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Business Best Practice Ideas: You Do Not Have To Cut Corners To Make A Profit

February 12, 2016 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Over the past decade or so, from the time I become self-employed in 2002, I have been “fortunate” to run into – and in certain instances – work quite closely with – some unscrupulous, or “not very honest”, entrepreneurs.

In most cases, I was heartbroken to find that the impressions I initially had, tended not to be accurate representations of what they did in reality. I say “fortunate”, because I learnt quick, valuable lessons as a result, that now make it possible for me to write THIS article for the reader’s benefit.

Quite a number of these individuals seem willing to – every once in a while – allow themselves a little indiscretion here and there.

Some are greedy cheats, and will go out of their way, given the slightest opportunity, to take advantage of another person – even if s/he is a relative!

Yet they KNOW it is wrong to deceive or defraud customers, clients – or indeed anybody.

James Cook in his book, “The Start-up Entrepreneur” was obviously familiar with the widespread nature of this problem, and hammered quite a bit on the need for entrepreneurs to be ethical in all their business dealings, at all times. The fact remains that no matter how many people openly engage in dishonest or fraudulent business practices, it will still be wrong for YOU to do the same thing!

But Why Do People Do It?

We must not be too abstract in the way we discuss this problem. To understand it, one could ask the question: Why do some people in business appear to so readily succumb to the temptation to cut corners?

The truth is that many who embark on entrepreneuring with honest intentions, often encounter traumatizing trials, challenges, setbacks and disappointments. In Think And Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill acknowledged that an individual, due to the pressure of a prolonged period of adversity may become temporarily dishonest, in a bid to secure some relief for the pain s/he feels.

So the necessary suffering that a person undergoes in the pursuit of a challenging goal might make him/her do one or two things that are dishonest, for a while. Ideally however, his/her conscience would eventually force him/her to take corrective action to discontinue the bad habits.

Where it becomes a problem is when the affected person, or another who does not even have such a problem – but who seeks a quick and easy route to success – makes engaging in dishonest or insincere acts a regular habit. In other words, s/he adopts routine and repetitive corner-cutting or crooked dealings, as a preferred alternative route to reach a desired goal(s).

You Do Not Need To Do It

I want anyone confronted with this kind of challenge to understand that IT IS POSSIBLE to weather those rough periods of adversity without engaging in unethical business conduct.

Simply dig in, learn quickly from your experiences, and correct your mistakes. Keep in mind ALWAYS, the proven fact that periods of difficulty and hardship WILL help you develop psychological stamina, and become more resourceful in dealing with problems you encounter while pursuing your goals.

Again, and at the risk of sounding boastful, I know this to be true because I’ve been there. Had it not been for those terrible losses and disappointments that I have continually overcome in pursuing my goals, I would not have become as self-confident, as I am today, when it comes to discussing entrepreneuring or what it takes to persistently pursue challenging life goals under situations that appear utterly hopeless and discouraging.

What Will You Do, If/When Confronted With A Fraudulent/Tempting Offer ?

Before you give me an answer, I will ask you to read the following statement I use to guide myself: “you will never know if you will steal, UNTIL the day you find yourself presented with a perfect opportunity to do so, in a way that you can be certain no one will ever find out that you did it”.

Now that you have read it, think about my preceding question again.

Do you KNOW for certain what you will do if/when confronted with a tempting proposition to do something dishonest or unethical in business(or elsewhere) in exchange for a reward/return you place a high value on?

For many, what they are willing to do is usually dependent on how they feel it will make them look to those who KNOW about it. This is the reason why people keep getting caught for corruptly enriching themselves: they ALWAYS think no one will find them out!

I believe every person who desires to achieve authentic success, must be able to successfully say NO to the above stated type of fraudulent/tempting opportunity (i.e. one known only to him and which s/he is sure no one will find out about).

It however takes HAVING a compelling vision, strong values, plenty of self-discipline, great will power and an achievement orientation, to behave in this manner consistently – especially when you experience painfully prolonged periods of lack and hardship.

Work Hard To Immunize Yourself Against The Temptation Of “Corner Cutting”

You must work hard to develop the needed moral strength to resist the temptation when it does come…and it will! In the case of the entrepreneurs described above, they allowed their desperate desire to succeed quickly, to cloud their judgment of what was proper and ethical, and consequently adopted shameful practices.

Sometimes clients or customers may push the point(where they consider “switching from honest to dishonest”), by refusing to pay up after the entrepreneurs had delivered requested products or services.

Especially in societies where entrepreneuring is not yet widely accepted as a viable means of earning a living, and social welfare schemes are absent or in their infancy.

When this happens, those entrepreneurs who are unable to stay strong under these conditions, look for ways to cushion the “pain”: they begin to cheat those who do bring business to them! Having said that, there are certain entrepreneurs who don’t need any “tempting”, because they are just naturally greedy cheats – perpetually on the prowl for unsuspecting persons they can take advantage of.

BUT the truth must be told: Whether or not you have been cheated by clients, punished, exploited, or betrayed, there is absolutely no excuse for becoming fraudulent in your dealings with others.

You won’t last long if you go on doing that. So, it’s up to you to decide where you want to stand. I hope when you take your decision, it will be the right one: which is to act with integrity at all times, in all your dealings, be it in business or life in general.

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Get My Home Study Excel-VB Programming Video Tutorial DVD

February 11, 2016 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

This is a due diligence update regarding my Excel VB club Membership Learning Opportunities. Some prospective club members recently expressed a preference for my branded auto run DVD based Step-by-Step Home Study Video & PDF tutorials.

They made this request:

A. So they can access the tutorials off line without incurring additional costs or inconvenient delays that periodically occur with the web based versions, due to poor connectivity.

B. Because they are not able to travel down to attend the LIVE training in Lagos.

So, starting this weekend I’ll be creating step-by-step tutorials for them based on the contents of my 4 Day Excel VB Programming Workshop flyer linked below(click here to view it).

There will also be real life case study videos showing the steps I followed in using Excel VB programming to build the following commercial spreadsheet software that I have sold for years:

a. Automated cash book (built in 2006 for a Large Akoka based private hospital and later sold to an Ikeja based private hospital)

b. Automated Payslip (and Bank Salaries Payments Schedule) Generator – used by 2 large Lagos based private hospitals, with over 120 employees, since 2007.

c. Automated Invoice Generator (built for a small IT firm on Lagos Island in 2004 and sold to over 5 other businesses).

d. Automated Income & Expense Manager (built in 2006 for a business centre in Opebi, Ikeja and now sold to over 70 individuals and businesses in and out of Lagos. Very popular.)

You can think of this Home Study DVD product as a recorded version
of my On Demand 4 Day Workshop.

The advantage it offers is however the fact that you will be able to watch and re-watch each video anytime you want, and as often as you want – in addition to being able to read/print the accompanying PDFs.

You will be able to ask me questions via phone/email about what you watch that is not clear. During LIVE meetings, the DVD will provide a useful basis for discussing what you need to know and do.

The tutorials will be completed and dispatched on DVD via Fedex from Monday 22nd Feb 2016.

Price for DVD = N30k

NB: Other tutorial videos showing how to build my other commercial apps listed below can be included on request.

