to start living the way I tell you in this audio…”

“…Take a look around you. Some people don’t even worship God. Some societies don’t even acknowledge God the way we do in Africa, and yet they flourish, because God’s rules are scientific.

The law of gravity is not just a spiritual thing, it’s a scientific thing. That’s why we’re able to build aircraft that fly – because we understand gravity, and how to defy it.

So there’s a science to everything. That’s why we’re able to create drugs that get us to be well, when we are sick. We understand the science of medicine!

So, God is a scientist, as he is spiritual, and therefore everything he does has a scientific basis.

You must therefore understand that there is a science to success. And that science to success, if you understand that science, you will understand that no human being can stop you from achieving any goal you want to achieve!

Your thoughts alone control what you can succeed at, and what you fail at. You are the one that determines your success or your failure.

Please keep this in your mind. Please remember this at all times.

If you know you really want to succeed in life, it is important that you know how to control your thoughts.

Without control of your thoughts, nature will not work for you, because nature was created by God, and nature depends on what you think, to know what to give to you.

Nature will send what you think to you. If you think negative, the negative will come to you. If you think mean, mean will come to you. If you think positive, the positive will come to you. If you think pleasant, the pleasant will come to you.

There’s a law of nature. You’ve heard about Karma.

If you haven’t heard about it, I just told you about it. Karma is what goes around comes around. It will bring to you whatever you do to others. If you send out evil, evil will come back to you. They are laws that are scientific and cannot be broken.

God is the one that set those laws. If you want to please God and get him to give you what you want, you have to obey those laws. It’s as simple as that…”

===Excerpt Ends===

Want to listen to the full MP3 recording?

You can get it for FREE, along with many other benefits, by joining my Inner Circle (click for details).

Alternatively click here to send me a message, and I’ll tell you how to get it without joining.

If you’re a member of my Inner Circle, and you want to get the full MP3 download, simply email me via tayo at tksola dot com, and I’ll send it to you – it’s yours FREE, no strings attached!

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Overcoming Adversity to Succeed – Practical Lessons From a Teenager’s Story

April 10, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Some abusive people use their money and connections to try intimidating others. For me, accepting such treatment amounts to lacking REAL faith in God. I’m not talking religion here. God is OUR Creator. And ALL who have real faith in Him FEAR nobody! Remember the biblical trio who got thrown into the furnace for refusing to bow to King Nebuchadnezzar’s idol statue? How different is THAT from standing up to a rich cheating/abusive client??

I DO NOT need to attend church to KNOW God (I Use the Bible & other Religious books Mainly for Moral Instruction & Guidance)

It is ironic, but true, that many who attend Church, Mosque etc STILL FEAR oppressors.

I have made this point repeatedly to all who care to listen. And I’ve told my kids the same countless times.

Some weeks ago, I discussed this subject with my 2 eldest sons (then 11 and 9): I referred them to the bible phrase in Psalm 21 “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I… will fear no evil“.

Being diligent Sunday school attendees (their mum sees to that!), they quickly completed that phrase for me. Then I asked them what it meant to them. Their answers were predictable – same you and I would give if asked.

Then I challenged them: How much you believe this bible verse will be proven when you eventually encounter a “little” of the evil that seems to abound in our society. What you do THEN will determine if you really KNOW God, and trust him.

My kids know that my favourite example for them on this theme is the story of David vs. Goliath.

I asked them: “When David challenged Goliath in the bible, was it recorded or reported that he FIRST went to ask his parent’s permission BEFORE stepping out to challenge the mighty Goliath?”

They chorused a loud NO!

Then I asked: “What did David say to Goliath?”

FIRST, let’s check out the description of Goliath: “The Philistine army came up to fight Israel led by a giant named Goliath. Over 9 feet tall, Goliath was covered with heavy metal armor (125#) including his helmet and leg armor. He carried a great spear in his hand (tip of spear 15#) and a man went before him with a huge shield. The very sight of Goliath struck fear in the hearts of Israel’s soldiers.”

And this was the person that a small boy like David chose to challenge.

See what small David said to King Saul – an adult who knew God EARLIER that David, and who should have been expected to demonstrate MORE faith:

“32 “Don’t worry about this Philistine” David told Saul. “I’ll go fight him!”

33 “Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There’s no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You’re only a boy, and he’s been a man of war since his youth.”

MY comment: In other words, having FAITH and ACTING it, has little to do with age or experience and more to do with TRUST and BELIEF/CONVICTION.

Now check out David’s response:

34 But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock, 35 I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death. 36 I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God! 37 The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!”

I need not say more, except this:

If MORE of us who attend Church for God, would begin to also LIVE for God, by acting with REAL faith, we would really become the LIGHT of the world that the bible calls Christians.

Think John the Baptist for example. He spoke without fear to Herod, accusing of killing his brother and taking the wife for himself. John had no material wealth, and lived existentially – feeding on honey, wearing sheep skin if I recall correctly. If we ALL do it, Nigeria will become an INSTANT world power – and a place better than America. FACT!

FINAL WORDS: My personal experiences have me convinced that there will always be different perspectives – all with their own justifications.

In all however, my point is that people who know God, whether or not they attend Church must begin to ACT in real life in a manner that demonstrates they KNOW he is on their side.

PS: This article is based on an original piece first published online in 2011

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Teaching Kids “Practical Problem Solving” Through a Cake Baking Mishap!

April 9, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Explore the picture “story” below of my kid’s continuing charcoal stove (no oven) cake baking …this time around decorating with icing. And what an experience it’s been…with a MAJOR mistake caused by an oversight on my part [As I type this, they’re having to bake ANOTHER set to make up]!!

Below are a series of “ghastly” looking photos from yesterday’s activities, which ended with my discovery, AFTER asking why the cakes looked shrunken/hard, that they had added water to the butter/flour/sugar/vanilla mixture …because they felt it looked too thick!!!!

Photo 1: Argh…the icing I can understand. This was a first attempt, and we’d not really done the due diligence of studying the many downloaded pages on “how to”. But the cake seems to be “hiding” above.

Photo 2: The cup cakes in the pot mounted on the charcoal stove – African style! Without the umbrella of mushy icing in photo 1 they look awful…especially considering that the kids have been baking them (even in my absence or without my supervision for over a year)!

Photo 3: During the egg beating and initial mixing I’d been around. But later on I’d left to visit the cafe. Then I returned 2 hours later and decided to take a nap…

Photo 4: Mixing

Photo 5: Our simple charcoal stove remains in use. For those who wonder, read this PDF (click here now) to understand why we choose to NOT use an oven or other “standard” equipment.

Photo 6: A closer look at the embers…hot stuff!

Photo 7: The icing gun pack we purchased newly

Photo 8: More of the strange looking cakes with their shaky looking icing “hats” :-))

Photo 9: Closeup of one of the cakes

Photo 10: One thing you cannot accuse the kids of is lack of effort – here they’ve used the icing to spell their little brother’s English name…!

Photo 11: Now all the cakes in one photo…

Photo 12: I was desperate to get a set that looked passable…so this shot was taken of selected pink capped ones…still NOT good enough…lol!

So What Happened? Well I’d been so confident based on our many previous efforts that they’d gotten used to the recipe, having done it many times in the past.

So, upon returning from the cyber cafe, I’d gone in to take a nap.

Well, it turned out they’d forgotten the exact order in which the ingredients were to be added and mixed. As a result, things got a bit confused. By the time they brought the cakes to me, so I could take the photos it was too late.

Did you notice also the icing?

That was their first attempt at preparing/applying it, using the gun we bought.

Far from perfect. Ironically, despite the fact that we downloaded many pages of step-by-step instructions from different websites on preparing and apply icing to cakes, I failed to get them to read and follow those instructions.

Having said the above, no matter how not-so-great they look, the cakes certainly taste great…and we’ve been munching away since yesterday – including birthday boy himself!

But they’re giving it another go this afternoon (at my insistence), to make the more presentable kinds we’ve successfully made many times in the past.

It’s been a problem-solving experience in establishing best practice procedures to get consistent results in a specific activity.

Having seen the result of my poor leadership of the kids, especially in their excited states of mind, I called them together and we talked.

I noted that last September they’d made a perfect set of cakes in their grandparents’ home and asked what WENT WRONG this time around. They argued – a lot! Not so much blame or buck passing, but voicing different opinions about how things should have been done.

That was when I knew I WAS the one at fault…with all my self-proclaimed experience in training, I’d overlooked the need to put in place formal written instructions in form of a recipe, for them to follow in order to ensure the product turned out was consistently to the desired standard.

So, I played back the video (see below) I recorded with my Blackberry of their September 2014 project we did in their grandparent’s home

[Above: You hear my voice i.e. Tayo Solagbade, and that of my 11 year old son] This is an excerpt from a full length video I recorded with my Blackberry of my kids September 2014 project we did in their grandparent’s home]

We watched the stages when they were doing the mixing in which I asked in what order the ingredients were being added. By the time we were done watching, their eyes were bright with excitement, as they recalled what had been done wrong.

Not surprisingly, when I subtly suggested they go back and try making another set, they jumped at the opportunity. Luckily for us, virtually all the ingredients needed were still left over – enough to make another set of cakes. Including the icing. I left them back home, preparing to do this, to come for a meeting here, at the cafe, where I am now typing this piece.

Suffice to say THIS latest exercise has once again ended successfully, with the kids picking up valuable new knowledge and insights, as I’d hoped.

FINAL WORDS: For those who don’t still get it, here’s why I DO THESE activities with my kids, and why I TALK ABOUT it and other answers:

NB: Download and read this PDF for more elaborate details (click here now)…

1. Why I DO THIS?

It’s to empower my kids with real world relevant skills that complement whatever formal schooling they are exposed to, in a way that ensure they can hold their own ANYWHERE, without being at the mercy of others. Be it financially or physically.

Cake baking is just one of many skills I am working to ensure they acquire. Every smart thinking parent will do same for his/her kids …especially if you want to give them the best chances of success in life.

2. Why I TALK ABOUT it?

It’s because I have a God-given vision and mission to share my insights and know-how with others who may need it, so they can benefit and use to advance their own lives.

This is why I write articles explaining what I do with my kids, what works, and what does not, so they can be better informed about what to do and how.

I offer various resources, some free, others paid – such as books and even self-tutoring DVD products, like my 10 Storyfied Yoruba Proverbs for Childrenm and other Leaders DVD as well as my Best Practice Parenting book titled “Kukuru Danger” -which is based on my true life experiences as a teenager.

3. Why not just send them to a vocational school to learn? That will come for whichever one of them decides s/he is interested enough to want to get formal training. Otherwise, my key purpose is to empower them to become self-tutoring or Independent Learners…like I AM.

In other words, these exercises and coaching I am giving my kids are designed to help them develop the mental attitude to pursue self-improvement.

Just like I have done over the past 2 decades successfully teaching myself EVERY single income earning skill or knowledge I possess today as an entrepreneur,

That would make them literally unstoppable (regardless of the severity or duration of adversity that comes up) like I AM!

PS: Oh by the way, here are photos of cakes they baked back in September 2014 at their grandparent’s home (using charcoal stove and all the other trademark “local” and low to zero cost equipment…

As you can see, they even have special packaging they put them in – especially when they sell. Download and read this PDF for more elaborate details (click here now)…

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Coming on 13th & 14th April 2015: (1) The NEW Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS Newsletter & (2) The Cost-Saving Farm Business Best Practice Ideas Newsletter

April 7, 2015 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Yesterday (Mon 6th April 2015), I DELIBERATELY did NOT publish what would have been Issue No. 188 of my Speaking IDEAS newsletter (view last week’s issue here) …because I decided to RE-INVENT myself in celebration of 2 years since I relocated to Benin Republic on 1st April 2013.

