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New Video: Write Your First Macro to Open Multiple MS Word Files From Within MS Excel

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Below is a screenshot from a part step-by-step video showing how to write a Microsoft Excel macro that will open a Microsoft Word document you specify from inside Excel.

New Video: Write Your First Macro to Open Multiple MS Word Files From Within MS Excel

With this macro, you will be able to open any MS word document on your computer as you work in Excel.

I explain in the video, why and how this can make you much more productive.

Below are key highlights of what each of the 4 video parts demonstrates.

1. xlvb-openword2: How the finished application works

2. xlvb-openword3: Best Practice Considerations

– Naming Conventions

– Worksheet design: Program Rows and Program Columns

– Auto numbering Tablie list using intelligent Relative Cell Addressing in creating spreadsheet formulas

3. xlvb-openword4: Write macro subroutine procedure to open ONE MS Word file you specify a filename for in the code.

4. xlvb-openword5: Write macro subroutine procedure to open multiple MS Word files you click in a drop menu.

This video tutorial was sent out to members of my MS Excel VB Automation Club today. Click here to contact me for details of how to become a member.

 

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[PODCAST] Making Money With Your Online Presence to Cover Your Annual Website Renewal Payments: Part 1 – Don’t Serve Prospects At the Expense of Your Profits [You Are a Marketer First & An Expert Second]

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This is the first issue in the FREE podcast series I promised to do to offer practical information and education for use by my clients (and other business owners) who own websites.

Title: Making Money With Your Online Presence to Cover Your Annual Website Renewal Payments

Subtitle: Part 1 – Don’t Serve Prospects At the Expense of Your Profits [You Are a Marketer First & An Expert Second]

Podcast: Making Money With Your Online Presence to Cover Your Annual Website Renewal Payments - Part 1

My decision to do this arose from a recent series of experiences my web hosting clients had, in which they have had to effectively pay double what they paid just 1 year ago, to renew their domain name registration and website hosting! This was caused by the inadvertent crash in value of the Nigerian Naira within the last 6 to 9 months especially.

It so happens that I’ve constantly told all website owners I connect with, my clients especially, that a website is ONLY working when -at the very least – it pays for itself, and ideally, it should do more than that – by helping to owner boost SAVE money (by cutting marketing etc costs) and also MAKE MORE money (by generating additional sales leads to complement offline efforts).

In this first podcast, I explain the required thinking, and start with a case study based on a real life case study, in which the benefits of Information Products creation and marketing are made apparent.

Hope you find it useful – and if you need any help making use of the ideas I propose in it, do let me know(click here to send a message).

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Verbatim Text Transcript of Welcome Video message for Tayo Solagbade’s Home Study MS Excel Heaven Visual Basic Programming Video Series on DVD

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Hi. My name is Tayo Solagbade.

This is the introduction to the Home Study Video version of my Microsoft Excel Heaven Visual Basic Programming Coaching.

Now, typically in order for you to get access to this series of videos, you would actually have become a member of my Excel Heaven Visual Basic Club – which is available for access on the web. You would have access to a private closed group on Facebook, and also to a password protected members-only section of my website.

This video series is the equivalent, or kind of alternative to the on-demand 4 day Practical Excel VB Programming Coaching Workshop that I offer.

I’ve offered this for years, since 2006, and it’s been something that has enabled me to share my expertise with a few people who saw the need to improve their abilities, in terms of how they could be productive using MS Excel.

No matter how much you think you know MS Excel, in term of using excel if you are not automating MS Excel using visual basic you are really really undercutting your self. I’ll tell you that. It doesn’t matter how much expertise you think you have, for as long as you are not using visual basic to automat MS Excel, you are not doing as much as you are capable of.

In fact you’re really, really, really crawling instead of flying. And there’s no exaggeration. All you have to do us go to ExcelHeaven.biz to look at some of the applications I have showcased there through my Youtube channel.

Now, in this video series which is like I said the Home Study equivalent of the 4-day practical coaching workshop.

You will learn first of all how to design your worksheets using best practice techniques. Best practice techniques in the sense that there is what you call an approach to designing your worksheets, setting up your tables, posting your data, that will enhance your ability to get the best possible results using Microsoft Excel.

Now if you do not observe those rules, guideline and practice those techniques, what will happen is tat you would make your use of MS Excel needlessly burdensome, cumbersome, full of drudgery and you know when you’re using an application like MS Excel which is the best reporting application on the planet, it would be a shame if you then begin to struggle as if you don’t have it.

Somebody said you lie on your bed the way you make it.

The way you design your worksheets and the way you setup your workbooks to function, ultimately determines how productive you can be in your data analysis, data recording, trending and report generation.

