Career Development
Happy 80th Birthday to our SUPER DAD!
February 4, 2014









By the time you read this, I'll be in Lagos with my siblings and the rest of the "Luwaji Solagbade family" to join in celebrating with my father, on his 80th birthday anniversary, at the University of Lagos. [Update (12th Feb 2014): Dad's 80th anniversary celebration went perfectly! Click here to read about/view photos :-))] […]







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Parenting
Achieve Success via Patience and Tolerance (A Lesson from Bello Hassan, a Farm Business CEO)
February 1, 2014









In business, and in life, our relationships with others often determine how well we succeed. How we handle conflicts, and even perceived slights can make or break cordial relations we’ve built with a client, partner, associate or friend. This true story teaches a useful lesson from a humble, but successful Farm CEO client of mine. […]







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My DN Travel News
Good Writing Ability Can Lead You to Financial Success
January 25, 2014









People use writing to make money in so many unusual ways. Some write articles and reports for others, and get paid per word, page etc. Others write as a means of self-promotion, to attract buyers/clients. Then others write to produce books they publish and sell. All this happens across so many genres. With diligent effort, […]







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My DN Travel News
If You Truly Love Your Kids, You'll Do This
January 24, 2014









When children are with their parents they go through a lot of experiences. Some are positive and others are not. In the course of those experiences, they learn different things – some good, some not so good, and then some, bad. You, as a parent can resolve to make those experiences beneficial to the kids, […]







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My DN Travel News
Emancipate Your Thinking: Many Roads Lead to Authentic Success!
January 17, 2014









Our persistent thoughts ultimately determine the outcome of our lives. This is a well known truth. It is for this reason that learning to control our thoughts is considered by successful people, to be a very important competence. In many societies today, it appears fewer people are arriving adulthood with this ability. As a result, […]







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My DN Travel News
No. 124: What Today's Teachers Miss (and How It Can Hurt Your Child!)
January 13, 2014









This is not an attack on teachers. It's instead an informed view of what a growing number of this group of "public speakers" are failing to do, inadvertently denying learners (our kids!) the most important "knowledge and skills" they need to excel in life. If you're one, or have relations with one, my advice is […]







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General
Don't Just "Tell" Kids to Do...Be an Exemplary Role Model
January 11, 2014









When the bundle of currency notes was handed to me by Professor Idowu Oladele (who’d received the payment via his Euro domiciliary account), it was the first time I was setting eyes on the "Euro" in cash . If I sound like a "bush man" by admitting the foregoing, forgive me. I'm just being myself. […]







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Parenting
A Lesson on Money Spending from John D. Rockefeller
January 10, 2014









Those who have experienced severe lack of money and gone on to become financially successful often display frugality and prudence in handling money. The authors of “The Millionaire Next Door” reported from their over 2 decade study of mostly self-made millionaires across America, that majority of them built their wealth slowly and from scratch too. […]







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My DN Travel News
Teach Kids With True Stories and Demonstrations
January 3, 2014









Most kids love people who teach them new things they can put to immediate productive use. If they discover you’re like that, they can even pass up meal times, to pick up some new knowledge or skill from you! How do I know this? It’s because I’ve worked with other people’s kids (especially those from […]







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My DN Travel News
Must You Quit Paid Employment to Influence Change in Nigeria? (If YES, will you get a FAIR & IMPARTIAL chance to do it?)
December 28, 2013









I tried posting a contribution to a friend’s recent post, in which one person asked him to quit his job to do something about the problems he was complaining about regarding Nigeria. It’s however morphed from a comment into this 5th issue of "My Ideas for Making Nigeria Better" PDF series :-)) Click here to […]







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