My Ideas for Making Nigeria Better - SD Nuggets™

To Succeed, You Need a Gut-Level Instinct for Self-Preservation

July 9, 2014

I once had someone phone me up (in 2002, my first year in business), requesting that I come down to Falomo on Victoria Island from my Gbagada base, in Lagos (more than 30 minute drive on a good day) saying my services were needed. I got there to find that I was only being mocked! […]

Entrepreneurship

One Major Reason Why People Avoid Entrepreneurship (True Story)

July 8, 2014

[NB: Names used in the following narrative are NOT real] The Admin Manager in a medium sized company gets an ultimatum to resolve a recurring office photocopier fault. This fault has made it necessary to visit business centres to duplicate sensitive documents at higher costs. Different "trained" service engineers brought in previously had been unable […]

Career Development

Why Farm CEOs Need to Read Non-Farm Related Articles (Hint: Like the multidisciplinry articles on THIS blog)

July 5, 2014

I believe, from over 2 decades of observation/experience, that one major mistake being made by conventional farm support specialists is that they focus mainly - sometimes exclusively – on farm related issues, in serving farm business owners. This can be self-defeating, because other aspects of the farm owner’s life can – and do! - interfere […]

Career Development

Without Adversity, Meaningful Achievement Would Cease to Exist (Why It Is UNWISE to Wish That You Never Fail Again!)

July 2, 2014

“If it were not for adversity (which has a habit of getting in our way via delays, disappointments, setbacks and failure), the business of achieving AUTHENTIC success, would progress much more quickly and easily for EVERYONE!” – Tayo K. Solagbade FACT: If adversity stopped showing up, meaningful achievement would no longer exist…! That's the truth […]

Entrepreneurship

Life is NOT a Competition to Be Won at All Costs (Be It In Business or Society at Large)

July 1, 2014

UPDATE: 4th October 2024 LISTEN TO THE PODCAST: Click https://youtu.be/llt2Ph1ykhg to listen to the audio on my YouTube Channel. 2. DOWNLOAD THE PDF VERSION: Click HERE now. A client once said to me (not exact words): “Tayo, over-invoicing will not reduce the money you make from a project. The person who requests that you […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 147: Some Startup CEOs Fail to Do the Easiest Self-Preparation Needed (How to Help Them)

June 23, 2014

Over a decade of delivering Best Practice Solutions to Farm Businesses, has revealed one interesting fact to me: Many who own farm businesses in Nigeria, do NOT have formal training in agriculture. Yet, Despite Lacking Training in Agriculture, They Succeed! SCROLL DOWN TO READ FULL ISSUE Publication: Weekly Public Speaking IDEAS Newsletter Date: Monday 23rd June 2014 […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 146: Secret to Finding Bulk Buyers Online for Your Farm Products (PDF Report)

June 16, 2014

When poultry Farmers in Jos, reportedly asked the MD of Grand Cereals and Oils in Plateau state to buy up their excess eggs arising from a market glut, he challenged them to find outlets for their products, but offered to buy some, and donate to schools. He's since swung into action to fulfill his promise […]

Entrepreneurship

If You Have a "Bankable Idea" Your Brain Can be Your Collateral (2 True Stories About People Who Did It)

June 14, 2014

The above screen shot shows my Facebook post quoting Ben Murray Bruce, President of Silver bird Entertainment as saying: '...My collateral is my brain...". Basically arguing that financiers (individual or corporate) need no physical collateral from people with "bankable ideas". I saw his point, and agreed with him. However, like I said in my post […]

Career Development

Why School Prepares People POORLY, to Succeed OUTSIDE Paid Employment

June 10, 2014

In 1992, I graduated with the highest ever C.G.P.A of 5.9 (First class was 6.0) in Agric. Extension from Unibadan. Then, in Guinness Nigeria, I earned senior management roles in less than 6 years from 1994. However, as an entrepreneur, I looked like a TOTAL IDIOT - for years - after starting. Yes, IDIOT, in […]

Career Development

No. 145: A Few People Can Make Life NEEDLESSLY Miserable for Many, IF Not Called to Order (Case Study: My Experiences at the Nigeria-Benin Republic Seme Border)

June 9, 2014

[NB: This issue of my newsletter is a public service edition.] Last Saturday a.m (7th June 2014), I published a blog about my near 12 hour traffic jam ordeal coming from Seme border to Mile 2 the day before (i.e Friday). What I did not mention was that before that, I’d had unpleasant money-related “disagreements” […]