1. Automated Church Records Manager

2. Clients Contacts/Records Manager

3. Membership Records Manager

4. Hotel, Restaurant & Bars Manager

5. Clinic Records Manager

6. Pure Water Business Manager

7. Manufacturing Business Manager

8. Supermarket Business Manager

…And others at www.excelheaven.biz

My tutorials demonstrate how Excel VB can be used to dramatically boost productivity by automating routine and repetitive tasks in MS Excel

This helps to save time, effort and human resources needed to get data recording, analyses and report generation tasks done on time and with minimal or no avoidable errors.

All things being, equal, I will soon put up this new Home Study Video and PDF series on the paid members only section of my website for members to access online.

Click here to contact me if you have any questions or require clarification.

Learn more about my Excel VB Club offer here

You can view the Private Closed Facebook Group for the Excel-VB Club here.

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Teach Kids to Develop (& Monetize!) Market Relevant Abilities EARLY In Life [VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: After Watching Short DIY Video, 12 Year Old Builds Battery Powered Toy Power bike Using Sticks from Sweets as Frames, a Rotor from Damaged DVD as Engine, Plastic Coke Bottle Covers as Tyres & a Microphone Battery from his Mother’s Church As Power Source]

February 10, 2016 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

This video (click here to watch in a new window) shows me test running the battery powered toy power bike built my 12 year old son, whose natural talent for creating electrical gadgets continues to excite and amaze me.

He’s been like this since he was about 8 years old. I’ve written several articles in the past – including one about how at the age of 10, he revived the laptop batteries I discarded, and used them to build a crude but functional rechargeable lamp using the bulb he picked up from a damaged one. Last year, I wrote about his talent for playing the recorder and harmonica (including putting up downloadable audio samples).

This time around, as part of our home schooling for income earning life skills project, I’d made him and his siblings watch a series of 2 to 3 minute You tube videos about how to build:

(a). balloon powered toy cars and

(b). battery powered cars and bikes – with tyres made from plastic Coca Cola bottle covers.

By the next morning, the 12 year old’s sisters came running to inform me that he had already built a functional balloon powered car made from carton paper, drinking straw, rubber band and plastic coke bottle covers – just like the videos they’d watched the night before.

I was NOT surprised. He’d played back the videos repeatedly till well past midnight, on my laptop, when the rest of us were watching TV or asleep. He was in his elements!

After watching the toy car run for a while, I asked why it always tended to veer leftwards. He replied that he was not sure. From the narrative in the video we watched, I suspected it would be the alignment of the parts.

The video showed where the builder had sketch out the “chassis” and measured out the sides of the paper to hold the wheels. Looking at the one made by my son, it appeared the tyres were not properly aligned and the paper itself not evenly cutout.

So I told him to consider taking it apart and rebuilding it from scratch. He groaned.

I told him the finishing of such products was the key to succeeding. If your finishing is poor, few people will be interested in what you’ve created. He knew I was right and nodded in agreement. But, “I want to make the power bike before I go back to the balloon car” he voiced.

He’d taken the words out of my mouth. I’d actually wanted to ask him if he could give building the battery powered toy bike a try…

I challenged him to see if he could make it ready, so I could take it with me as a gift the for kids of a client I was to meet with, along with his spouse for a paid consulting session, in their home.

24 hours later, just before I left, he had his battery powered toy bike running, BUT it kept falling off to one side, after a few seconds.

In other words, it was not ready. So I left telling him to keep at it, so I could see it on my return.

Long story short, my boy got it working – with some creative improvisation informed mainly by lack of access to refined materials and tools used by the creator of the video we’d watched. The video below says it all; I am so proud of him – and of his 14 year old brother who provided support (and is also very good with his hands – more mechanically inclined and especially gifted in handicraft fabrication)/

This is the role I play in the lives of all my kids. I act as a collaborator and catalyst to help the nurture their minds and abilities. That is the role a parent needs to play – one that NO TEACHER can play as well as a determined parent can.

I share my stories not to brag, but as a public service wake up call to parents who are willing to listen, that they should take ownership of giving their kids a more real world relevant and balanced education, BEFORE it is too late!

Our Next Step: Monetizing His Talent/Genius

As the title of this article indicates, I argue that it’s crucial for parents – and societies – to guide kids to identify, nurture and ultimately monetize any talents or abilities they have, as EARLY as possible in life.

Why?

Because – as we all know – life can get VERY depressing when one is unable to achieve financial independence. When you lack money to meet your needs and wants, it tends to make you feel limited and unfulfilled.

When you know you have undergone ALL the formal schooling you were told you needed to be able to function competently in society, and you STILL find yourself unable to achieve financial independence, that can be VERY painful.

Trust me dear reader, THAT was the hole from which I had to use my self-taught skills and abilities to climb out of despite all my academic brilliance through university, and my exceptional performance in paid employment.

Truth be told – when I stepped into the real world of my society, in Nigeria, I quickly discovered that MERIT, based on demonstrated competence, ranked VERY low on the criteria that determined if one achieved business success or not.

For that reason, after trying without achieving sustainable success doing things the “normal” way offline, I turned my skills and attention to the online world, and began to offer the SAME solutions to the SAME people (Nigerians) – later reaching to African countries and beyond.

Today, it is on record, from MANY articles I’ve shared true stories in, that I earn passive income from sales of my custom Excel-VB software and Information Products, which I create based on needs I identify in my target niche markets.

The instincts and insights which guide me to do the above, so well today, that I enjoy an international following of clients and fans for my Customizable ExcelVB software as well as my Cost-Saving Farm Business Support solutions, are what I want to help my kids develop MUCH earlier.

It is for this reason that I’ve asked my son to take apart THIS his first attempt at the battery powered toy bike, and rebuild it so it no longer falls over like it periodically does.

Like I explained to him, that’s when we can proceed to confidently offer it for sale to the target market I have in mind. This is the Best Practice Mental Attitude that guided me in developing the growing range of passive income generating products that I have today.

In other words, I want him to start a new micro business based on this product.

His 14 year old brother who has worked with him on this and other projects is recording a video of the process as I type these words, so that we can SHOW how he does it, to remove any doubts there might be about the veracity of the claims I’ve made here.

NB: I found it quite interesting that each time I asked him if he needed money to buy anything to make the toys, he readily told me he knew where to find the needed items, at zero cost.

In no time he would be out the door and off to look around the estate grounds, grocery shops, collecting the needed items. That’s why some of his finished products don’t look as neat as those in the videos he watched.

However his demonstrated attitude is likely to enable him carry out his products creation/development very cost effectively, leaving ample room to reap useful profit margins if he decides to make money selling them.

And why not? I am convinced it’s the way to go. That’s why I’ve resolved to work with him on that aspect, once we establish that he’d got it right.

My plan is for us to – for instance – apply creative paint job to new toy bike, then sell it with a standing offer to provide FREE repair services to any buyers.

The interest from his 2 year old brother (Tayo Solagbade Junior) as well as 4 older siblings proves we can succeed in attracting parents with kids to buy these repairable toy cars and bikes from my son.

For me therefore, THIS is yet another opportunity to further coach him and his siblings on the crucial importance of developing and monetizing a market relevant expertise, like I do for a living!

