Entrepreneurship
To Succeed More, Develop Smarter Farming Methods - Then Teach Others (for FREE or a Fee)
September 30, 2014









My 7 year stay in Guinness Nigeria opened my eyes to best practice strategies I now use to help farm businesses boost their performance. If you wonder what beer production has got to do with farm production, keep reading, and it’ll soon be obvious. I joined Guinness Nigeria as a Graduate Management Trainee in Brewing, […]







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Career Development
Always Stand Up and Speak Truth on Behalf of Those Who Need It!
September 27, 2014









I spontaneously help others I identify to need it, without waiting to be asked. And I never expect to get thanked for it. I do not need it. The only way anyone can thank me is by helping others in the same way! I never let what anyone wants to do (or is doing) for […]







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Career Development
Defeat Traitors Using Compassion (Hint: Welcome a Judas into Your Life!)
September 12, 2014









FACT: You can be a genius and still fail due to a "close friend's" betrayal. This week, I'm teaching my kids about this. "Et tu Brutus?!" Caesar's famous exclamation is one of the classic examples of how great people responded to discovery of acts of betrayal by those closest to them. In my personal opinion, […]







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Career Development
To Succeed More, You Need a Real World Understanding of the Meaning of Intelligence
September 11, 2014









We often hear (or read) this word - "intelligence" - being used in different situations by different people e.g an intelligent "writer", intelligent "student", intelligent "speaker", intelligent "artist", PLUS on a less approving note, an intelligent THIEF ! 🙂 In this article, I advocate the adoption of what I consider ONE all embracing,and real-world relevant […]







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Entrepreneurship
To Succeed, You Need to Avoid Advice from Wrong People!
September 2, 2014









Who are you taking advice from in your business or personal life? Every day in Nigeria, and I am sure all over the world as well, people find themselves on the receiving end of advice from speakers, writers, presenters etc. On radio, TV, newspapers, the web, tons of advices are offered by (mostly) well meaning […]







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Career Development
Protect Your Debit Card from Online Fraudsters...or This Could Happen to You (True Story) [Lost & Re-Published Post]
August 27, 2014









This article was first published on this blog 3 months ago, on Friday 23rd May 2014 (see browser history screenshot below). Today, when I tried linking to it, to post a comment on Facebook, I got a "Page Not Found" error on my blog. A MySQL database check soon revealed it was GONE: "Yepa!"! But […]







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Career Development
Why I Convert Video/Audio Interviews & “Informal Narratives” by Other Experts Into Downloadable PDF/Slideshow Versions for EVERYONE – Tayo K. Solagbade
August 27, 2014









This new personal philosophy paper offers download access to four (4) useful PDF documents I recently created using videos, audios or informal "writing" originated by competent experts I reckon with. They are Efe Ohwofasa (UK), Patrick Meninga (USA), Richie Parker (USA) and Charles Ayo Dada (Nigeria). The first 3 can be downloaded from www.tayosolagbade.com. A. Breakthrough to […]







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Career Development
No. 156: To Succeed, Always Count Your Blessings During Adversity (Hint: Would You Work At Your Best If Power Supply Was Erratic?)
August 25, 2014









I am not sure how many of you on my mailing list know what it feels like to endure YEARS of VERY erratic power supply on a daily basis from your country's power company. That's what Nigerians in Nigeria endure daily. During my visits to Ghana (in 2005) and Cameroon (in 1999 and 2001) most […]







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Entrepreneurship
Beat Competitors by Doing Things Differently!
August 16, 2014









"It should be encouraging to know that practically all great fortunes began in the form of compensation for personal services, or from sale of ideas. What else, except ideas and personal services, would one not possessed of property have to give in return for riches?" - Napoleon Hill in "Think & Grow Rich" Business marketing […]







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