Self-Development

To Succeed, Your Child Needs to Develop Purpose in Life

February 27, 2015

By "purpose", I mean the ultimate, over riding objective that you set for yourself to achieve over your entire lifetime. It has been said that a well-defined purpose is actually one that will keep a person busy trying to achieve it till he/she dies. However, that person would derive the greatest satisfaction and fulfillment not […]

General

Preparing Young People To Become Successful Adults - Using Extracurricular Activities

February 26, 2015

What follows are a few ideas I have advocated over the past decade (based on personal successes I have achieved as a parent and mentor), regarding use of specific extracurricular activities to empower young people - especially those still undergoing schooling. 1. Team Working/Building Activities: To help students learn how to work with others towards […]

Entrepreneurship

Does Your Website Repay the Money You Spend to Keep it Online? (If NOT, Here's How to Make It Do So!)

February 25, 2015

One of my strategic objectives as a Performance Improvement Specialist is helping business owners develop and implement low cost web marketing systems and strategies that will increase their marketing mileage, while lowering their expenses. But in doing this, I have noticed the following trend amongst many Nigerian business owners and decision makers. Please note that […]

Career Development

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Spend Money (Hint: If You Worry About Paying More Than You Should, THIS Article is for YOU!)

February 24, 2015

Let me begin by stating that the ideas I offer here were obtained from studying Jeffery Meyer's Succeeding In Business Newsletter issues. Adapting them to my purposes has actually helped me repeatedly convince prospects to buy from (or hire) me. If you are an entrepreneur, understanding the ideas I offer here, if you apply them […]

Career Development

A Positive Mindset, Mental Stamina, and Visualisation Will Always Lead You to Success!

February 18, 2015

In this article, I share the kind of thinking that will enable you to repeatedly overcome adversity and progress - even as an entrepreneur breaking new grounds in a very difficult environment - to pursue authentic success, with honesty and integrity. 1. Development Of A Positive Mind Set: A lot of people out here are […]

Career Development

To succeed As a Role Model Be True to Yourself (True Story)

February 15, 2015

Last week, I had an interesting telephone/email based exchange with a lady banker who called about purchasing my "Ten Storyfied Yoruba Proverbs for Children" audio book DVD. It turned out she knew me from way back in 2002, my startup year, when we both served with an NGO as volunteer tutors. In addition to buying […]

Entrepreneurship

Teaching My Nigerian kids to make American style Easter Eggs (Hint: Why You Need to Teach Your Kids MORE Than What They Learn In School)

February 14, 2015

This photo shows a new set of "experimental" or "practice" Easter Eggs made by my kids, in our Lagos home, based on a movie we watched, and other learning resources I compiled for them. Our plan is to produce special Easter Eggs to give out during Easter to buyers of cakes, doughnuts and chin chin […]

Career Development

How To Turn A Major Blunder At Work Into A Career Advancement Opportunity [Hint: The W x R(to the power of 3) formula]

February 5, 2015

This article describes a simple but highly effective self improvement formula I developed over a decade ago, that can be applied in any situation towards using setbacks as stepping stones to achieve authentic success. It works for both self-employed persons and employees, who want to know how they can turn a blunder they make, into […]

Career Development

Achieve Recognition and Attract Career Advancement Opportunities By Being A Change Agent

February 4, 2015

Becoming A Change Agent At Work - Key Actions You Can Take Make sure you have at least as many "years of experience", as the "number of years you have been with your company, or on your job". Remember that your having spent 20 years in a place will not really mean you have acquired […]

Career Development

To Achieve Authentic Success You Need More Self Belief Than Looks!

January 31, 2015

Success in any area of life will come to you more frequently if you believe in yourself - unwaveringly - and show it. The foregoing FACT becomes even more important to keep in mind if/when you have to start-up or run a business of your own. Few endeavours in life, are as challenging as having […]

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