Parenting - SD Nuggets™

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, […]

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. […]

My DN Travel News

An Idiot With an Educational Qualification?

April 13, 2014

To give our children a good head start in life, so they can enjoy better success than we have (and in the process contribute to society even better than we will), we must help them discover themselves. In other words, we are obligated to help our children find their purpose in life. If we can […]

Entrepreneurship

Fulfilling Farm Business Best Practice Product Orders, Amidst Chaos (True Story)

April 6, 2014

[Lagos, 6:49a.m, 6th April 2014] Each time I visit Lagos, I see more reasons to justify not doing any aspect of my work from here. I spent all of Friday 4th February 2014 - under stressful conditions - battling to prepare and send courier packs to 3 Farm CEOs who paid for my products. One […]

My DN Travel News

Pre-Marital Sex Amongst Teenagers - A PROPOSED SOLUTION

April 4, 2014

[NB: I first e-published this article on 31st July 2003 i.e a decade ago.] I greatly enjoyed watching the maiden edition of a network television show Today’s Woman hosted by Adesuwa on Wednesday 30th July 2003 from 8.30pm. She came across as one who truly desired to make a positive, meaningful and lasting impact in the lives […]

Entrepreneurship

Sometimes You'll Need to Keep It Within Your Family

April 3, 2014

“Tayo, let your wife and kids work with you to run the place. Do not employ people who will have easy access to the inner workings of your business. Out here, people can rarely be found who are that trustworthy. Give them an inch, and they’ll take a mile!" That kind of advice came from […]

Career Development

Earning Income Working From Anywhere (True Story)

April 1, 2014

Yesterday, I was in a Cotonou taxi headed for the Benin Republic-Nigeria border, when Alhaji Usman S., CEO of a pelleted livestock feed manufacturing company in Nigeria’s Kano State, called, and we spoke like old friends…even though we have NEVER met. I've been having such conversations weekly, with increasing frequency since last year... If truth […]

Career Development

Teach Your Child How to Recognize Authentic Success

March 28, 2014

A recent discussion started by a friend - Chima Ejiofor - on Facebook reminded me I wanted to write about two kinds of success: Authentic and Non-Authentic (or to put the latter bluntly…Phony!). If you desire positive, long term progress, pursue achievement of "Authentic Success". I offer ideas you (and any child in your life) […]

Career Development

Extracting Useful Lessons From Travel Experiences (True Stories & Tips)

March 22, 2014

Have you ever interacted with an unschooled, but widely traveled person? Stop for a moment and think about any such person you know. They often come across as knowledgeable, and self-confident don’t they? Now, consider an unschooled person whose soccer skills earned him a high paying pro career, in clubs around the world for years. […]

Career Development

To Succeed, Extract Useful Lessons from Your Travel Experiences

March 21, 2014

You arrive in a new country at night, and check into a hotel. Then at 10a.m you meet your business associate, for a meal. You talk business, and then fly out. Get this: You have NOT really "been to" that country! If your schedule makes doing the above necessary, I do not quarrel with that. […]