Helping Kids Understand Money, and Money Making Via Passive Income Generation – A Crucial Imperative

Over a week ago, my kids made their first cash withdrawals from their respective individual accounts.

Since mid January, I’ve been introducing my kids to the formal world of banking so they can take their micro business training more seriously. I did not own a bank account till I was 23, serving in Niger State’s Lapai LGA in 1993. The pain and embarrassment that my ignorance about money and related issues made me resolve to give my kids a different experience.

That’s why each visit has seen them carry out tasks like filling withdrawals slips, transfer forms, deposit slips etc. And we discuss – and practice in real time – various aspects of bank related activities – including use of the ATM/Debit cards on and off the web.

They already EACH have a webmail account setup on my website and linked to their respective accounts, so that we already see the various bank notifications and alerts on the Blackberry smartphone I bought for them to use in their web based home studying.

The bank messages provide additional opportunities to coach them more about ways to make use of their accounts.

My 10 year old girl asked: “Tayo, will the money grow?” (after they had each deposited N2,000 (Two Thousand Naira) I’d handed to them, into their individual accounts).

I replied: “Of course it will. Simply make sure you do the stuff I teach you, about making money, along with others you learn by yourself, then pay the money you make into your account. In no time you’ll see your money growing.

Then I made an offer: “If you like you can make some money working for me. I have some tasks I need done on my website. If you can do them, without serious errors, to my satisfaction, I ‘ll pay you as my “Virtual Assistants”.

Her reply: “YES!”

Action Plan: We’re now working on the modalities to get her started !

The others don’t seem so keen – yet. I anticipate that might change when the SEE her actually get paid!

They already have their own Blackberry with an active subscription, so the rest will just be a matter of agreeing when to work, what to do, and how much to pay.

Most of the work, for now, will be updates of URLs on my blog from the defunct spontaneousdevelopment.com to tayosolagbade.com. I’ve tried my best to do it myself, but hundreds remain. So I definitely need help – and what better way to get such help, than to coach my kids to do it for REAL pay as Virtual Assistants!

Final Words: My understanding of money and the need for real world relevant money making knowledge, attitudes and skills was NIL when I completed my schooling.

And it caused me lots of avoidable hardships during that June 12 presidential elections crisis ridden year & even later.

I’m determined to ensure that my kids do not arrive adulthood with THAT kind of handicap!

What about YOU???

See photos below…

1. A Tried & Tested Strategy For Achieving Financial Freedom (Hint: Get My Audio DVD Information Product titled “Proven Ways to Generate Useful Passive Income”)

2. [PDF] “Resisting Corruption as a Nigerian in Nigeria: Is it Impossible?” (IDEAS for Making Nigeria Better)

3. Your Child Needs Strength of Character to Successfully Resist Corruption

4. Read more of my Best Practice Parenting articles here.

5. Download and listen to my FREE MP3 audio report titled “The Dangerous Miseducation of Today’s Kids, by Schooled Elites, About What It Takes to Succeed in the 21st Century – and Beyond“

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What if you could print your own money – anytime you need it? [Introducing Tayo Solagbade’s Performance Improvement IDEAS (PI Squared) Newsletter]

February 8, 2016 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

What if you could print your own money – anytime you need it? What if you developed the ability to make the money you need come into your possession, wherever and whenever the need arises.

Many who practice the Christian religion, and who read the bible, may be familiar with the phrase “The Lord will meet you at the point of your need”.

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NB: This PI Squared newsletter will be published weekly, on Mondays, in place of the Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS newsletter, starting from next week – 15th February 2016. I’m reinventing my Monday newsletter content and theme, to accommodate my vision of serving the growing audience of serious minded individuals and organizations reaching out to me, with information, education. news and research findings designed to help them do what they do better.

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Issue No. 001 goes LIVE on Monday 15th February 2016

What if you could print your own money – anytime you need it? What if you developed the ability to be able to make the money you need come into your possession, wherever and whenever the need arises.

Many who practise the christian religion, and who read the bible may be familiar with the phrase “God will meet you at the point of your need”.

I was brought up in a strong christian home, and bible study was an activity strictly enforced by my parents – my father especually. That foundation was what exposed me to a lot of the “promises” that christians “claim” and pronouce in their frequent affirmations.

As I grew up however, especually during my 3rd to final year in the University, I saw A LOT of things that made me change my views about religion.

By the time I graduated, I’d chosen to carry out without formally practising any religion. Instead, I devoted myself to reading books to gain a better understanding of the difference I sensed existed between religion and spirituality.

The latter appealed to me greatly. I instinctiely felt it would better equip me to connect with the creator, by living my life in accordance with the universal laws setup by Him to reward us on earth.

Today, over 2 decades later, I have become proficient in doing just that, and the results I achieve in my personal and work related activities provide ample proof that I regularly use to back up my claims.

Especially noteworthy has been my “romance” with lack of money, that became full blown within 2 short years after I quit the security of paid employment in Guinness Nigeria, at the height of my career success, to pursue my long standing dream of being self-employment.

All through the 7 years I’d been in that company, I’d enjoyed rapid career advancement opportunities, with exciting salary remuneration. Money had never been a problem for me. As a bachelor, I did not womanize or drink.

Instead I spent most of my money on furnishing my apartment and acquiring self-development resources e.g. books, home study video CDs, attending seminars, traveling to other states/countries etc.

Saving was NEVER something I gave any thought to. Since another month;s salary always came in to plug the gaping hole from the last month’s thoughtless spending blitz. I was a driven career man who spared no expense in achieving his personal goals.

The goals were worthwhile, but I did not go about achieving them with PRUDENCE, especially with regard to my spending.

That habit would later cost me A LOT in my early startup years, to the point that I exhausted the funds I left Guinness with, under a year. Then the REAL test began. And that test went on for MANY years filled with prolonged periods of delays, disappointments and setbacks.

I just could not earn money enough. For a long time, I struggled to make even the smallest amount. But I dug in, and read far and wide, as many books as I could. The question I kept asking myself was how I could set my brand up to ensure I always earned new money, to add to what I already had, so as to NEVER run out of cash again.

That become an obsession for me, and I studied ALL the experts who gave even the slightest indication that they knew how to do that. Eventually I discovered books on passive income – especially those by Robert Kiyosaki.

And later I read one in which he talked about being able to print your own money. Then it clicked. I understood that I could make it happen for myself. But I also realized I would have to do something VERY different from what I had been doing before – and from what others in my field were doing.

Today, I DO print my own money. And I am highly frugal in spending it, so as to get more done, with less.

In other words, I have setup a system that enables me earn money on a regular basis even when I do NOT have ANY client project in hand; even when I am sleeping; or out with my kids. And in 2016, I’m taking it to the next level already.

And I have also developed a system to ensure I do not waste it.

However, I do not want to stop there. I also realize, as I’ve said in recent articles, that the Creator wants me to start giving back by helping others succeed like I’m doing. And that’s why I’m launching this Performance Improvement IDEAS newsletter as a replacement for my Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS newsletter.

Starting next week, in Issue 001 of this new Performance Improvement IDEAS (PI Squared) newsletter, I’ll be sharing insights to help you do what you do better, especially in your ability to excel at what you do, and earn more in the process.