Now, the other thing you’re going to learn is how to use range names to make your formulas more powerful. This is not exactly part of automation, in terms of the fact that you don’t really do coding to do range name creation. But your understanding of how to use range names will make your ability to do your coding in terms of using MS Excel Visual Basic code to control Excel so much more effective.

So it would save you a lot of time in making references to different parts of your workbook and worksheet, in your coding. So much so that you won’t even have to stress yourself remembering the areas of the spreadsheet you want to refer to.

I know you may not understand that now…but if you’re a reasonably experienced user of MS Excel, you will know what I mean by this. But even if you don’t. don’t worry – it will be explained to you.

One of the opportunities you have with this home study version is that I’ll be providing little tips to help you quickly kind of catch up in terms of your understanding of certain important aspects of normal Excel.use that we need to ensure you have before you can appreciate the advanced concepts in Excel Visual Basic Programming.

Click here to request the full video download and/or contact me about getting the Home Study Video Tutorials

 

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Succeeding Through Hard Work, Determination and Persistence: 3 Lessons from Nigeria’s Igbo Traders

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If you think the title of this article is an attempt by a Yoruba man, to suck up to Igbos (who happen to be my in-laws), I’m sorry to disappoint you. It is NOT.

What I share here are insights based on objective study and evaluation of the trade and commerce (and sometimes manufacturing/creative) activities of a majority of people belonging to this major ethnic group of Nigerians.

1. Take Responsibility for Your Future

These guys (and for those that are married – their spouses), have a penchant for NOT wanting to sit back and wait for manna to fall from heaven, into their laps.

Note that I refer here to the ones engaged in trade and commerce for a living. Even when they are soliciting assistance or support from others, their attitude is often one of readiness to take personal action to achieve the breakthrough they desire.

I’d seen hints of that in my contact with them as a student in the university, whenever I visited the Oshodi market. I was often struck by how the young but energetic ones among them, undergoing apprenticeship, eagerly went after customers and worked to win sales for their “masters”. Years later, they would gain :”freedom” and get support to open their own shops. Most times these guys have no problems paying their way – in kind – to achieve their goals.

In one of my several night trips between Lagos and Benin cities, while still working as a young shift brewer in Guinness Nigeria Plc Benin Brewery, I recall having to board a luxurious bus coming from a major Eastern city (Onitsha or so) and headed for Lagos.

I joined them at close to 12 midnight after waiting several hours, following my arrival from Guinness’ Ikpoba Hill premises, where I’d completed my afternoon shift.

When the bus arrived Lagos in the early hours of the morning, and we began disembarking, I was to discover that most of my fellow travelers were able bodied young Igbo men with LOTS of well packed goods in the cargo underside of the bus. It took me several minutes to draw myself away from watching them as they moved their stuff on to the ground. 30 minutes later, they were done, and had arranged another vehicle to transport them to their market destinations.

I thought to myself: These guys don’t sit around waiting for anyone to open doors for them. They take action to make things happen for themselves, with the mental attitude that anything else that comes their way will be icing on the cake they’ve already baked.

Being of similar mental disposition myself, I drew inspiration from seeing others not even in my intellectual line of work acting in a manner I could relate to. And that further boosted my determination to remain that way.

2. Make Problem Solving a Way of Life

Have you ever met an Igbo trader (does not matter what s/he deals in!) who readily admitted he could NOT solve your problem as an intending buyer. If you’re a Nigerian, I believe you know what I’m getting at here.

Just go to any market where the Igbos operate and ask for the item you wish to buy. Unless it’s a device used for building space ships, the person you speak with is likely to either:

(a) invite you to come in and see if what s/he has is what you are looking for…or

(b) tell you to follow him/her to the “other shop”

Never mind the fact that THAT “other” shop may not be his/hers. What matters is that their attitude of wanting – even insisting – on helping you find what you want, often leads them to make sales that others not as persistent as they are readily lose.

I recall going around puzzled for about 2 days in 2015, after I rented a bigger apartment in an area of Cotonou called Aibatin, looking for a place to buy a set of plastic chairs and table. Everywhere I went, the indigenous shop owners told me they did not deal in products of that nature. And in most cases they simply advised me to go to the Igbos.

It took me a while to get it, but eventually one of them told me such items were often exclusively brought in by Igbo traders, as he arranged for a bike rider to take me to one. Less than one hour later, I’d purchased and returned home with the new items. It’s amazing how these guys identify a gaping hole in their target market and then fill it in a way that makes them nearly indispensable!

Now don’t get me wrong. Sometimes they can take it too far, for instance by trying to convince you what you SEE them showing you, which you tell them you do NOT want, is what you actually NEED.

