Self-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 […]

Career Development

Experience Sharing Is The World’s Most Powerful Coaching Strategy (FREE PDF Preview Download of a Best Practice Book That Can Help You)

January 27, 2015

Experience sharing is a powerful way to coach and influence. And it works quite well for people of all ages. I know this from years of using it successfully, both in and out of paid employment. Also, research based publications abound that confirm this. You are likely to have had many experiences that would interest, […]

Career Development

Boost Your Ability to Achieve Success Using THIS Strategy!

January 23, 2015

My DIY (Do-It-Yourself ) mental attitude is the reason I have relentlessly succeeded, in spite of myriad challenges, over the past decade as an entrepreneur. Many of the obstacles I encountered were intimidating, and would have stopped me permanently, if I had NOT possessed this DIY reflex. For instance, this website (www.tayosolagbade.com), my newsletter, indeed […]

Career Development

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

January 21, 2015

"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 […]

Career Development

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

January 19, 2015

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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