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Your Teenager Giving You Problems? Hurray!
September 5, 2013









I’m playing devil’s advocate here. But with good reason. You see I gave my father and mother parenting nightmares as a teenager. In fact, I started from when I was ten. Then I went right on till I clocked sixteen – when I committed my most sensationally bad act in school, as a school prefect! […]







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Career Development
Why Won't LinkedIn Stop Sending Me Email Invitations, Months After They Agreed To?
September 3, 2013









When - on August 16, 2013 - Alison Doyle, About.com Guide wrote her article titled “Don’t Waste Your Time On LinkedIn”, she got more than she bargained for: her readers’ summarily bashed LinkedIn in the comments section! About 21 of the 32 comments on her article described LinkedIn using expressions like “a complete and utter […]







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Creative Writing Boosts Kids' Learning
August 30, 2013









Do your kids write outside school? Come to think of it, maybe I should start by asking if YOU have been writing since leaving school (?) I mean creative writing, and not school related stuff, of course. Do you do any such writing? Does your spouse? Your kid(s)? If you said NO, read this article […]







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Career Development
Mutual Benefit Proposition for Sponsorship (Low Cost Microbrewery Drinks Production from Peels of Pineapple & Other Fruits)
August 28, 2013









[mpoverlay]By Tayo K. Solagbade – www.tayosolagbade.com | www.tksola.com | COTONOU, 22ND AUGUST 2013 @10:00a.m Your organisation needs to market/sell your products, while building brand loyalty and long term repeat customers. What I propose below can positively influence your target customers, while also advancing your marketing objectives. NB: See download link to a FULL PDF version […]







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Wise People Disagree With Tact
August 23, 2013









A facebook friend – Dauda Ayodele – recently shared a status update posted by a friend of his. It featured responses posted by two groups of people to the same potentially provocative statement. One group (which I’ll call “A”) was from a society in which freedom is highly cherished. Not just freedom of speech or […]







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Career Development
Error-Free People Rarely Achieve Authentic Success
August 17, 2013









"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 I […]







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How United Is Your Family?
August 16, 2013









What is the current state of YOUR marriage union – and family? This can be a very tough question to answer, for many people today. I say this from personal - and very painful – experience, as one who has been married for over 14 years, with kids. In my part of the world (Africa), […]







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Acknowledge Others, and You Will Be Acknowledged
August 9, 2013









[Quick tip: I recommend YOU adopt the habit described in this article as a way of life - AND coach your kids to do the same.] Some of the most successful people in the world habitually acknowledge one another – even rivals! This happens in sports, entertainment, academics, business and other fields. In certain cases, competing […]







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Do You Need Schooling to Own a Bank Account?
August 2, 2013









Sounds like a funny question does it not? Do you have a child in school (or due to start)? This article highlights what smart parents will help their kids learn outside formal school, to better prepare them to achieve financial independence in adulthood! Schooled and Unschooled Persons Can Own and Operate Bank Accounts. Hopefully, the […]







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How to Achieve Parenting Success
July 26, 2013









Are you driven by a need to make your kids successful in life? Does helping them learn how to make a headway in life deeply interest you? Any parent that says yes to these questions can be said to be living for his/her kids. Diligently doing so will make you a successful parent in the […]







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