They have a habit of trying – sometimes – to sell ice to the proverbial Eskimo. However, my experiences in dealing with them indicate you need only let them know that you are NOT gullible, for them to drop that act!

Otherwise, this habit they have is one that I believe every person who wants to excel in life needs to adopt. If people know you to be someone who often has the answers or information they need, and/or who knows the solutions to problems they have, they will frequently seek you out, and refer you to others. By implication, you are likely you get talked about – positively – a lot. Be it in paid employment or business, such a reputation can dramatically boost your ability to succeed and excel!

3. Be Willing to Learn Anything New That Will Make You Better

And this is the one that makes me proud to be a Nigerian when I travel. Ever traveled across the borders of African countries? It’s true that we get bashed reputation-wise, due to bad deeds of some naughty or disorderly Nigerians.

However, I must say that everywhere I have gone I have seen consistent level of grudging respect accorded Nigerians in general due to what nationals of other African countries I’ve visited see some of our people achieve.

Please understand that I am aware that other Nigerians who are not engaged in trade and commerce are out there doing great things. However, I have to say that the numbers in which Igbos do their thing as far as trade and commerce goes is impressive – in fact intimidating.

In Cameroon’s Douala, I was frequently told – during my 3 week stay – about Igbo traders based in a place called Kanyi-Abasi (not sure about the spelling, so what I’ve used here is the closest I’m able to conceived from the pronunciation).

That place is known to be the centre for sales of all sorts of spare parts. People came from far and wide to buy from them. I also learned that as a result of their success, many of the Igbos sent their kids to the very best schools in that Francophone African country.

In Benin Republic’s Cotonou (which I made my base from 2013), there is a place called Missebou. A section of that market is occupied by Igbo traders engaged in selling mainly second hand shoes and clothing.

My 2005 two week visit to Ghana also revealed similar presence of Igbos as traders. We all know the trend continues right into the South of Africa. The Igbos are a relentless forced that cannot but be reckoned with in trade and commerce especially.

But you’re probably wondering: “So? That’s nothing new. Everybody knows that!”

And you would be right. Indeed we all know the Igbos to be ubiquitous.

But here’s what struck me:

Compared to ALL the other tribes and ethnic groups in Nigeria (including mine – the Yorubas), the Igbos are the ones who often do NOT recognize any limitations with regard to where they can establish themselves and flourish.

I say this with regard to the fact, for instance, that Nigeria is surrounded by mostly French speaking nations. My love for traveling both within and outside Nigeria by road (and once by sea) has brought me in contact with people from different tribes.

What I noticed consistently as I traveled was that compared to their Yoruba counterparts in particular (who were often fewer anyway) over 90% of the Igbos I met were not only self-employed but also fluent French speakers.

I should add here though that most picked up their French from the streets, but in truth they knew enough to hold their own in the purely French speaking socioeconomic environment.

To put this in perspective, you must remember that being in those countries, they often have to attend to non-english speaking customers. If you’ve ever tried to make conversation in a language you are not familiar with, you’ll likely know that finding the right word to express your intended meaning can be both difficult and frustrating.

Now, imagine trying to make a sale and being unable to communicate the benefits of your product…?

I mean benefits that make it superior to the one your non-english speaking prospective buyer is waving in your face. as his/her justification for wanting you to drop your price, and you will appreciate the challenge the Igbo trader in a non-english speaking society faces.

But guess what, I have had to buy stuff many times from Igbos who did not know I could speak English, talk less the fact that I was a fellow Nigerian – and often left with great respect in my heart for them.

Their resilience in learning what to say and how to say it, while in the middle of negotiations with a French-speaking customer told me volumes about the mental attitude that makes the average Igbo trader succeed against all odds.

Not only are they willing to learn a new language(s), they are also willing to learn new ways of doing things – including adapting to the cultures and practices of the societies in which they find themselves. Like I mentioned earlier, there will always be exceptions, and some of them do go about trying to break the rules in their host societies. But those who do that are fewer than those who don’t.

Final Words

I believe the above attributes, if encouraged in more Nigerians from an early age, regardless of whether they want to be in paid or self employment, will produce a nation of go-getters unafraid of working hard, to achieve their goals in life.

Right now, we have too many Nigerians young and old – not willing to do the work, but eager to get the pay!

 

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PII 001: The Secret to Succeeding by Creating Your Own Luck [FREE Podcast]

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When I quit Guinness to pursue a longstanding dream of being self-employed, Andy R. Jones, then Benin Brewery Operations Manager, apart from uttering phrases like “Tayo simply refuses to Fail” while speaking at my send forth party, went further to send me the following super handwritten note in a Christmas card, days before I left:

“..I honestly believe you are one of those who will succeed at anything he does. Your commitment and effort has been outstanding….Thanks for all your hard 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) ”

That was in 2001 – 14 years ago.

