Self-Development

The Kind of Parent You Need to Be, to Keep Your Child From Going Astray

July 29, 2015

Photo: My 16 year old son and I stand outside a GT Bank branch in Lagos, after I showed him how to use the Fast Track service (with an ATM card issued by the bank), to by pass long queues and quickly withdraw cash in the banking hall. Like I always say, I LIVE for […]

Career Development

No. 203: To Succeed, Speak to Solve Problems!

July 27, 2015

One proven way to succeed is to develop viable solutions to problems others will gladly reward you for. By implication, your success as an expert-who-speaks will be determined by how well your message empowers your audience to solve the problem(s) they face. The reason: Human Beings dislike problems & often want to eliminate them QUICKLY! […]

Career Development

People Who Succeed Are Often Driven By A Compelling Need (True Story About My ExcelVB Income & Expense Manager - Get it for N1,000 instead of N5,000) - Offer Expires MNT Friday 31st July 2015

July 24, 2015

My Income & Expense Manager is a nifty little Excel-VB driven software. Runs trouble free on MS Excel versions 2000 to 2013. Sells for N5,000 (But if you want, you can fill the form below, to claim it for N1,000 - approx. $5 USD: Offer Expires MNT Friday 31st July 2015). If this app could […]

Career Development

Your Response to Life's Challenges Determines How Well You Succeed

July 23, 2015

The Challenge-Response (C-R) Model I learnt about this model in a course I took during my third year of undergraduate study in the University of Ibadan's Agricultural Extension Services department. As I recall it, the C-R model is based on the premise that people from some societies, which today are regarded as "developed", in the […]

Career Development

Why You Are Not Making (Enough) Sales!

July 22, 2015

Today I purchased an excellent 2 part audio DVD product (titled "Know Your Rights in Dealing With the Police/In Court") at a microbusiness sales shop. But each disk cost me N100 (One Hundred Naira) - and to me, that price was criminally LOW! I told the sales lady so, noting that my audio DVD products […]

Career Development

No. 202: If People Write You Off ?

July 20, 2015

Africans have many wise sayings. A good example in Yoruba (i.e. my) language is: "Aropin ni ti eniyan. Ko da ise Oluwa duro!" Translation: "Human beings have a tendency to readily write others off (e.g. when a person suffers failure or setback in business or life). But their doing so NEVER changes God’s plan for […]

Career Development

If You Want to Succeed, Stop Hesitating and Follow Your Gut!

July 18, 2015

I'm excited. It's been slow in coming. Over 10 years I've been working at it. But it's happening now: Nigerian/African business owners (and those aspiring) in particular, are OPENING up to accept my guidance, towards doing what they do BETTER. Like Burt Dubin would say, I HAVE CRACKED THE CODE. I know WHAT to Do […]

My DN Travel News

Help Your Child Profitably Monetize her Genius (Ideas You Can Use)

July 17, 2015

Below: Image of branded audio DVD label bearing 2 photos of Chika, my 3rd child, playing the Recorder and Harmonica respectively: gifts he got from me, when he clocked 12 years old, 4 days ago, on Monday 13th July 2015. He's the one I've written about as being gifted at fiddling with - and often […]

Career Development

Get 67% Discount to Buy My Ration Formulator, Feed Formulation Handbook, Poultry Farm Manager OR to Join My Inner Circle (Offer Expires Midnight Saturday 18th July 2015)

July 17, 2015

This offer has "67" as its theme, because it's for tomorrow Saturday 18th July 2015, which is Nelson Mandela (NM) International Day & the Nelson Mandela foundation asks us to give 67 minutes on THAT day to help others. However, THAT day also happens to be my 2nd son (Chukwuemeka)'s 14th birthday. On top of […]

General

Sometimes The WRONG We See Are Symptoms of a Deeper Root Cause or Ailment

July 15, 2015

The Yorubas have a saying that goes thus: "Amukun eru e wo, oke le nwo...e o wo isale". Contextual Translation: A distorted state of affairs can often be traced to an equally distorted foundation on which the affairs are being conducted" This 670 word piece is my "contribution" to recent debates about President Buhari’s performance […]

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