My DN Travel News
No. 126: True Story - Public Speaking On The Road (Why You Must Always Be Prepared!)
January 27, 2014









This is a true story that I hope will impress upon you, the need to be PREPARED, at all times! I returned to Cotonou 2 evenings ago (i.e. Saturday p.m), after a 24hr visit to Lagos, where I conducted practical training(on use of my livestock feed formulation software/handbook) for a client who paid N47k. He […]







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Entrepreneurship
No. 125: Don’t Be Penny Wise, Pound Foolish In Your Business Marketing
January 20, 2014









"What? You want to build a website for your business? That’s going to make you spend money every year for hosting and domain name registration!” exclaimed the IT consultant (NOT a typo!) friend to my Chartered Account client. Looking at my client to see his reaction, I thought to myself: “Hmm, this is going to […]







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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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Entrepreneurship
No. 123: Boost Your Marketing Success by Using the Web Differently
January 6, 2014









The massive name recognition and marketing reach/impact I'm getting via my zero cost Web Marketing System baffles many. Most believe if you don't spend on online ads in some media, you cannot get enough marketing exposure. My achievements on the web disprove that myth. SCROLL DOWN TO READ FULL ISSUE Home | Subscribe | About | Contact Publication: Weekly […]







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Entrepreneurship
No. 122: You Need Mastery, Innovation and a Problem Solving Focus
December 30, 2013









Modiu confidently assured me he could do it. He said “Just let me have each child’s age. That’s all I need to sew the outfits for them”.And he was going to sew six full outfits in about 4 days (with piles of other people's fabrics awaiting his attention)! I still struggled to believe it. Modiu […]







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Entrepreneurship
No. 121: If Others Doubt Your Ideas, You’ve Probably Struck Gold!
December 23, 2013









Fran Tarkenton (Former American Football Star turned Millionaire Entrepreneur) once said:   “I have never started a company that, at some point, didn’t cause me to have doubts. ‘This must be a stupid idea because no one else is doing it. Why don’t people get it? Maybe there is nothing there’. We all have self doubts, but […]







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Career Development
SMART Acronym for People Who Succeed (Incl. Infographic)
December 17, 2013









[NB: Post updated - see bottom - on Wed 18th Dec 2013 @2:04pm - causing reset of views counter.] You probably know the popular SMART acronym - a mnemonic - for setting goals and objectives ("S" for Specific, "M" for Measurable etc). I’m not referring to that. Over the past 10 years, I’ve conceived a […]







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Farm Biz
No. 120: Creativity is Not Genetic (Farmers Have It, & So Do You!)
December 16, 2013









It does not matter if no one in your family, or village, ever created anything noteworthy. Neither does it matter if others in your field think it's a waste of time being creative. As a child of the omnipotent creator, you have the ability to create and innovate. Used wisely, it can help you achieve […]







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My DN Travel News
No. 119: How to Achieve Success in Any Field (True Story)
December 9, 2013









This true story demonstrates how FAITH, persistently applied, can help you succeed in any field - including Writing, and Public Speaking. I share it not to brag, but to (hopefully) inspire others to do what I’ve done, or even better. "Nothing in life is more wonderful than faith - the one great moving force which […]







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Career Development
When You're Not Working, Create a Bigger Dream (Hint: New Product - My Pineapple Peels Based Cakes...Made Without an Oven!)
December 7, 2013









When I'm not hammering away at my laptop keyboard, writing articles, reports and books...or building custom Excel-VB software, I'm likely to be found sleeping, or working to progress further towards my ultimate dream. That dream is to own what I call a Home-Based Farm-Products-Brew-Pub. And I've nursed it since 1999, when I still worked in […]







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