Career Development
No. 192: (a) Don’t Fret Over Fleeting or Fleeing Opportunities (Hint: Why I Rarely Hurry Over Anything – Especially In Business) (b) To Achieve Sustainable Success, Closely Monitor News About Current Affairs and Politics! - [MP3]!
May 11, 2015









Many people are truly GIFTED at ANALYZING what it takes to succeed …or why failure happens. What most seem to LACK, in my experience based opinion it the WILLINGNESS (and NOT the ability) to unflinchingly persist in APPLYING the insights they possess to achieve their (supposedly) valued goals. This is why so many people ONLY […]







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Career Development
[2 Part Video] Tayo Solagbade's Excel-VB Elections Results Compiler & Reports/Charts Generator - Based on INEC Nigeria's Summary of Results for the March 28th, 2015 Presidential Elections
May 7, 2015









In this 2 part video demonstration, summary reports and charts are auto generated by my new Excel-VB Elections Results Compiler & Reports/Charts Generator, which I built mainly to demonstrate how Excel can be used to boost productivity in everyday activities. [I began building the app around 25th April 2015. Today, 7th May 2015, I'm putting […]







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Career Development
Why You Need to Seriously Consider Taking Self Defence Lessons (True Story)
May 6, 2015









One minute we were all browsing quietly in the cafe. The next minute all hell had broken loose as a hefty chap put off the generator, then came in and slapped the smallish young man who owns the cafe! My mouth fell open as both men staggered out of the cafe as they wrestled, close […]







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Entrepreneurship
You Can Market Your (Farm) Products On TV/Radio/Print Media At Zero Cost
May 5, 2015









My 3 part article series linked below, explains why I discourage COMPETENT experts from paying to appear on TV/Radio/Newspaper platforms in Nigeria. Part 1 of 3: Why You Need To Change The Way You Find Buyers for Your Products/Services Read here Part 2 of 3: Understanding How (Routine/Repeated) Use of Paid TV, Radio & Print […]







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Entrepreneurship
[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 […]







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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 […]







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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 […]







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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 […]







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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 […]







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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 […]







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