Entrepreneurship
No. 152: Do You Need Blogging To Achieve More Speaking Success?
July 28, 2014









I say YES, because to become an expert-who-gets-paid-to-speak, you NEED to establish yourself as a thought leader – indeed an authority - in the minds of your target audience. Blogging is a powerful (and zero cost) strategy that can be used to achieve that outcome for the long term. I say this as an expert-who-gets-paid-to-speak, […]







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Career Development
Readers Become Leaders ONLY If They Do The Right Kind of Reading!
July 23, 2014









Michael Angier once wrote that: “Reading can be a powerful catalyst for thinking; it has the potential for stimulating wisdom.”. I agree…but I would add that the "kind" of reading you do, will often be more important than the frequency at which you do it! For instance, in talking about "reading", I’m not referring here […]







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Entrepreneurship
No. 151: 3 Reasons Farm CEOs Will Succeed as Paid Speakers
July 21, 2014









The world needs Farm CEOs (who do what I describe in this article) to become public speakers and inspire it! If you could see what I envision, you would believe me instantly. But I know that’s hard for most people (especially farm business owners!). So, I'm committed to presenting and representing this idea in as […]







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Career Development
I Flopped Badly At The National Finals! (A True Story About How NOT To Prepare For/Deliver An Important Presentation) - with Photos
July 17, 2014









The lessons I share in this article are based mainly on a true-life experience I had, in 1997, at the age of 27. I was delivering a management research paper at the National Finals of the now defunct Young Managers Competition, organized by the Nigerian Institute of Management(NIM). I provide graphic details of how my […]







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General
No. 150: 4 Tips on Successful Public Speaking...from Muhammad Ali!
July 14, 2014









Muhammad Ali gave us his gift of beautiful and entertaining boxing. However, I believe an even greater gift he gave us was his unique brand of eloquent & impact-FULL public speaking. Ali remains one of the most widely quoted celebrities to ever grace this planet. I doubt many will disagree with that sentiment. Ali, in […]







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Career Development
Video Narration: She Called Me a Peeping Tom (A True Personal Story) - What If This Happened To YOUR 8 Year Old Child?
July 10, 2014









This is a True Story Narration. It is available as audio (MP3) & as a video presentation, and PDF on CD/DVD. You can listen to the audio on your phones. This is Part 2 in the Self-Development Education for Parents Series titled "Kukuru Danger™: Adventures - & Misadventures - of a School Age Child Trying […]







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Career Development
No. 149: To Succeed, Use Adversity To Become More Creative
July 7, 2014









Yesterday (6th July 2014) was my 44th birthday. While reflecting, this quote awoke memories in me: "When man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood, he has gained facts, learns from his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit; has […]







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Career Development
Why Farm CEOs Need to Read Non-Farm Related Articles (Hint: Like the multidisciplinry articles on THIS blog)
July 5, 2014









I believe, from over 2 decades of observation/experience, that one major mistake being made by conventional farm support specialists is that they focus mainly - sometimes exclusively – on farm related issues, in serving farm business owners. This can be self-defeating, because other aspects of the farm owner’s life can – and do! - interfere […]







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Career Development
No. 148: To Succeed, NEVER Let Worry Dominate Your Thoughts
June 30, 2014









On Monday 29th October 2001 at 2.00am in the morning, armed robbers "visited" the house where I was living with my family on Ikpoba Hill in Benin City. These guys numbered about five and ALL carried sawed-off shotguns! They didn't call out for us to come and open the gates - they simply blew the […]







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Entrepreneurship
To Succeed, Let Your Reputation Precede and Speak for You
June 28, 2014









Today, I delivered a one hour talk to members of the media unit of (name removed for privacy) Foundation, in Ota, Ogun State Nigeria. It was a small group. But no speaking event is EVER small. As such, I prepared for it like I was going to speak to members of a CEOs club. It […]







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