My Ideas for Making Nigeria Better

Why I Relocated from Nigeria to Benin Republic (Hint: A "Poor" Country Where Even Poor People Live Well!)

November 13, 2013

If you’ve ever been second-guessed, doubted, and treated with suspicion, you’ll know it can be very unpleasant. As a Nigerian, I’ve had (and HAVE!) to endure the stigma of being from a country renowned for scams - in countries I've visited, and - ironically - even back at home :-))) Like a well traveled Beninese […]

Entrepreneurship

“Biafra Born” Micro-Refineries Operating in Nigeria? Lessons for Nigeria/Africa!

November 12, 2013

Chinua Achebe wrote: “Let me give one more dimension of what we were hoping to do in Biafra...We were told, for instance, that technologically we would have to rely for a long, long time on the British and the West for everything. " This is Issue No. 3 in my "IDEAS for Making Nigeria Better" […]

My DN Travel News

No. 115: Why Persistent People Succeed (Hint: A Silent But Irresistible Force!)

November 11, 2013

You may have heard about - or read - Napoleon Hill’s book titled “Think & Grow Rich”. In this issue of my newsletter, I highlight what is perhaps the most potent message in that book for ANY reader, to take away. Especially one who desires to know how to succeed, no matter how tough things […]

Farm Biz

Customizable Excel-VB Driven Poultry Layer Farm Manager Software (Video Demonstration)

November 10, 2013

Watch screen shot demonstration video of the Excel-Visual Basic Driven Poultry Farm Manager I build from scratch, or customize/scale down to suit the needs of different farm business sizes. It allows users make daily entries of farm production/operating data. Click here to watch on Youtube And it instantly generates Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), like […]

Farm Biz

10 Farm Business Best Practice Ideas Articles

November 9, 2013

Some of the articles below touch on various aspects of what I call a Best Operating Process Management System (BOPMS)™ for Farm Business Management - or at least mentioned the need for it, towards achieving consistently profitable farm business performance. If you're interested, click the link below to request a copy of my questionnaire survey […]

Career Development

(FREE PDF) Using MS Excel® Solver for Least Cost Feed Formulation Can Be Easy - But Also Dangerous (How to Protect Yourself)

November 8, 2013

Everybody knows a little MS Excel. It’s so easy to use. However, I make sure to warn – from over 20 years of supporting users of Excel-apps I develop – that Excel’s “friendly“ nature is also what makes it a potentially dangerous tool. Especially for users with inadequate knowledge and experience, or indeed absent-minded competent […]

Entrepreneurship

Smart Farm Owners Will Write Articles

November 2, 2013

The gains from low production costs will be wasted if selling costs are not kept in check. The more it costs you to sell your product or service, the lower your profits will be (and vice versa). This is basically common sense. But not every business owner “gets" or "remembers" it, when it matters most. […]

General

Proven Strategies for Preventing Infidelity (Hint: Why do men cheat on their wives or girl friends?)

October 30, 2013

On 22nd Oct. 2013, at 4.50 p.m, Edentu Oroso wrote…are men by their nature promiscuous? …Why do men cheat on their wives or girl friends?” See original post/thread at: www.tinyurl.com/edentufbk2 This is Issue No. 2 in the series on "My Ideas for Making Nigeria Better". For past issue(s), click here. [For a society to achieve […]

My DN Travel News

No. 113: A Best Practice Strategy That Solves ANY Problem

October 28, 2013

Success comes via learning from when things go wrong, to be able to get them right more often. This applies to the expert-speaker who gets stopped before he can finish his “talk”, because he over-shot allotted time. Just like it does to the freelance writer, who misses agreed deadlines for submission of completed pieces. Such […]

General

An Eye Cannot See Itself (Hint: Are men by their nature promiscuous?)

October 26, 2013

"An eye cannot see itself. That's why it's best to look in the mirror often!" - Tayo K. Solagbade I always try to look in the “mirror” – literally and figuratively speaking – as often as possible. By this I mean FREQUENTLY doing a hard and honest self-evaluation. It helps me identify areas I need […]

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