For those of you who want to really excel, I WILL end every issue with a formal invitation to signup for access to my Password Protected Performance Improvement audio-visual home study library of resources.

There, you will gain access to audios/videos and ebooks in which I spell out how I print my own money, and how you can do the same.

See you next week!

SDN Blog™	New posts from last week*
Monday:	No. 230: Post Employment Survival Strategies & Biz Startup Ideas [Hint: Signup for my Confidential Business Startup Ideas Support Service] Tough economic times, fewer jobs for those seeking, and more job losses looming on the horizon for people in industries we once thought to offer job security, ALL combine to make the message in this issue of my newsletter most relevant and compelling! You will want to read this write-up if you are: a. preparing […]
[Tuesday]:	Do You Really Need Employees? I once read a document which featured interesting statistics like the following: “About three quarters of all U.S. business firms have no payroll. Most are self-employed persons operating unincorporated businesses, and may or may not be the owner’s principal source of income… Since 1997, however, non employers have grown faster than employer firms.” – U.S. […]
[Wednesday]:	The Need to Set the Right Example by Being Useful at Home (Even If You’re Busy) Do Experts Wash Dishes? Do YOU? You read that right: I mean YOU, reading this right now. Regardless of your gender, or professional status, the above question is meant for YOU. Here’s a more elaborate version of it: As a startup or established expert in your field of interest or specialization, should you bother doing […]
[Thursday]:	Business Startup Ideas Support Service: Signup Procedure Details In this article, I outline the formal procedure for my “Business Startup Ideas Support Service” signup and provision – which I announced in Issue No. 230 of my weekly newsletter (Click here to view) For any person who is interested in this service…we will have a meeting (which does NOT have to be face to […]
[Friday]:	Business Startup Ideas Support Service: Curious Persons Not Wanted In this sequel to yesterday’s piece on the “formal procedure for my Business Startup Ideas Support Service signup and provision“, I explain the justification behind my insistence that clients make a paid commitment from the start, to demonstrate their seriousness of their interest in my solutions. In other words, I do NOT offer any options […]
[Saturday]:	Protected: Week 2 – Video and PDF Home Study Tutorial Introduction to MS Excel-Visual Basic Automation [GIFT: Send Me Your MS Excel Based Invoice & I’ll Send It Back Fully Automated, With Step-By-Step Video & PDF Home Study Do-It-Yourself Tutorial] Hi, Welcome to the second week of your coaching as member of my Excel-VB club. To access this page, you will have used the PASSWORD emailed to your in box. Hope you’ve been able to review the content on the page I sent you a link to last week. It contains preliminary notes and sample videos […]

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Tayo K. Solagbade is a Location Independent Performance Improvement

Specialist and Multipreneur (i.e. a highly versatile/multi-skilled entrepreneur), with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to

Farm Businesses and others.

Since 2002, he has earned multiple streams of income providing individuals and organizations with personal development training and coaching, custom MS Excel-VB solutions, web marketing systems/web hosting,

freelance writing services, and best practice extension support services (for farm business owners).

Tayo is the author of the Self-Development (SD) Bible™ and the

popular Livestock Feed Formulation Handbook. He is also the developer of its accompanying Excel-VB driven Ration Formulator™ and the Poultry Farm

Manager™ software.

He has delivered talks/papers to audiences in

various groups and organizations, including the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalisers Fast Foods

and others.

In May 2012 he was the Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.

On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, write and speaks the French language) relocated to Cotonou, Benin Republic to begin slowly

traveling across the West African region.

His key purpose is to deliver talks, seminars

and workshops on his key areas of focus and interest to interested audiences (Email tayo at tksola dot com for details).

In a previous life, before leaving to become self-employed, Tayo served for seven years (October 1994 to December 2001) as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer to Training & Technical Development Manager, and later acted in senior roles as Production Manager and Technical
Manager.

In addition to constantly challenging the status quo and influencing positive work changes, he built a reputation for using self-taught spreadsheet programming skills (starting with Lotus 1-2-3, and later moving to Excel Visual Basic) – in his spare time – to develop Automated Spreadsheet Applications to computerize manual report generation processes in the departments he worked. Over four(4) of his applications were adopted for brewery level reporting.

Tayo holds a B.Sc degree in Agricultural Extension Services from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, having graduated top of his class – with Second Class Upper Division honors – in 1992. He is an Associate Member of the UK Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management’s(NIM) Young Managers’

competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development™ (SCfS-D™), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy (SDAc).

When he’s not amazing clients with his superhuman skills (wink), Tayo works as the creative force behind his Daily Self-Development Nuggets blog – on which he also publishes The Farm CEO Weekly Newspaper (sent via email to paid subscribers) and his Weekly Performance Improvement IDEAS

newsletter.

You can connect with him on Twitter @tksola.com and Facebook.

Visit Tayo Solagbade Dot Com, to download over over 10 performance improvement resources to boost your

personal and work related productivity.

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[IMPORTANT NOTE:====

On 4th May 2014, Tayo’s 9 year old domain (Spontaneousdevelopment dot com), which hosted his website, was taken over by Aplus.net.

Within a few days however, Tayo used his advanced self-taught web development skills to build a SUPERIOR “reincarnation” of it the website http://www.tayosolagbade.com.

But updates are still ongoing to URLs bearing the old domain name in most of the over 1,000 web pages, and blog posts

he’s published.

If you experience any difficulties finding a page or document, email Tayo at tksola dot com.

Click “Tayo, What Happened to

SpontaneousDevelopmentDotCom ?” to read a detailed narrative about how the above event occurred :-))

Here’s an article Tayo wrote, to inspire others to defy adversity, and bounce back to even greater reckoning at what they do EVERY time:

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And he wrote the one below, to explain why losing a domain name, no matter how old, NO LONGER determines your online success or otherwise:

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February 6, 2016 Tayo Solagbade

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Business Startup Ideas Support Service: Curious Persons Not Wanted

February 5, 2016 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

In this sequel to yesterday’s piece on the “formal procedure for my Business Startup Ideas Support Service signup and provision“, I explain the justification behind my insistence that clients make a paid commitment from the start, to demonstrate the seriousness of their interest in my solutions.

In other words, I do NOT offer any options for persons who are simply curious.

I challenge all who connect with me to adopt a disposition of being willing to give something tangible to get anything they consider worthwhile.

Two Examples

Late last year I had face to face sessions with with 2 different CEOs – one flew down from Abuja to meet with me in KFC-Allen Avenue to discuss a web marketing project for a bank funded project. He’d paid the required fee over 2 days before. We’d first met at the Nigerian embassy in Cotonou.

The 2nd CEO came in from his farm in Ogun state with his wife (who is farm manager) to meet with me on 31st Dec at Tantalizers. He works with an oil and gas company and paid over a week before the agreed meeting date. After we met, he signed up for my Sales and Marketing Coaching program by doing a transfer that night, and paying the balance by bringing us 9 Cockerels which my 14 year old son went to pick up in a hired commercial tricycle.

Click here to contact me about getting started

I share the above details, not to brag, but to let you see that I run my business affairs with clinical focus.

