Public Speaking - SD Nuggets™

No. 112: Change Your Environment to Succeed - If Necessary

October 21, 2013

"America's environment is what makes achievements like Richie Parker’s possible". That’s a paraphrased version of the comment made on Facebook, by someone who watched the ESPN profile video (on this facebook profile) of the armless 30 year old vehicle engineer’s life. I believe that statement to be quite right. No society is perfect, and America […]

Career Development

NEVER Let Anyone Tell You What YOU Cannot Do! (Transcript Slideshow Version of ESPN’s July 21 “SportsCenter” Profile video about Richie Parker)

October 19, 2013

I created this PowerPoint slideshow (and published it on slideshare.net), to give people with poor (or zero!) connectivity, an alternative means of “learning” about Richie Parker. NB: To get the Power Point file version, CLICK HERE NOW to download it in a zipped folder (3MB approximately). === Read the article I wrote about Richie: It's titled […]

Career Development

Announce Your Goals, and You'll Be Forced to Achieve Them

October 18, 2013

Just today, I replied to an enquiry by a facebook friend, about progress I’d made with my Pineapple Peel based drinks production project. He’s not the only one who has been asking me this question. Clients, friends and relatives have intermittently requested to know how far I’ve gone. Thankfully, I’ve always had significant progress to […]

Career Development

All You Really Need Is Ingenuity...aka Creative Thinking (True Story: Man Born Without Arms Designs Championship Winning Race Cars)

October 17, 2013

How much effort do you put into doing your JOB each day? And how many times have you told your employer (or boss) you could do MUCH more...IF ONLY s/he would send you on some training, or buy some latest gadget for you to use? Well, I’m here to tell you (using the amazing achievements […]

Farm Biz

No. 111: Farm Business Owners Can Speak to Influence Research

October 14, 2013

I recently got another email from my "Professor of Agriculture" friend. This one contained details of a “Call for submission of brief papers, case studies and synthesis papers”. A quick online search led me to the website where the call originated. It was made by an organisation covering "smallholder agriculture" across Africa, Carribean, and Pacific […]

Career Development

He Called Me "Voleur" (Thief)!

October 12, 2013

In this article, I discuss one big mistake some non-Nigerian Africans seem to be making in thinking about Nigeria. To do this, I share a true story about a Francophone African undergraduate in his 20’s, who called me a thief - and meant it. Why? Because he daily saw me typing away on an Internet […]

My DN Travel News

No. 110: Why You Need to Think With Your Whole Body (and How)!

October 7, 2013

What if you had something that could help you “sense” potential problems in relationships with new acquaintances, as well as established contacts? What if it could also give you useful hints towards achieving your valued goals? AND, what if I told you that YOU ALREADY have IT in you? SCROLL DOWN TO READ THE FULL […]

General

Strategies to Start Writing On Your Blog - Fast!

October 5, 2013

About one hour ago, I sent out an email to a client, offering ideas to help him generate article topics for his new blog. On re-reading the message, I realised others struggling to get started with their writing, may also find its contents useful. What follows below are 3 tips you can use, based on […]

Career Development

10 Year Old Uses Dead Laptop Battery, to Build Home-Made Rechargeable Lamp

October 4, 2013

This article is a tribute to my kids. Especially my 10 year old boy, who recently championed the use of my "dead" laptop battery to make a rechargeable lamp - which uses NO external power source for charging! This true story proves that coaching others to be super achievers at work , applies just as […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 109: Earn Extra Non-Farm Income at Zero Cost

September 30, 2013

By learning and creatively employing public speaking (and creative writing), farm business owners can effortlessly generate substantial ADDITIONAL income streams, outside sales of normal farm products. Smart thinking farmers can do this IF they get more organized. Adopting a BOPMS can help. It will free you up from routine farm demands, so you can nurture […]