Over the years that have passed since then, I’ve pursued entrepreneurial success with the same diligent devotion to continuous self-improvement, with untiring persistence that Andy and other in Guinness came to know me for.

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

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Performance Improvement IDEAS
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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 today – 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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PII 001: The Secret to Succeeding by Creating Your Own Luck [FREE Podcast]

When I quit Guinness to pursue a longstanding dream of being self-employed, Andy R. Jones, then Benin Brewery Operations Manager, apart from uttering phrases like “Tayo simply refuses to Fail” while speaking at my send forth party, went further to send me the following super handwritten note in a Christmas card, days before I left:

“..I honestly believe you are one of those who will succeed at anything he does. Your commitment and effort has been outstanding….Thanks for all your hard 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) ”

That was in 2001 – 14 years ago.

Over the years that have passed since then, I’ve pursued entrepreneurial success with the same diligent devotion to continuous self-improvement, with untiring persistence that Andy and other in Guinness came to know me for.

Just like it happened in paid employment (though this turned out to be a LOT tougher and took much longer) I am now reaping the rewards of doing the same thing.

Today, apart from enjoying excellent relations with my clients, most of who see me more as a friend than a service provider or consultant, I am also getting more and more lucky in the way I attract new clients and customers for the growing range of solutions I offer!

Yes. That’s how some people would describe it. Luck. But luck can be seen to be good or bad, depending on how one chooses to view it. My mental attitude, as a student of Napoleon Hill’s Success Achievement Philosophy, and Wallace D. Wattle’s Science of Getting Rich is that luck is what you make of it.

And if you choose to ALWAYS see it as GOOD LUCK, and you go on to think and act to make it turn out that way, then that is what it will become for you.

This is what made Andy, and others who have seen me in action conclude I have the ability to make my own luck.

The truth is EVERY willing person has the ability to do the exact same thing. My life is proof of it, as are the lives of many authentic achievers on record in history.

Tayo Solagbade's Performance Improvement IDEAS(PI Squared) Newsletter PII 001: The Secret to Succeeding by Creating Your Own Luck [FREE Podcast]

This pod cast offers you ideas you can use, to learn how to adopt the right mental attitude that will enable you make your own luck. If you’ve ever let anyone convince you that someone outside of yourself is responsible for the seeming bad fortunes you’re having in life, I urge you to stop dis-empowering yourself in that manner.

No one can make anything happen in your life that you do NOT permit in the first place by way of the thinking habits you adopt. Not even people supposedly armed with evil spiritual powers (whatever that means) to harm you.

Listen to this pod cast and liberate yourself from today!

PS: Request the pod cast transcript

Whenever I post an audio recording/pod cast, I will create a downloadable verbatim text transcript version in PDF format, which will be available on-demand, for anyone who wants it. All you have to do is fill and submit a request form here (click here now to request it for the above pod cast).

See you next week!

 

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 New posts from last week*
Monday:

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

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 […]

[Tuesday]:

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]

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 […]

 
[Wednesday]:

Get My Home Study Excel-VB Programming Video Tutorial DVD

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 […]

 
[Thursday]:

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

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 […]

 
[Friday]:

Rabbit Farm Business Startup As Alternative to Traditional Livestock Businesses

In a 2013 farm business ideas article (click to read it here), I wrote an article in which I made the case for Rabbit farming as a viable low cost means to boost availability of high quality protein towards raising the appallingly low per capita protein consumption in Nigeria/Africa. In my usual habit of walking […]

 
[Saturday]:

THE FARM CEO (Issue 36): Rabbit Farm Business Startup As Alternative to Traditional Livestock Businesses, The Cost-Saving Farm Business Ideas Private/Closed Facebook Group Debuts, A Permanent Solution to Africa’s Low Per Capita Protein Consumption

[Tagline: If it can help your farm business, you’ll find it in THE FARM CEO™ Newspaper ] This 36th issue of The Farm CEO features ONE page less than previous issues as the first of a series of new content changes I will be implementing to streamline it with what I’ll be doing on the […]

 

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Self-Development/Performance Improvement Specialist

Mobile: +234-803-302-1263 (in Nigeria) or +229-66-122-136 (in Benin Republic)

http://www.tayosolagbade.com

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

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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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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]

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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.

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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???

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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]

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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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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!

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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 […]

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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. […]

 
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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 […]

 
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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 […]

 
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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

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He has delivered talks/papers to audiences in

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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.

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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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