If there’s one hard truth I’ve learnt out here since becoming self-employed, it’s the serious need to be HONEST with myself as well as with others I have to deal with at all times, about what is to be done.

If you want me to meet face to face with you (and your spouse for instance), it would be my pleasure, but it will always be a formal consultation arrangement.

At the risk of stating the obvious, I do the above because I have a work schedule that makes it imperative that I use my time efficiently, so I can progress client projects to meet sometimes overlapping deadlines.

That is on top of the work I have to do for myself, and the coaching resources/activities I continue to create for my kids!

All of that happens behind the scenes for the stuff I create that shows up online, and makes potential clients reach out to me. It is hard work, and takes unrelenting focus!

Only my dedication to a serious exercise regimen that I’ve now introduced to my kids enables me do it without suffering side effects. (By the way, do you exercise? It can do wonders for your work related stamina …you’ll be tired less often and able to do lots more in 24 hours).

That’s why I place a fee on my face to face meetings. But even though I charge for them, I still try hard to avoid them, especially when I’m in Nigeria, where moving around is often such a big hassle!

It goes without saying that you want ready access to a competent expert you can trust to put your interests up front. My vision is to be that kind of person to all my clients.

But, I also want my clients to take a stand and make a commitment to EXERT themselves from the start, to get what they say they want.

So you see, it’s not just about the money you have to pay.

It’s also about helping you develop the required mental attitude, the drive/hunger, the self discipline and focus that you (and/or your spouse) will need to make intelligent and successful use of what you get from me, to achieve the goals you say you want.

That’s what I do, and I’ve found out that it is even more important than knowing all the business ideas, costs, profits etc.

My spirit urges to me to challenge clients to develop that often neglected side of themselves, so they can boost their chances of authentic long term success regardless of any adversity they encounter.

The experiences and achievements I continue to record are proof that knowing the facts and information is not enough!

That’s why I resolved a long time ago that this aspect of my solutions provision (i.e. my knowledge, information and insights) must be paid for – because the insights I possess are often unique and value adding beyond what exists elsewhere.

Based on the above, I offer to connect with you as follows:

Option 1: Let’s have a Skype phone call conversation to discuss whatever you have in mind.

My phone call consultation fee is for 1 to 2 hours.

Option: 2. A face to face meeting is something I try to avoid so as not to have to leave my base.

Especially when I’m in Nigeria. You will need to decide if you can pay to meet with me at either of my 2 preferred venues.

Otherwise, I can come down to your end if you pay the required fee, as relevant extra to cover my taxi transportation to/fro.

Another reason I operate in this manner, even with relatives, is to challenge them to appreciate the need to ALSO insist in doing their own business the same way.

Too much sentiment can prevent one from getting needed rewards to grow his/her brand!

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On a final note, I’ll say this:

I remain the same with regard to giving all who relate with me MUCH more value than they pay for.

Rest assured therefore that this interaction will yield you tangible outcomes you will find worthwhile. There is so much else I can share with you, that can determine how any venture you choose turns out. And most of it is not found in books!

Click here to contact me about getting started

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Business Startup Ideas Support Service: Signup Procedure Details

February 4, 2016 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

In this article, I outline the formal procedure for my “Business Startup Ideas Support Service” signup and provision – which I announced in Issue No. 230 of my weekly newsletter (Click here to view)

For any person who is interested in this service…we will have a meeting (which does NOT have to be face to face) to enable me discover his/her unique needs.

1. Payment of a Needs Analysis/Consultation fee is required at least 48 hours before the meeting date.

NB: If you’re a member of my Inner Circle, you get the standard 65% discount, meaning you only need to pay 35% of that fee.

Click here to contact me about getting started

2. My preferred venue for meeting with clients and/or hosting my small group meetings remains either of the following:

A. Sherryville Arcade opposite First Bank Plc at Ojodu-Berger bus stop.

B. Tantalizers Fast Food Restaurant, along Ojodu-Berger road, next to Access bank, near FRSC headquarters.

If the client is unable to make it down to the above venues, s/he will need to provide transportation to/from his/her preferred venue – or make additional payment upfront to cover my car hire expenses.

NB:If the client prefers, we can interact remotely, via the web, using resources like Skype. I do this all the time with clients in and out of Africa. So distance is NEVER a limitation.

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3. During the meeting, I will put at the client’s disposal:

A. The information, knowledge and insights I have on various business ideas s/he can adopt, acquired from years of working with clients in various fields as a multipreneur.

We will discuss your unique situation/interests, and I will offer my experience based opinion on the practical way to proceed.

Where necessary, I will call up competent experts in my network, during the meeting, to verify or clarify any details to guide our decision making.

B. Full contact details of individuals, businesses and organizations (with their permission) that s/he can connect with to startup any of the discussed business ideas.

C. Specific details of what my support service will entail for implementation of the business idea s/he chooses to adopt, with my help e.g feasibilty study or business plan preparation; actual business idea startup implementation – from planning, to construction, through recruitment and operation/production to marketing/sales etc.

Click here to contact me about getting started

Tomorrow, I’ll publish a post that provides answers to an objection I get from some persons interested in this service.

It will explain the justification behind my insistence that they make a paid commitment from the start, to demonstrate their seriousness of their interest in my solutions.

Simply put,. I do NOT offer any options for those who are simply curious.

I explain why in tomorrow’s piece – following this one.

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The Need to Set the Right Example by Being Useful at Home (Even If You’re Busy)

February 3, 2016 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Do Experts Wash Dishes? Do YOU? You read that right: I mean YOU, reading this right now.

Regardless of your gender, or professional status, the above question is meant for YOU.

Here’s a more elaborate version of it:

As a startup or established expert in your field of interest or specialization, should you bother doing minor domestic chores like washing dishes and the like?

We Were Brought Up To Care About Chores

If you’re like most people, you were brought up by your parents to take responsibility for some domestic chores. Doing the dishes or laundry. Taking out the trash. Mowing the lawn. Washing the car. Cleaning your room, or even changing the baby’s diapers?

By the time we left home, many of us had gotten used to doing them without being asked.

But once we begin living alone, and as we achieve varying levels of success, some of us decide we’d rather not do such chores. So we get hired help. That’s not bad in itself, especially if doing so helps us to get more work done i.e. so we can be more productive.

However, the problem that can – and often does – arise is that some people let their success or the need to preserve a certain image/status convince them that being “domesticated” is not cool (or is undignified) for instance. So, they go out of their way to avoid showing that side of themselves. At a point even when they visit their own parents, they betray the same bias –to the latter’s surprise, and possible embarrassment!

Your Success Cannot Excuse YOU From Chores!

In a past issue of the Early To Rise newsletter, Craig Ballantyne shared memories from his childhood, of times he spent with his father. On specific school days his father would take him on outings instead of letting him attend classes.

According to his father, there were other things Craig needed to learn, which would not be taught to him in school. (That’s one truth I’ve also learned over the years, and which I apply in relating with my kids.)

But the most profound message I picked up from Craig’s anecdote, was his revelation that despite achieving significant success years later in life, his family still requires all members to do domestic chores – including menial ones like washing dishes.

In other words, whenever they come together as a family, regardless of their individual levels of personal success or societal status, each member still has to do those chores!

