My Ideas for Making Nigeria Better

To Truly Succeed, Help Others UNCONDITIONALLY

March 11, 2015

[Tip: The quote below, credited to the Dalai Lama inspired me to write this article] No matter the individual wealth we accumulate or personal achievements we record, as long as we fail to help others struggling/suffering around us find their own places in life (NOT necessarily by giving them money), we WILL ALL be failures […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 184: To Succeed Profitably, Know What You’re Worth...& Protect Your Integrity!

March 9, 2015

If a client company's decision maker demands gratification, as a condition for awarding YOU business, what would YOU do? In this article, I destroy the myth some - misguided - “experts” perpetuate, that, to succeed, one must give in improper demands from crooked client company representatives! SCROLL DOWN TO READ FULL ISSUE Publication: Weekly Public Speaking […]

1 Hour Talks

FREE ONE HOUR TALK: Attract Profitable Buyers at Zero Cost...Even While YOU Sleep [Thur 5th Mar 2015 | 4p.m | Sherryville Arcade, Ojodu Berger Bus stop | Lagos-Nigeria]

March 4, 2015

Yesterday (Tuesday 3rd March 2015) p.m, I arrived Cotonou-Benin Republic for a meeting with the CEO (Barr. Arnold NANA) of Global Konsult Group, a multidisciplinary client company. That meeting held today (Wednesday) for approx. 5 hours, on how to use potential promotional materials from their ground breaking events, (which already have corporate sponsors eagerly teaming […]

Entrepreneurship

To Succeed Profitably Agriculturists Need to Be Agro-Entrepreneurs

March 3, 2015

On 25th November 2014, Nelson Senatin (@fishbonedotcom) tweeted to me saying: “@tksola may I know how you describe yourself? An agriculturist or businessman?” This article gives a long response …but here’s a short/quick answer I would have given him if I'd seen his tweet earlier: “I am a MARKETER first, and an agriculturist second” (where […]

1 Hour Talks

[Coming Up...FREE ONE Hour Talk!] Spend Less Money & Time to Make Customers Find & Contact You, Even While You Sleep (True Stories About How)! - Thursday 5th March 2015

March 1, 2015

Coming up...FREE One (1) Hour talk! Topic: Spend Less Money & Time to Make Customers Find & Contact You, Even While You Sleep (True Stories About How)! Speaker: Tayo K. Solagbade [Location Independent Performance Improvement Specialist & Multipreneur] Date: Thursday 5th March 2015 Time: 4 to 5 p.m Venue: Sherryville Arcade, Ojodu Berger Bus stop […]

General

Preparing Young People To Become Successful Adults - Using Extracurricular Activities

February 26, 2015

What follows are a few ideas I have advocated over the past decade (based on personal successes I have achieved as a parent and mentor), regarding use of specific extracurricular activities to empower young people - especially those still undergoing schooling. 1. Team Working/Building Activities: To help students learn how to work with others towards […]

Career Development

No. 182: You Need to Persevere and Innovate In spite of Adversity

February 23, 2015

Entrepreneurs – and I mean authentic, honest, integrity driven ones - remain an endangered species in Nigeria. Most of them never really do well enough to truly flourish like their counterparts in more friendly climes. That reality is in contrast to what happens in societies that Strive Masiyawa says “attract foreign investment and advance/develop” (as […]

Entrepreneurship

Dealing With Stereotypes and Innuendoes (True Story of a Nigerian Location Independent Multipreneur)

February 19, 2015

2 years ago, when I first relocated to Cotonou, from Lagos, the first few months exposed me to raw cynicism from most Beninese citizens I met...and it always happened once they learned I was Nigerian. I've shared several true stories about specific encounters I had, including one with a widely traveled PhD holder who was […]

Career Development

To succeed As a Role Model Be True to Yourself (True Story)

February 15, 2015

Last week, I had an interesting telephone/email based exchange with a lady banker who called about purchasing my "Ten Storyfied Yoruba Proverbs for Children" audio book DVD. It turned out 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 […]

Entrepreneurship

Teaching My Nigerian kids to make American style Easter Eggs (Hint: Why You Need to Teach Your Kids MORE Than What They Learn In School)

February 14, 2015

This photo shows a new set of "experimental" or "practice" Easter Eggs made by my kids, in our Lagos home, based on a movie we watched, and other learning resources I compiled for them. Our plan is to produce special Easter Eggs to give out during Easter to buyers of cakes, doughnuts and chin chin […]

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