My DN Travel News
Help Your Child to NEVER "Need" a Job
June 27, 2014









I am now fully convinced that conventional schooling involves a subtle but severe form of brainwashing. And that’s why otherwise intelligent people who have undergone it sometimes display a baffling tendency to act like mindless robots! And they do so, despite seeing it failing, more often that it succeeds, in today’s world! I know of […]







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Entrepreneurship
To Achieve Success, Be Prepared to Give, In Order to Get (Lesson from an 11 year old boy, and his 13 year old brother)
June 17, 2014









This photo, is of a handwritten “contract” of sorts recently sent me by my (11 & 13 year old) sons. It reads: “Tayo, we will do anything you and mummy ask us to do without grumbling, but we need a deal. The deal is if we do anything for anybody in this house without grumbling, […]







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My DN Travel News
When She FACES the Real World WITHOUT YOU, Will the Preparation You Gave, be Enough to Help Your Child Succeed?
June 13, 2014









If you hold a degree, and plan to make your child get one too, I congratulate you! However, let me ask you this question: “AFTER s/he leaves home and begins FACING the real world as an INDEPENDENT adult, will your child be HAPPY with the preparation you gave him/her?” In case you did not know […]







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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 […]







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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” […]







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Career Development
Treat People As Though They Were What They Ought To Be (A Management Tip from Johann Von Goethe)
June 5, 2014









The fact that THAT man or woman is sweeping floors today in your company today, does not mean s/he cannot be the owner of a successful business tomorrow. Actually, s/he could one day become YOUR boss, or indeed the CEO of the company you work for! Countless examples abound!! Where I come from (Nigeria) people […]







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Career Development
Succeed by Emerging from Adversity Like a Phoenix (TayoSolagbade.com launches extra Hosting plan with FREE Web Marketing!)
May 23, 2014









The Phoenix is a mythical bird. Click here to learn more about it, to understand why I've referred to it here, with regard to my re-incarnated website presence :-)) I'm gradually putting finishing touches to the new look website and content at TayoSolagbade.com. It's now leaner, and smarter! Many thanks again to those who "forced" […]







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My DN Travel News
Why Some People Dislike Reading
May 2, 2014









It’s strange but true. A growing number of Nigerian adults DO NOT ENJOY reading. Apart from sports, politics, or entertainment, reading for more serious purposes (e.g. for personal and professional development) rarely interests them. Except when it’s related to some immediate monetary or other benefit. In other words, adult Nigerians have - what is for […]







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My DN Travel News
Prepare Your Kids to Succeed Despite Society's Ills
April 30, 2014









If you’re a parent in Nigeria, you really - and I mean REALLY(!) - need to read the story told by Ayodeji Adeyeye, about the traumatizing JAMB examination centre experience, his 2 daughters had during the recent 2014 exams. Unless you’re like one of the adults he says orchestrated the massive exam malpractices he described, […]







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My DN Travel News
Your Child can Succeed Even When Schooling Fails
April 18, 2014









This article was inspired by Dauda Ayodele’s Facebook post which read: ““THE POOR EDUCATION THEY ARE GIVING US IS INTENTIONAL. TO CREATE UNINFORMED MULTITUDES AND IT IS WORKING THE WAY THEY WANT”. It was linked to a 2006 report (shared by Dr. Chukwuma Christopher Osaji) that quotes Governor Ali Modu Sheriff, on the same theme. […]







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