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[RECOMMENDED] Lagos Opens Website To Register Undergraduates For Internship Scheme

June 16, 2017

[RECOMMENDED] Lagos Opens Website To Register Undergraduates For Internship Scheme I continue to shake my head at the irony of the situation in which supposed graduates from Nigerian institutions keep "NEEDING" brushing up and polishing to make them more "employable" AFTER they exit tertiary institutions they spent YEARS preparing in! My argument remains that MANY […]

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REFUSE TO BE USED - Differentiate Between True Helpers and Carrot Danglers (CDs) [Featuring "Lessons in Discernment: Carrot Danglers" by Marina Michaels]

June 14, 2017

DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION [15th June 2024]: Click HERE NB: This article was originally titled Don't Let People Take Advantage of You: Differentiate Between True Helpers and Carrot Danglers (CDs) [Featuring "Lessons in Discernment: Carrot Danglers" by Marina Michaels 1. WATCH VIDEO: Click https://youtu.be/n0Ezmmf9-2U to watch the video presentation version of this article. It features excerpts […]

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PII 070: Will Your Child's Certificates and Degrees be Enough to Succeed in Life?

June 12, 2017

FACT: To give their kids the best chance of success in life, many parents today spend hefty sums to send them to the best schools – sometimes abroad. Sadly, many such kids eventually graduate and have to struggle, alongside less qualified others, to find good employment – or ending up underemployed! Read also(*Added on 23rd […]

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[RECOMMENDED] Tackling the Rise of Fake Qualifications in Nigeria By Linus Unah on June 6, 2017

June 10, 2017

The truths stated in THIS report is why I INSIST on empowering my kids with real world relevant income earning VOCATIONAL SKILLS as a MAJOR priority - a strategy I advocate for adoption by other parents. Tackling the Rise of Fake Qualifications in Nigeria By Linus Unah on June 6, 2017 The disease of forging education […]

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[RECOMMENDED] “You will never find white people wearing our hair” says Marah Louw, Former South African actress and singer

June 8, 2017

On Aug 1, 2014, I wrote my article titled: “Bleaching” Your Skin Insults Your Creator, and Makes You Lose Dignity (Message from Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Lupita Nyong’o to Black/African Parents & their Children)" - click here to read it. Back then I had not really come across any notable African celebrity who has spoken […]

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PII 067: Today, Millions Work Together Without Needing to Meet –And I AM ONE OF THEM [True Story: Audio to a Prospect Demanding to Meet Physically With Me]

May 22, 2017

In this issue of my Performance Improvement IDEAS (PII) newsletter, I share excerpts from an audio message I sent to a prospect Web Marketing client, who requested to meet with me, before we could take our discussions about my helping him develop a Web Marketing System further. If you’re even remotely considering doing business of […]

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[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!] People are posting an 8-ball emoji on Facebook – here’s what it means

May 22, 2017

Facebook users are posting an emoji of an eight-ball – and it’s all part of a viral campaign to raise awareness about prostate cancer. The black eight-ball emoji is popping up due to a viral message which is spreading via Facebook Messenger – urging men to post the image on Facebook. The message says, […]

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PII 066: There'll be No Need to Force Kids to "Finish" School If They See MORE Formally Schooled People Doing Well Financially [Hint: 9 Questions That Indicate How Conventional Schooling Shortchanges Learners]

May 16, 2017

This week’s issue of my Performance Improvement Ideas (PII) newsletter features 9 key questions I strongly recommend every parent ponder seriously over, to accurately discern how well the schooling his/her kids get will prepare them to function as vocationally competent and financially independent adults in society. Here are some signs and symptoms apparent in today’s […]

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Do You Want to Make Your Spreadsheet Application Do Everything You want and Nothing You Don't?

May 14, 2017

[This article is based on the contents of a one page flyer I used to promote the pavement pounding version of my Excel-VB Solutions Development service in my startup years back in 2005 = see photo below!] I've tweaked it a little to include details relevant to the 100% web based operation I run today. […]

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PII 065: You Cannot Vote on Science/Life. Only Truth Matters. One Person Can be Right – and It Could be YOU! [THOUGHT PROVOKING VIDEO DEBATE]

May 8, 2017

“Some people make the mistake of equating consensus with truth. That you, and others who think like you, agree among yourselves that a centipede is a millipede wearing a metal coat, will not make the centipede become a millipede.” – Tayo Solagbade “If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish […]