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[RECOMMENDED] 15 Negotiation Tips From People Who Always Get Their Way | The winning secrets of master negotiators

March 1, 2017

[Quick Take-Away: This article is a gold-mine of information. For me, the experience based tips in it confirm the most important point I always emphasize to people about negotiating - which is that is NOT the same as "haggling". The former involves people interacting based on empathy, while the latter is typically driven mainly by win-lose, selfish […]

Entrepreneurship

The FARM CEO (Issue 75): Top 11 Articles on Best Practice Farm Business Management for Profit - by Tayo K. Solagbade, Best Practice Farm Business Support Specialist & Founder of the Farm Business Support Centre

February 26, 2017

Below are links to some past articles I've published that I give out to farm CEOs who reach out to me - with my best wishes. No strings attached I.e it's NOT designed to get you to buy from me. These articles explain various aspects of what I call a BOPMS (Best Operating Process Management System)™ […]

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Equip Your Kids to Deal With Abuse of Any kind and Excel [Hint: TV Talk Show Relationship Expert Psychiatrist/Author Answers Question by Male Caller Claiming to be Abused by His Wife]

February 22, 2017

If you have (or plan to have) kids that go on to have empowering and fulfilling relationships in their personal and work lives, I recommend you STOP and read this article. It's based on text transcript excerpts I prepared from a TV Talk show on Domestic Violence, featuring a Psychotherapist specializing in domestic abuse. [A […]

Entrepreneurship

Protected: The FARM CEO (Issue 74) : SMART SKILLS FOR SMALLHOLDER FARMERS, ORGANIC AFRICAN FARM, Buhle Farmers' Academy

February 19, 2017

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Entrepreneurship

The FARM CEO (Issue 72) : One New Skill Modern Extension Professionals Need to Succeed, The Need to Explore Cheaper Local Alternative Feed Ingredients In Formulating Least Cost Diets, Two (2) Feed Formulation Compounding Problems Farm CEOs Need Extension Specialists to Help Them Solve

February 5, 2017

In this week's issue of the Farm CEO newspaper, I feature 3 articles discussing possible ways Extension solutions can evolve to better meet the needs of farm businesses. Especially in the area of data recording, analysis and report generation automation, towards achieving timely and cost-saving decision making. 1. Two (2) Feed Formulation Compounding Problems Farm CEOs […]

Career Development

[Recommended] 16 Essential Terms You Must Know To Learn VBA Programming

February 5, 2017

This week I refer members of my Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation Club to an excellent article (by By Jorge A. Gomez) that discusses key VBA programming terms that one needs to understand, in order to succeed in developing useful VBA applications. Like I continue to emphasize to my club members, I believe in exposing […]

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[Recommended] Why Nigerians Hate Igbo - by Chinua Achebe

February 4, 2017

When I saw the thought provoking Facebook post/query (shown below) by Joe Ibekwe, I instantly recalled the words of Chinua Achebe in the last book he gifted us before passing on. However, a quick check in my travel bag soon revealed, to my dismay, that I'd left my well read Copy of Achebe's "There Was a […]

Career Development

PII 051: One State of Mind You Need to Defeat Adversity

January 30, 2017

In last week's issue of my Performance Improvement Ideas (PII) newsletter, I talked about how you need to share your vision with others. How you need to infect other people with your enthusiasm and insights. Now, in this issue I'm going to talk about poverty. I'm sure many who read the above will wonder what […]

Entrepreneurship

Protected: The FARM CEO (Issue 71) : 11 Business Opportunities in Africa That Will Make More Millionaires in 2016, Investing in Africa's agriculture is the next best thing, AGRICULTURE INVESTMENT IN AFRICA: TOP COUNTRIES TO FOCUS ON, African farming is the new frontier for brave investors

January 29, 2017

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Career Development

Succeed Even In Economic Recession by Developing Multiple Competencies [Hint: Become a Multipreneur]

January 27, 2017

When I decided to become - and later begin calling myself - a MULTIPRENEUR in 2004 (2 years after I became a startup), many people criticized me for "doing too many things". Some said I was trying to be a "Jack of All Trades" and anytime I had a setback they readily pointed out that […]