Parenting

To Succeed, Understand That Suffering Can Be Good for You!

March 14, 2015

Viewing adversity in a positive light(be it in business or everyday life) can sometimes amount to asking too much of some of us. As soon as a problem/difficulty appears to go on for longer than we feel we can tolerate. Or if it happens once too often for us to rationalize, we begin looking for […]

Career Development

Don't Let ANYONE Give Up On Your Behalf!

March 13, 2015

Ever tried to pursue a goal that others were skeptical about/voiced their doubts to your hearing? If YES, do you recall how painful it was to hear them express a lack of faith in your ability to do something YOU BELIEVED was within your capacity to do? When you had a setback(s), delay(s) or disappointment(s), […]

General

To Succeed, Your Child Needs to Develop Purpose in Life

February 27, 2015

By "purpose", I mean the ultimate, over riding objective that you set for yourself to achieve over your entire lifetime. It has been said that a well-defined purpose is actually one that will keep a person busy trying to achieve it till he/she dies. However, that person would derive the greatest satisfaction and fulfillment not […]

General

Preparing Young People To Become Successful Adults - Using Extracurricular Activities

February 26, 2015

What follows are a few ideas I have advocated over the past decade (based on personal successes I have achieved as a parent and mentor), regarding use of specific extracurricular activities to empower young people - especially those still undergoing schooling. 1. Team Working/Building Activities: To help students learn how to work with others towards […]

Career Development

To succeed As a Role Model Be True to Yourself (True Story)

February 15, 2015

Last week, I had an interesting telephone/email based exchange with a lady banker who called about purchasing my "Ten Storyfied Yoruba Proverbs for Children" audio book DVD. It turned out she knew me from way back in 2002, my startup year, when we both served with an NGO as volunteer tutors. In addition to buying […]

Entrepreneurship

Teaching My Nigerian kids to make American style Easter Eggs (Hint: Why You Need to Teach Your Kids MORE Than What They Learn In School)

February 14, 2015

This photo shows a new set of "experimental" or "practice" Easter Eggs made by my kids, in our Lagos home, based on a movie we watched, and other learning resources I compiled for them. Our plan is to produce special Easter Eggs to give out during Easter to buyers of cakes, doughnuts and chin chin […]

Career Development

Don't Let Age Stop You From Becoming A Positive Change Agent!

February 6, 2015

I learnt a long time ago that one will only be as old as one thinks s/he is. That knowledge makes me very comfortable relating with people of all ages and across social strata, without bothering about their age, color, income class or educational level. What I look for is a desire for self-improvement, evidence […]

Career Development

Experience Sharing Is The World’s Most Powerful Coaching Strategy (FREE PDF Preview Download of a Best Practice Book That Can Help You)

January 27, 2015

Experience sharing is a powerful way to coach and influence. And it works quite well for people of all ages. I know this from years of using it successfully, both in and out of paid employment. Also, research based publications abound that confirm this. You are likely to have had many experiences that would interest, […]

Career Development

Boost Your Ability to Achieve Success Using THIS Strategy!

January 23, 2015

My DIY (Do-It-Yourself ) mental attitude is the reason I have relentlessly succeeded, in spite of myriad challenges, over the past decade as an entrepreneur. Many of the obstacles I encountered were intimidating, and would have stopped me permanently, if I had NOT possessed this DIY reflex. For instance, this website (www.tayosolagbade.com), my newsletter, indeed […]

Career Development

Do You Need To Be Error-Free? (Hint: Why It's NOT a Good Idea, If You Want Authentic Success)

January 14, 2015

“Success tends not to go to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk averse. Rather, it goes to the person who recognizes that life is pretty much a percentage business. It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal tasks.” – Donald Rumsfeld, U.S […]

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