Self-Development

Attract Superior Employment Opportunities OR Paid Client Projects [Year End Promo: Learn 1-on-1 or Get my Excel-VB Automation Coaching Club Membership at 65% Discount - Expires Sat 31st December 2016]

December 23, 2016

In 2002, I quit paid employment to launch my own business providing commercial Excel-VB software development solutions. The market for this solution was non-existent at the time - in my country, Nigeria. People simply did NOT see what I saw. I got laughed at for YEARS for thinking and daring to SAY I believed I […]

Career Development

Persisting Despite Discouragement Is the Key to Succeeding Anywhere

December 21, 2016

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." – Calvin Coolidge In 2004 (then my third […]

Career Development

[Recommended] Telltale Signs You’re Dealing With an Emotional Manipulator

December 20, 2016

I've written a few articles (see linked below) on Emotional Intelligence, based on my studies of the works of pioneering experts like Daniel Goleman, as well as my experiences making conscious use of what I learned in the real world. This article (published on LinkedIn Pulse) offers VERY useful insights into the dangers you may […]

Career Development

PII 045: Learn Spreadsheet Programming to Auto-generate Reports from Your E-Bank Statement [FREE App You Can Use]

December 19, 2016

One of wisest tips on business I ever came across was contained in the quote below: "Because its purpose is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two – and only these two – basic functions: Marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results, all the rest are ‘costs’.” – Peter Drucker, described as […]

Career Development

[Coming Tomorrow] You Need this Custom Spreadsheet App to Accurately Analyze Your Bank Statement

December 18, 2016

On the 31st day of this month (December 2016), it will be exactly 14 years since I quit my high paying job as Technical Training and Development Manager with Guinness Nigeria, to (among other goals), pursue my dream of developing custom automated spreadsheet software for a living. I've since made MAJOR progress, establishing my own […]

Entrepreneurship

Why "Cheap" Is Unlikely to be "Hip" (A Client Blindly Demanding Low Fees May Likely Hurt You)

December 17, 2016

“But Tayo, somebody did this same thing for me last year for ten thousand naira: why is what you call a promo offer so much higher priced? In this period of recession, all I want to hear are low prices”. Prospects and clients have said stuff like the above to me in the past, with […]

Career Development

Can You Deliver RESULTS When Failure Is Not An Option? [Hint: Are You A “Choker” Or A “Big Match Player”?]

December 15, 2016

[Tip: This post is a Content-Repurposed version of a 2012 issue of my (now defunct) Public Speaking IDEAS newsletter. Even though the example used is based on public speaking, the ideas shared can be successfully applied in any other areas of endeavour] In The Real World, Things Can Go Wrong - Sometimes Badly Too! Even after […]

Entrepreneurship

Making Your Own Stuff Can Save YOU Money & EVEN Make YOU MORE! [True Story: Learning Home Based Footwear Making With My Kids – Photos]

December 14, 2016

One of my key objectives as a Best Practice Parenting Advocate is to challenge parents to coach their kids to make deliberate purpose driven INCOME EARNING skills acquisition a way of life. Virtually no any area of endeavor or vocation should be exempted. As long as there is interest on the part of the learner, […]

Entrepreneurship

What You Need to Build Battery Powered Toy Bike From Scrap [Highlight Video by 13 Year Old - Personal Achievement Coaching for Kids™]

December 14, 2016

TayoSolagbade.com presents "What You Need to Build Battery Powered Toy Bike From Scrap [Highlight Video by 13 Year Old - Personal Achievement Coaching for Kids™] " This 13 year old makes battery powered toy bikes from sweet sticks and electronics scrap! [Case study from my "Personal Achievement Coaching for Kids (PACK)™ Program"] Click here to […]

Career Development

PII 044: Successfully Influencing A Difficult Co-Worker, Colleague or Partner

December 12, 2016

[Tip: This "content-repurposed" write-up was first published on Monday 16th July 2012 via spontaneousdevelopment.com (my 9 year old former website - defunct since 2014] In order to work with anyone successfully, you have to speak with him/her. But sometimes that can be easier said than done, because the person we have to work (and speak) with, […]

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