As a Performance Improvement Specialist, I believe in actively pursuing Continuous Improvement in EVERY area of endeavour I am engaged in.

The result of that exercise is that I now have 2 newsletters, instead of one, with a major modification in the nature of content and offers I will be making to my readers.

Newsletter No. 1: The Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS Newsletter

Next Monday, 13th April 2013 (AFTER Nigeria’s Governorship Elections are over), the original Speaking IDEAS newsletter will return with NAME – and CONTENT – CHANGES.

When I launched the Speaking IDEAS newsletter, in 2011, it was to promote speaker mentoring products and services offered by Burt Dubin, who I represent as Sole Agent across Africa.

Over the years, I have modified my approach and strategy based on what I observed to be the trends in subscriptions and feedback from readers.

In celebrating the 2nd year anniversary of my relocation to Benin Republic (31st March 2015), I did some objective thinking, analysis and review of the results I’ve gotten

Based on the above, I decided that to ATTRACT more of my target audience, I need to modify my content to better help them discover how my newsletter, and Burt’s products/services can help them.

It is for this reason that I’m adding the Web Marketing aspect to the content of my Speaking IDEAS newsletter.

But that’s not ALL.

All subscribers to this NEW version of my newsletter will be able to take advantage of a special support service I will begin offering to ALL who choose to signup for Burt’s speaker mentoring products/services through me.

This offer basically would involve my functioning as a silent, but powerful addition to the person’s Web Marketing arsenal. Details will be available to subscribers who request them.

HINT: To achieve sustainable long terms success, an expert-who-speaks needs to develop and implement a cost-effective and efficient marketing strategy that boosts his/her chances of winning speaking invitations.

When YOU choose to purchase a Burt Dubin Speaker Mentoring Product or Service, I WILL put at YOUR disposal a specially prepared Web Marketing System and Action Plan, to enable you get up and running with using EVERYTHING you learn from Burt, to achieve the Speaking Success you desire.

Watch out for full details in NEW Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS Newsletter – coming on Monday 13th April 2015!

Newsletter No. 2: Cost-Saving Farm Business Best Practice Ideas Newsletter

A day after the New Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS Newsletter goes LIVE, I will send out broadcasts of the MAIDEN issue of my Cost-Saving Farm Business Best Practice Ideas Newsletter

However, unlike the Speaking IDEAS Newsletter, which is open to subscription by any interested persons, this Cost-Saving Farm Business Best Practice IDEAS Newsletter, will ONLY be sent out to member of my Inner Circle. In other words, even though a preview will be published on my blog, opening the full issue will require having YOUR OWN Inner Circle Members Only Area Login Name and Password.

Just like I’ve done with the Speaking IDEAS newsletter, the Farm IDEAS Newsletter has been conceived based on what I’ve done with my Cost-Saving Farm Business Ideas website.

I’ve carefully tested various ideas using my content marketing for years, and during my 2nd year anniversary review of the results I’ve been getting, it occurred to me that I need to take what I offer to the next level, to reward those who have chosen to take the leap of faith to join my Inner Circle.

Full details will go out with the maiden issue that I will publish on Tuesday 14th April 2015.

Final Words

The above means that I have now separated my newsletter content for Farm CEOs from that for Experts-Who-Speak (who may not necessarily be farm CEOs).

However, if you are a Farm CEO, and you really want to make the most of yourself, to maximize your income earning potential, I URGE you to subscribe to the Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS Newsletter.

See you next week!


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But first, here’s a not-easy-to-do contextual translation into English for non-Yoruba speaking readers…!

Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the Afro beat creator and legend, once said in an interview(I heard it on a Lagbaja CD, that I took with me as a gift for family friends in Sheffield, when I visited the UK back in 2000):

The journalist had no answer – because there was/is none:

And so, for that reason, I apologize to non-Yoruba speaking READERS who may be here, if they still do not “get it” after I’m done below…

Here’s the insight I gained about General Buhari’s impending presidency based on the above proverb:

PS: By way of interest…ON THE SUBJECT OF LEARNING YORUBA PROVERBS…

BELOW: A screen shot of the DVD’s branded navigation menu, which is always personalized for the owner will be embedded below tomorrow…

2. A short Youtube clip showing the DVD in use …

The DVD sells for N5k, and comes with PDF versions of some other books I’ve published as FREE bonuses. Buyer just pays courier fee.

Valid Votes [ZONES] Below are samples of auto generated reports from the app, displaying the INEC results summaries from a zonal perspective

So why don’t MORE business owners in Africa use it?

Here’s a preview of the Web Marketing IDEAS part:

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So why don’t MORE business owners in Africa use it?

IMPORTANT NOTE: I’m talking now about the experts-who-speak and NOT people who only function as professional “motivational speakers”.

But don’t get me wrong now. There’s nothing wrong with being a motivational speaker.

Doing public speaking WILL give a professional MORE credibility.

It is my considered opinion that the main reason for the above is that many independent professionals and business owners are scared of speaking before a formal audience (even when it is ONE person they face), and they need help.

I am on a mission to help “experts” that are willing break that mental barrier and move to the next level in the productivity as business persons.

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THEY WROTE…

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Here’s an article Tayo wrote, to inspire others to defy adversity, and bounce back to even greater reckoning at what they do EVERY time:

And he wrote the one below, to explain why losing a domain name, no matter how old NO LONGER determines your online success or otherwise:

This is one of many in a series that is available for FREE download/listening access ONLY by members of my Inner Circle. (Click here to learn how to become a member)

====Excerpt Starts====

===Excerpt Ends===

If you’re a member of my Inner Circle, and you want to get the full MP3 download, simply email me via tayo at tksola dot com, and I’ll send it to you – it’s yours FREE, no strings attached!

I DO NOT need to attend church to KNOW God (I Use the Bible & other Religious books Mainly for Moral Instruction & Guidance)

My kids know that my favourite example for them on this theme is the story of David vs. Goliath.

MY comment: In other words, having FAITH and ACTING it, has little to do with age or experience and more to do with TRUST and BELIEF/CONVICTION.

I need not say more, except this:

FINAL WORDS: My personal experiences have me convinced that there will always be different perspectives – all with their own justifications.

Below are a series of “ghastly” looking photos from yesterday’s activities, which ended with my discovery, AFTER asking why the cakes looked shrunken/hard, that they had added water to the butter/flour/sugar/vanilla mixture …because they felt it looked too thick!!!!

Photo 8: More of the strange looking cakes with their shaky looking icing “hats” :-))

Photo 10: One thing you cannot accuse the kids of is lack of effort – here they’ve used the icing to spell their little brother’s English name…!

So What Happened? Well I’d been so confident based on our many previous efforts that they’d gotten used to the recipe, having done it many times in the past.

Did you notice also the icing?

It’s been a problem-solving experience in establishing best practice procedures to get consistent results in a specific activity.

So, I played back the video (see below) I recorded with my Blackberry of their September 2014 project we did in their grandparent’s home

FINAL WORDS: For those who don’t still get it, here’s why I DO THESE activities with my kids, and why I TALK ABOUT it and other answers:

PS: Oh by the way, here are photos of cakes they baked back in September 2014 at their grandparent’s home (using charcoal stove and all the other trademark “local” and low to zero cost equipment…

Newsletter No. 1: The Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS Newsletter

In celebrating the 2nd year anniversary of my relocation to Benin Republic (31st March 2015), I did some objective thinking, analysis and review of the results I’ve gotten

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Newsletter No. 2: Cost-Saving Farm Business Best Practice Ideas Newsletter

Final Words

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