I believe the above provides a valuable lesson for families. We must realize that no matter how successful anyone of us becomes, the relationship we have with one another will remain basically intact.

In other words, your father will always be your father. The same goes for your mother. Regardless of how famous, or wealthy your success makes you, both parents will remain deserving of your respect, and service. As will your siblings – older, younger or same age (in the case of twins).

Nothing should change except, probably, your looks

Setting The Right Examples As Role Models

As experts we share expert knowledge and insights with others who often look up to us for guidance. Over time, people value our opinion so much that they’ll want to know what we think about current affairs and other general issues not directly related to our areas of professional focus. That’s when you get invited as a guest on a TV show etc. That will happen because you’ve become a role model who others look up to, for thought leadership.

The question to ask yourself is whether what they know about you in public, is the same they’ll discover about you if they came to your home?

Are you as fair and impartial in your dealings with those in your household, as you advocate in your talks and interviews, for instance? Do you really help out with household chores like you say your listeners should? Or is that just a strategy to get public approval by being politically correct?

The answers you come up with, will tell you a few things about yourself – especially with your status as an expert who, by extension, is also a role model.

Kids learn from watching us. When you’re a expert, it’s likely that at some point, you kids will see/hear you speak or write based on your proven expertise. Sooner or later they’ll come across people who have heard you speak or read your writing, or even interacted with you. What the latter tell your kids they heard you say can make a powerful impact in the latter’s lives.

But that impact can be either negative or positive, depending on how honest you are.

For instance as a specialist in racial diversity, you’re likely to advocate equal opportunities and fair play, no discrimination etc. The question is, at home, or in your private life, do those close to you see those same principles being applied by you?

A Man Who Set An Example His Kids Had No Problems Following

Here’s an example to illustrate this point: As parents we must raise our kids to see one another as partners. Sibling rivalry should never be allowed to take root. That’s why we must avoid playing favorites. If they see you always deal with issues concerning them in a fair and impartial manner, they will accept it as the right way to do things.

I know a family in which the father (who is now late) ran his – polygamous – household in the above described manner. Over a decade after his death, all the kids are grown up and married with their own kids. But they still stay in touch and congregate periodically.

When they do meet, the mutual respect and consideration they have for one another remains obvious You will not for instance find a younger one who’s doing better financially than an older one, being treated preferentially to the disadvantage of the latter. Instead, the former would readily serve (i.e. run errands for) the less prosperous big brother or sister, like s/he would have done when they were still in their father’s house.

What’s more, one sees no airs of superiority or attempts to outdo one another among them. It’s not a perfect family of course. They have their own disagreements and differences. But certain basic cultural ground rules remain in place and respected.

What’s more, when disagreements or conflicts do arise, this family has an excellent problem resolution system in place. They simply get themselves together as a group, and bring the erring/disagreeing members together to explain themselves/air their grievances.

Contributions would be allowed from members with ideas for an amicable way to resolve the problem. A group decision would be arrived at eventually, and the affected individuals asked to abide by the decision.

In all the years I have related with members of this family, I have never known this method to fail them. That was how their father did it. And seeing how it worked for him, they chose to continue with it. What better role model could one have hoped for?

Final Words

Are you now (or working towards becoming) a highly paid expert who serves high profile clients?

If yes, well that’s just great!

However, that should not make you feel you can no longer step into the kitchen and do the dishes while visiting your old and grey parents over a weekend, if there’s no helper around.

Taking out the trash/other chores also need not be abomination for you. And not just in your parent’s home, but also in YOUR own home.

Apart from making your folks – and spouse – happy and proud, your kids (and/or other people’s kids) will learn a valuable lesson from seeing you readily take on household chores if/when the need arises to do so.

But most importantly, you would be living a life based on values consistent with those you advocate to others you interact with in the course of doing your work.

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No. 230: Post Employment Survival Strategies & Biz Startup Ideas [Hint: Signup for my Confidential Business Startup Ideas Support Service]

February 1, 2016 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Tough economic times, fewer jobs for those seeking, and more job losses looming on the horizon for people in industries we once thought to offer job security, ALL combine to make the message in this issue of my newsletter most relevant and compelling!

You will want to read this write-up if you are:

a. preparing for retirement

b. an organizational decision maker who prepares employees for retirement

c. planning to start a business part-time, while remaining in paid employment

d. planning to quit your job to start/run your own business full time

Many people spend a substantial part of their lives working for their employer without giving thought to the day they will have to leave – often by way of retirement. There are of course those who resign to start their own businesses.

And…there is that not so lucky group who get asked to leave

The question is how prepared WILL the people who fall into the above categories BE, for the real world of their societies when they find themselves in it?

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You will want to read this write-up if you are:

a. preparing for retirement

b. an organizational decision maker who prepares employees for retirement

c. planning to start a business part-time, while remaining in paid employment

d. planning to quit your job to start/run your own business full time

And…there is that not so lucky group who get asked to leave

The question is how prepared WILL the people who fall into the above categories BE, for the real world of their societies when they find themselves in it?

For many who have made that transition out here, in Nigeria, the experiences were often traumatizing.

The truth is that in Nigeria, going from salary to self-employment is NOTHING like what obtains in America, or other developed societies! There are NO social security safety nets. Few “protection” bodies exist that diligently help those who get “knocked” down unfairly as often happens out here.

Which is why having access to INFORMATION and EDUCATION from a credible and reliable source about what lies ahead, and how to proceed – by way of special reports, feasibility studies and even non-formal background checks/investigations, can be something of a God-send.

I nurse a special interest in this group of people and offer a customized range of products/services designed to help them prepare for that inevitable exit from paid employment.

No matter what anyone says, my experiences have taught me that apart from being COMPETENT, there is a serious need to develop the proper mind set needed for adapting to life without “steady salaried income”, as well as the need to “control bad/unhealthy spending habits” among a lot of other issues.

Most importantly, taking the decision about WHAT to do after you leave your job – and how to prepare for it, so as to increase your chances of success, is a major task to be given quality attention.

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Many responsible companies organize “Pre-Retirement Seminars” for their outgoing employees.

I think it’s a great thing.

However, I have – in a past life – functioned as Training & Technical Development Manager in a large multinational manufacturer. Looking back, I honestly believe – going by my subsequent experiences over the past 10 years as an entrepreneur – that most of those events rarely offer THE REAL-WORLD RELEVANT information or education, that is badly needed by these people.

That’s why I now offer to give specially developed talks and seminars for employees of interested companies. If you are a decision maker, please consider engaging my services.

Your prospective retirees WILL thank you.

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My CSI series is a public service to give CEOs, & those aspiring, ready-to-use experience-based information & education. The purpose is to promote experience-sharing amongst CEOs, about Indigenous Knowledge Systems.

Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) are tried and tested practical techniques/methods developed by active players in a venture to get improved results, often through application of creativity and innovation.

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NB: I continue to research and connect with other farm CEOs that I consider potential candidates for the CSI series.

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And for as long as that stable sociopolitical climate does not exist, every person running a business will probably have to sleep with one eye open.” – Tayo K.

