Parenting

To Achieve Uncommon Success, Avoid Specializing [Hint: New York Times Article About Steve Martin's Amazing Success As a Multipreneur]!

October 31, 2015

The following 2 quotes set the tone for this piece... 1. "Specialization is for Insects A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, […]

Career Development

Science Subjects are NOT Superior to the Arts: The Case for Self-Managed Schooling

October 27, 2015

“After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in aesthetics, plasticity and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well.” – Albert Einstein Despite agreeing with virtually everything else he said in his THIS DAY newspaper article on the recent NBL sponsored Maltina Teacher of the […]

Excel-VB Solutions

Why Instead of "SELLING" Fela Anikulapo Kuti to Them, it's the WORLD - led by America - that's "SELLING" Fela to Nigerians!

October 25, 2015

[PHOTOS: A visit to Fela Anikulapo Kuti's Kalakuta Museum with my 16 year old son - who is named after him] In my 2003 personal philosophy paper titled "Why I Do What I Do, The Way I Do It", I wrote as follows: "In certain ways, I see myself as a non-singing ideological equivalent of […]

Career Development

Choosing The Right Role Models for Success Achievement - What to Look For [Case Study: 21 year old Ibadan-based Nigerian freelance writer/blogger, who earns thousands of dollars writing for international clients AND also makes money from a Catfish Farm Business he started 1 year ago!]

October 22, 2015

Quick Take Away As far as I'm concerned, due to the TRULY international dimension of the success he enjoys as a freelance writer/blogger, earning steady income in thousands of dollars by CREATING 100% original value adding content for high profile and discerning international clients, coupled with his successful investment of his earnings to start-up an […]

Career Development

The Missing Element Needed to Equip More School Leavers/Graduates to Excel In Life

October 20, 2015

"A society's competitive advantage will come not from how well its schools teach the multiplication and periodic table, but from how well they stimulate imagination and creativity." --Einstein to Vivienne Anderson, May 12, 1953, AEA 60-716. If you are a parent to school age kids, mark my words: You need to get yourself firmly into […]

Career Development

[RECOMMENDED READING] An adventure to discover the best teacher in Nigeria. Drama Galore…lol!

October 15, 2015

I never re-publish other people's writings on my blog, but I do link to those I find compelling. This piece by Olusegun Adeniyi titled "An adventure to discover the best teacher in Nigeria. Drama Galore…lol!" - published in THISDAY Newspaper perfectly fits that description: it is a truly compelling, and at the same time "painful" […]

Excel-VB Solutions

Spend Less Money to Eat Well, by Growing Foods (Hint: True Story With Photos of my Kids Growing Tomatoes, Beans, Pineapples at Home)!

October 2, 2015

[Photo] My 14 year old son shows off 6 big ripe tomatoes he and his 12 year old brother harvested yesterday (1st October 2015) from our small home garden. Another result of the real-world relevant confidence/competence building Personal Achievement Coaching (PAC) program he and his siblings are SIMULTANEOUSLY undergoing, in conjunction with controlled exposure to […]

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Your Child Needs Strength of Character to Successfully Resist Corruption

September 24, 2015

No matter how intelligent/well schooled, creative, competent, well spoken and nice a person may be, if s/he does not have strength of character, all those aforementioned qualities s/he possesses will not matter. Why? Because it takes having upright morals/values and strength of character to navigate the good and bad, as well as right and wrong […]

Farm Biz

Sharing Your Culture and Traditions With Foreigners is REALLY Cool!

September 16, 2015

It's strange, and sad - but true: Too many modern day Nigerians readily favour foreign cultures and traditions over theirs. Quite often they regard what is theirs as inferior to what obtains in developed societies. NB: I happen to be a full blooded 45 year old Nigerian - born and raised in Nigeria. So I […]

Career Development

COMING SOON: Best Practice Farm Business Support Centre for Farm CEOs - Benin Republic

September 15, 2015

COMING SOON: Best Practice Farm Business Support Centre for Farm CEOs - Benin Republic. This centre will be based on a piece of land to be purchased in Benin Republic (tentatively in the Seme border town area). It will... 1. Provide real world relevant findings from pilot scale performance improvement trials in least cost Feed […]

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