Parenting - SD Nuggets™

[RECOMMENDED] College is Dying, Design Your Own Education - by Jonny of Hackernoon.com

March 6, 2019

On 1st November 2017, I posted a link recommending the article titled Why The Degree is Dying (and being replaced by something better) by Isaac Morehouse – Founder & CEO of Praxis. Five years earlier, on 13th November 2012, I'd written an experience based blog post titled A New Generation of Entrepreneurs PROVES That Our Schools Need […]

Entrepreneurship

PII 150: Stop Ancient Schooling: Your Child's Success Depends on Her School's Teaching Method [VIDEO: Jack Ma says "We need to stop training our kids for manufacturing jobs"]

January 17, 2019

"If we do not change the way we teach, thirty years from now we will be in trouble." - Jack Ma, former teacher turned Billionaire founder of AliBaba.com speaking at the 2018 World Economic Forum [Watch full video at the link provided later in this issue] Today's parents (especially those in Nigeria/Africa) NEED to understand and accept that […]

Career Development

PII 149: Live, Sleep, Eat, Drink What You Do, to Achieve Success [VIDEO INTERVIEW of Ruthie Davis - Award Winning Shoe Designer]

January 10, 2019

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the message contained in this excellent video interview by Babson College, of Ruthie Davis - an award winning shoe designer, who is an alumnus of the institution. Now, in as much as the video is self-serving for the authoring institution, Ruthie's message resonates greatly with me, because I KNOW, from my experiences as […]

Domestic Violence Against Men (DVAM)

[DVAM] HIGH‐CONFLICT CONTACT DISPUTES: EVIDENCE OF THE EXTREME UNRELIABILITY OF SOME CHILDREN'S ASCERTAINABLE WISHES AND FEELINGS - Family Court Review | An Interdisciplinary Journal

January 6, 2019

This research paper's findings speak for themselves. It was authored by "a child psychiatrist who acts as an expert witness within the family courts of England & Wales". Here's an excerpt from his conclusion that I found powerfully compelling, and highly noteworthy: "I conclude that courts might exercise caution when evaluating the views of children […]

1 Hour Talks

PII 144: Outline of Multiple Benefits for Attendees of my Paid Speaking Events on Entrepreneurship

November 30, 2018

With the exception of my speaking event on Using Pineapple Peels to Make Drinks You Can Sell, which is ALWAYS FREE ALL my other speaking events are provided for a moderate fee that I communicate to the Event Planner/Decision Makers. My goal is to make attendees of my events learn what will REALLY boost their chances of […]

Domestic Violence Against Men (DVAM)

PII 142: Ideas for Unmasking and Dealing With Narcissists Anywhere, Anytime [Featuring "Inside the narcissist's wicked mind and their make-believe world of illusions" - from HigherPerspectivesDotCom]

November 12, 2018

[DISCLAIMER: This issue of my weekly Performance Improvement Ideas (PII) newsletter is a special public information and education service. However, nothing I offer here should be taken to be professional advice. It's simply experience based information and education that I have chosen to share, because sharing done by others has helpe me to deal with […]

Entrepreneurship

[PHOTO SLIDESHOW] 9 Year Old Oluoma Plaits “Evelyn King” Hairstyle for 12 Year Old Temiloluwa On Sun 28/10/2018

November 7, 2018

The photos in the slideshow linked below show Oluoma, my 9 year old girl (recovering from a bout of Mumps) plaiting her older sister’s hair in the style for school. Apart from hair styling. the girls and their brothers bake various confectionaries e.g. cake, cookies, pizza, bread, chin-chin, puff-puff in addition to making drinks from […]

Excel-VB Solutions

[RECOMMENDED] Education that can’t create jobs is useless –Ngige

October 24, 2018

This news report quoting Nigeria's Minister of Labour and Employment, resonates greatly with me, because the minister's expresses a view that perfectly captures the sentiments I have repeatedly expressed about today's conventional schooling system. It uses an obsolete curriculum which does VERY little to prepare learners to achieve income earning success post-schooling. Thanks to Adebowale […]

Excel-VB Solutions

[BPP] This 2016 Viral Video Sues "School" for Killing Creativity, Individuality and being Intellectually Abusive

October 4, 2018

[NB: BPP = Best Practice Parenting] This 2016 viral video (Over 10 million views & 25k comments between YouTube and Facebook in its first FOUR days!) perfectly captures the essence of the message I’ve been preaching about the SERIOUS FLAWS in our Modern Schooling System that make learners’ exposure to it, insufficient preparation for success […]

Domestic Violence Against Men (DVAM)

PII 134 - [DVAM] Ideas to Empower Women Without Emasculating Men [Five (5) Suggestions for women empowerment experts that may need to review domestic violence accusations while mediating between disputing couples]

September 18, 2018

We need to protect women from abuse and empower them to actualize their full potentials. However, we must not do this blindly. The needs and rights of men must also be protected. Reports indicate that some women do batter their male partners and know how to game the system to cover their tracks. This trend […]