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work since I’ve been here – you will be sorely missed. I don’t need to wish you good luck, you have the ability to make your own luck. – Andy”(R. Jones)*
*Operations Manager, Guinness Nigeria Plc Benin Brewery, December 2001 (Handwritten comments in farewell/xmas cards sent to Tayo Solagbade following his resignation to

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[Friday]:	Welcome to my MS Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation Club [Introductory Videos You Need to Watch]
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Tayo K. Solagbade is a Location Independent Performance Improvement

Specialist and Multipreneur (i.e. a highly versatile/multi-skilled entrepreneur), with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to

Farm Businesses and others.

freelance writing services, and best practice extension support services (for farm business owners).

Tayo is the author of the Self-Development (SD) Bible™ and the

popular Livestock Feed Formulation Handbook. He is also the developer of its accompanying Excel-VB driven Ration Formulator™ and the Poultry Farm

Manager™ software.

He has delivered talks/papers to audiences in

various groups and organizations, including the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalisers Fast Foods

and others.

In May 2012 he was the Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.

On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, write and speaks the French language) relocated to Cotonou, Benin Republic to begin slowly

traveling across the West African region.

His key purpose is to deliver talks, seminars

and workshops on his key areas of focus and interest to interested audiences (Email tayo at tksola dot com for details).

competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development™ (SCfS-D™), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy (SDAc).

newsletter(which he uses to promote Burt Dubin’s Public Speaking Mentoring service to experts working across the African

continent).

You can connect with him on Twitter @tksola.com and Facebook.

Visit Tayo Solagbade Dot Com, to download over over 10 performance improvement resources to boost your

personal and work related productivity.

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On 4th May 2014, Tayo’s 9 year old domain (Spontaneousdevelopment dot com), which hosted his website, was taken over by Aplus.net.

Within a few days however, Tayo used his advanced self-taught web development skills to build a SUPERIOR “reincarnation” of it the website http://www.tayosolagbade.com.

But updates are still ongoing to URLs bearing the old domain name in most of the over 1,000 web pages, and blog posts

he’s published.

If you experience any difficulties finding a page or document, email Tayo at tksola dot com.

Click “Tayo, What Happened to

SpontaneousDevelopmentDotCom ?” to read a detailed narrative about how the above event occurred :-))

Here’s an article Tayo wrote, to inspire others to defy adversity, and bounce back to even greater reckoning at what they do EVERY time:

Succeed by Emerging from Adversity Like a Phoenix

(TayoSolagbade.com launches extra Hosting plan with FREE Web Marketing!)

And he wrote the one below, to explain why losing a domain name, no matter how old, NO LONGER determines your online success or otherwise:

A Proven Strategy to Find Profitable Buyers Regardless of Your Domain Name
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Welcome to my MS Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation Club [Introductory Videos You Need to Watch]

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This is a generic introduction page that is accessible without a password. All other pages for members of the club will require you to use your USERNAME and PASSWORD, which will be emailed to you.

Welcome, and congratulations for joining my Excel Heaven Visual Basic Club. If you’ve NOT yet done so, take a moment to LIKE my Facebook page via http://www.tayosolagbade.com/fbk, so you can keep track of latest updates I publish. Click here.

See the private/closed Facebook page for the club at https://www.facebook.com/groups/736287616508718/

By taking the decision to learn how to automate MS Excel using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), you’ve put yourself on track to boosting your productivity in terms of your data handling, analysis and report generation abilities.

Whether you an independent consultant or career person in paid employment, knowing how to automate MS Excel using VBA is a tried and tested means to outperforming your rivals or competitors.

But learning to automate MS Excel using VBA is NOT easy work – you will NOT be able to do it overnight.

If I told you otherwise, I would be lying. I’ve been doing spreadsheet automation for business users for 2 decades now. So the expertise you see on display on my site was not acquired in a short time. However, I have developed smart methods for teaching what I know to willing others: The keyword there is WILING.

For instance, my own kids, who range in age from 9 to 16 years old are undergoing home based tutoring as members of the Kiddies version of my Excel-VB club. I do this because I intend for them to gradually take over selling of, and modifying/customizing the software I sell to clients.

It is You need to be prepared to do LOTS of reading, and WATCHING/LISTENING in addition to even MORE DOING, based on your unique work related needs.

As long as you’re willing to do the work required, I assure you that you WILL develop the competence to automate MS Excel in a way that enables you deliver performances that boost your prestige, recognition and INCOME.

Take your time to study the resources linked to below. It is crucial to your ability to make the most of what you will learn about Excel Automation as a member of my club. If you have ANY questions or need clarification on ANY aspects, do NOT hesitate to call or email me.

1. ABOUT THE CLUB

Click the links below to watch the video version of my 9 page Slide show Presentation, which explains details of what you will be learning – and doing.

[NB: Check your email for the 9-page MS Power Point Slide show I have sent you]

Who is This MS Excel Heaven™ Visual Basic Club & Competition For and Why…?

The Justification for Adopting Excel VB Automation: Many Africans still don’t get it!

MS Excel Heaven Visual Basic Competition: To compete, you must be a member of SDAc’s Excel-VB club

[Video 4 of 9] MS Excel Heaven VB Competition: But Why a Competition on MS Excel-VB Automation?

Video 5 of 9: Eligibility and Features/Requirements for Membership

Video 6 of 9: What You Can Do: Participate or Partner…!

Video 7 of 9: Get World Class Excel-VB Solutions Development When You Join My Club

Video 8 of 9: Brief Bio – About Me – In Paid/Self-Employment

2. SAMPLE EXCEL-VISUAL BASIC AUTOMATION TUTORIALS

Click the links below to watch sample MS Excel Automation Screenshot Tutorial Videos designed to give you an idea of what my learning videos look like. As may be necessary, some of the videos I provide access to may come with PDF versions that you can print out and read.

a. Create a Macro to Format Your MS Excel Invoice in Different Currencies [Part 1 of 2]

b. Using Index/Match Formulas & Sum Product Formulas for Report Generation [Video Tutorial Preview]

[NB: What I demonstrate in this video is actually automation of a sophisticated National Distribution report for a Multinational Telecoms Company. But this particular automation was achieved without use of Visual Basic code. All I used were 3 advanced functions, combined in different ways to tap information from a database table and generate different report scenarios.]

c. This list will be updated…

3. EXCEL-VISUAL BASIC SOFTWARE DEMO VIDEO

Watch the videos below, to see examples of the dummy-proof, custom automated Excel-VB apps I build, being used by me. If you do the work required, with diligence and commitment, using the learning resources I give you, be sure that over time you WILL be able to build even better apps than these.

Part 1 of 3: Preparing Your Company(or Client Company)’s Pay slips Using MS Excel

Part 2 of 3: Preparing Your Company(or Client Company)’s Pay slips Using MS Excel

Part 3 of 3: Preparing Your Company(or Client Company)’s Pay slips Using MS Excel

[Part 1 of 2] Tayo Solagbade’s Excel-VB Election Results Compiler & Reports/Charts Generator

[Part 2 of 2] Tayo Solagbade’s Excel-VB Election Results Compiler & Reports/Charts Generator

Excel VB Business Contacts Manager for Speakers Marketers Consultants and Entrepreneurs

I included the above examples for illustration. There are many more video demos in my Youtube channel, of my commercial Excel-VB software that I sell to a global paying audience. Click here to visit my channel.

