Career Development
Should You Give Up On Someone Who Is Chasing An "Impossible Dream"?









"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists" During some difficult times in the life of my business, I have found […]







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Career Development
No. 177: To Be Unstoppable, You Must Be Incomparable!









Those who become unstoppable at what they do, often stand out from the crowd, in terms of their demonstrated abilities, and achievements. In other words, they are incomparable. By implication, their names come first in people's minds, ahead of any others who do what they do. One person I believe really personifies this concept is […]







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Career Development
Five (5) Action Steps That Can Increase Your Chances of Business Startup Success









In February 2001, about 4 months after I got promoted out of my shift-based Brewer position, to become the Guinness Nigeria Plc Benin Brewery Technical Training & Development Manager, I came to the conclusion that I needed to fast-track my plans to quit paid employment and start my own business.  I had been plotting […]







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Career Development
Creating Demand for Custom Automated Spreadsheet Software Solutions in Nigeria/Africa (True Story by Tayo K. Solagbade)









Download this PDF ebook to read the true story of how I literally single-handedly created a market for my Excel-Visual Basic solutions development service in Nigeria/Africa. Since 2004, I've helped individuals and businesses in Nigeria/Africa (in recent years Asia/America as well) get MORE productivity boosting value out of the Microsoft Excel® on their PCs, at […]







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Career Development
Be Proud of Who You Are, No Matter What (Hint: Speak Your Language, Bear Your Traditional Name, Practice Your Culture - Lessons from Fela Anikulapo Kuti)









Fela Anikulapo Kuti's legend has spread globally, decades after he passed on, because he practised what he preached i.e being a mentally emancipated, proud black African (free from what he termed "Colonial Mentality"). His story is as compelling as the Afrobeat music he invented, and used to preach his messages. Fela stood unapologetically, for the […]







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Career Development
Do You Need To Be Error-Free? (Hint: Why It's NOT a Good Idea, If You Want Authentic Success)









“Success tends not to go to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk averse. Rather, it goes to the person who recognizes that life is pretty much a percentage business. It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal tasks.” – Donald Rumsfeld, U.S […]







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Career Development
Acquire Real World Relevant Skills. Create the Future You Want.









Real world relevant skills immunize those who have - and make diligent intelligent use of - them against failure. I always tell people of a news report I once read over a decade ago, when Daddy Showkey (who invented the unique dance styles and music genre that made him famous) explained how he survived his […]







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Career Development
Everything You Want for Your Business Success…and MUCH MORE!









UPDATE: Good news. Apart from 65%discount on ALL my products/services, every member of my InnerCircle now gets ONE of my products of his/her choice FREE(e.g my Poultry Farm Manages, Ration Formulator, Payslip Generator etc). Read the updated offer pdf click here and let me know which product you want. Tayo K. Solagbade Watch a Clinical […]







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Career Development
[NEW BOOK with Optional MP3 Audio files] Ten (10) ‘Storyfied’ Yoruba Proverbs for Children - Goes Live from 8th January 2015 at www.lulu.com/sdaproducts









[UPDATE: It's now LIVE in my online store here - click - Watch the preview video at [Audio Book] Tayo Solagbade's "Ten Storyfied Yoruba Proverbs for Children" Audio Book DVD - YouTube] or below: After working on it all through December 2014, I'm excited to announce this new learning tool, originally created for my kids, […]







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Clients
Sell What You KNOW for Profit - by Presenting it Professionally (True Story)









“Thanks Mr. Tayo for the visit, timely n wonderful. Thankx. Mr. K (name removed for privacy).” [Lagos, 6p.m] I just returned from a 5 hour long visit to Lagos’ Oko Oba-Agege’s equipment suppliers, vet shops and feed mills. The above message was sent to me by a poultry farming expert I consulted there. So why […]







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