Entrepreneurship
Anyone - Including Kids In School - Can Achieve Success Via Part Time Entrepreneuring
February 11, 2014









Photo 1: Wed. Dec. 11, 2013 - My 10, 14, and 12 year old sons, and the 50% pineapple peel based cakes they baked WITHOUT an oven. All they used was the charcoal stove, a heavy metal pot, and flour, sugar etc that I brought ALL the way from Cotonou...LOL! Now They’re Selling Their Cakes! […]







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Career Development
You Can Agree to Disagree and Still LOVE (Tribute to my father at 80!)
February 8, 2014









Photo: My father - Ezekiel Oluwajimi (E.O) Solagbade - cuts his 80th birthday anniversary cake on Tuesday 4th Feb. 2014, with my mom (his wife for 43 years now). Dad is a Civil and Structural Engineer by profession. I absolutely LOVED the cake, because it was beautifully decorated to depict technical drawing tools he uses! […]







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My DN Travel News
Why Your Child May Need a Liberal Arts Education to Succeed
February 7, 2014









"One of the benefits of a liberal arts education is that it trains the mind to think." - Albert Einstein Einstein was a famous "Theoretical Physicist"...who thought up amazing theories, that changed our lives. Now Here's Something Many People Miss About Einstein's Achievements: You see, he was a SCIENTIST. That means he specialised in the […]







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My DN Travel News
Proof That Poverty Cannot Make People Steal...If They Don't Want To (A True Story)
February 5, 2014









One minute the phone was next to my elbow in the space behind the hand brake, the next minute I was looking all over the taxi to find it. The driver asked “When did you last see it?” “I called my mother just before we left the border” I replied in a puzzled voice. (The […]







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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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