Two of my flagship products that have gotten me the most attention over the years are:

1. Excel-VB Ration Formulator – watch 3 part video here.

2. Poultry Farm Manager – watch 16 videos here.

NB: If you’re NOT yet a member of my Excel-VB club, click here to learn why you should join…

Quite a number of these individuals seem willing to – every once in a while – allow themselves a little indiscretion here and there.

But Why Do People Do It?

You Do Not Need To Do It

What Will You Do, If/When Confronted With A Fraudulent/Tempting Offer ?

Work Hard To Immunize Yourself Against The Temptation Of “Corner Cutting”

BUT the truth must be told: Whether or not you have been cheated by clients, punished, exploited, or betrayed, there is absolutely no excuse for becoming fraudulent in your dealings with others.

So, starting this weekend I’ll be creating step-by-step tutorials for them based on the contents of my 4 Day Excel VB Programming Workshop flyer linked below(click here to view it).

You can think of this Home Study DVD product as a recorded version of my On Demand 4 Day Workshop.

NB: Other tutorial videos showing how to build my other commercial apps listed below can be included on request.

My tutorials demonstrate how Excel VB can be used to dramatically boost productivity by automating routine and repetitive tasks in MS Excel

This time around, as part of our home schooling for income earning life skills project, I’d made him and his siblings watch a series of 2 to 3 minute You tube videos about how to build:

So I told him to consider taking it apart and rebuilding it from scratch. He groaned.

24 hours later, just before I left, he had his battery powered toy bike running, BUT it kept falling off to one side, after a few seconds.

Our Next Step: Monetizing His Talent/Genius

Truth be told – when I stepped into the real world of my society, in Nigeria, I quickly discovered that MERIT, based on demonstrated competence, ranked VERY low on the criteria that determined if one achieved business success or not.

It is for this reason that I’ve asked my son to take apart THIS his first attempt at the battery powered toy bike, and rebuild it so it no longer falls over like it periodically does.

NB: I found it quite interesting that each time I asked him if he needed money to buy anything to make the toys, he readily told me he knew where to find the needed items, at zero cost.

Helping Kids Understand Money, and Money Making Via Passive Income Generation – A Crucial Imperative

Action Plan: We’re now working on the modalities to get her started !

Final Words: My understanding of money and the need for real world relevant money making knowledge, attitudes and skills was NIL when I completed my schooling.

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Tayo Solagbade’s Performance Improvement IDEAS (PI Squared) Newsletter

Issue No. 001 goes LIVE on Monday 15th February 2016

Many who practise the christian religion, and who read the bible may be familiar with the phrase “God will meet you at the point of your need”.

Today, over 2 decades later, I have become proficient in doing just that, and the results I achieve in my personal and work related activities provide ample proof that I regularly use to back up my claims.

The goals were worthwhile, but I did not go about achieving them with PRUDENCE, especially with regard to my spending.

Today, I DO print my own money. And I am highly frugal in spending it, so as to get more done, with less.

Starting next week, in Issue 001 of this new Performance Improvement IDEAS (PI Squared) newsletter, I’ll be sharing insights to help you do what you do better, especially in your ability to excel at what you do, and earn more in the process.

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Here’s an article Tayo wrote, to inspire others to defy adversity, and bounce back to even greater reckoning at what they do EVERY time:

And he wrote the one below, to explain why losing a domain name, no matter how old, NO LONGER determines your online success or otherwise:

Two Examples

I share the above details, not to brag, but to let you see that I run my business affairs with clinical focus.

All of that happens behind the scenes for the stuff I create that shows up online, and makes potential clients reach out to me. It is hard work, and takes unrelenting focus!

But, I also want my clients to take a stand and make a commitment to EXERT themselves from the start, to get what they say they want.

My spirit urges to me to challenge clients to develop that often neglected side of themselves, so they can boost their chances of authentic long term success regardless of any adversity they encounter.

Based on the above, I offer to connect with you as follows:

On a final note, I’ll say this:

For any person who is interested in this service…we will have a meeting (which does NOT have to be face to face) to enable me discover his/her unique needs.

If the client is unable to make it down to the above venues, s/he will need to provide transportation to/from his/her preferred venue – or make additional payment upfront to cover my car hire expenses.

Tomorrow, I’ll publish a post that provides answers to an objection I get from some persons interested in this service.

We Were Brought Up To Care About Chores

Your Success Cannot Excuse YOU From Chores!

But the most profound message I picked up from Craig’s anecdote, was his revelation that despite achieving significant success years later in life, his family still requires all members to do domestic chores – including menial ones like washing dishes.

Setting The Right Examples As Role Models

The answers you come up with, will tell you a few things about yourself – especially with your status as an expert who, by extension, is also a role model.

A Man Who Set An Example His Kids Had No Problems Following

What’s more, one sees no airs of superiority or attempts to outdo one another among them. It’s not a perfect family of course. They have their own disagreements and differences. But certain basic cultural ground rules remain in place and respected.

Final Words

The question is how prepared WILL the people who fall into the above categories BE, for the real world of their societies when they find themselves in it?

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The question is how prepared WILL the people who fall into the above categories BE, for the real world of their societies when they find themselves in it?

I nurse a special interest in this group of people and offer a customized range of products/services designed to help them prepare for that inevitable exit from paid employment.

You need information – the RIGHT information.

Why not minimize the risks you expose yourself to? And the pain that frequently accompanies resultant losses?

How to Get Started With My “Confidential Business Startup Ideas Support Service“

Trying To Decide IF You Should Quit Your Job?

Are You a Decision Maker Or Meeting Planner? Invite Me To Speak To Your Prospective Retirees

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Example 1: Book Cover Announcement of Hope Agwulonu’s Quick Start Guide to Catfish Farm Business Which Was Published Via My Book Ghost-Writing Print On Demand Publishing Service a few days ago.

Example 2: My CEO Spotlight Interview (CSI) Series periodically features real life Farm CEOs with unique experience based insights

Example 3: World Class Mentoring for Experts-Who-Speak & Those Aspiring

You just read the “Public Speaking IDEAS” part above. What follows below is the “Web Marketing IDEAS” part.

2 of 2: WEB MARKETING: To Achieve Sustainable Success, Closely Monitor News About Current Affairs and

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Click here to read TONS of Burt’s useful articles on professional public speaking and business marketing.

Full Disclosure: I represent Burt as Sole Agent for his products/services, which means if YOU buy from him, I get paid.

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Here’s an article Tayo wrote, to inspire others to defy adversity, and bounce back to even greater reckoning at what they do EVERY time:

And he wrote the one below, to explain why losing a domain name, no matter how old, NO LONGER determines your online success or otherwise:

But learning to automate MS Excel using VBA is NOT easy work – you will NOT be able to do it overnight.

You can think of this Home Study DVD product as a recorded version
of my On Demand 4 Day Workshop.

Tayo Solagbade’s
Performance Improvement IDEAS
(PI Squared) Newsletter

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Tayo K. Solagbade’s
Weekly Public Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS Newsletter

Get Burt Dubin’s Public Speaking Mentoring
for Africa Based Experts(PDF…Click!)

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