My Ideas for Making Nigeria Better

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

May 1, 2015

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 […]

General

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

April 30, 2015

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 […]

Excel-VB Solutions

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

April 28, 2015

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 […]

Entrepreneurship

Automate Your Farm Records Keeping For Profitable Farm Planning

April 23, 2015

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 […]

Excel-VB Solutions

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

April 22, 2015

[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 […]

Career Development

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

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 […]

Career Development

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

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 […]

General

Overcoming Adversity to Succeed - Practical Lessons From a Teenager's Story

April 10, 2015

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 […]

Entrepreneurship

Teaching Kids "Practical Problem Solving" Through a Cake Baking Mishap!

April 9, 2015

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 […]

1 Hour Talks

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

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 […]

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