Self-Development

Why You Need to Mix Things Up Periodically - Even in Business (Hint: There Are Many Ways to Get Results You Want)

December 5, 2014

Even though you use the web for marketing, it PAYS to periodically connect with "humans" offline e.g. via phone and face to face. BUT not with intent to sell. Doing so once got me invited - in May 2012 - as Guest Speaker at Yaba College of Technology's Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial […]

Career Development

The Secret to a Worry-FREE Life: Never Let Your Problem Give Birth to Babies

December 4, 2014

“Either do wrong or feel guilty but don’t do both. It’s too much work.” - Anonymous A number of factors can cause a person to worry. Examples include financial difficulties, problems in the family or workplace etc. Sometimes we become so worried or pre-occupied by certain things that we inadvertently let them affect our behaviour […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 170: Achieve Speaking Success Using Your Audience’s Local Proverbs & Stories

December 1, 2014

Popular Yoruba proverb: “Èhinkule l’ òtá wa, ilé ni aseni ngbé” [Meaning: “The enemy lies in wait in the backyard. The traitor lives in the home”. Read story-based interpretation in photo below].To speak successfully, one must connect emotionally and intellectually with an audience. Pastor Tunde Bakare is a speaker who does that effortlessly using local […]

General

Success Quotes Only Work When Diligently Acted Upon

November 29, 2014

I once heard a famous American celebrity quoted on radio by a presenter as follows: "Success is the result of good judgement. Good judgement is the result of experience. Experience is the result of bad judgement". The moral - according to the radio presenter - is that FAILURES we go through in life (often as […]

Career Development

Use Excel-VB to Create Limitless Possibilities BEYOND What Off-The-Shelf Software Make Possible

November 26, 2014

Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool for recording, re-organising, analysing and presenting information. By Excel VB, I refer to Excel VBA - where VBA means Visual Basic for Applications(VBA). VBA refers to the highly extensive and flexible macro programming language developed by Microsoft for use in their MS office applications – Word, Power Point, etc. […]

Career Development

Adults Learn Best by Doing: Power User Experiential Coaching Learning Event

November 25, 2014

Become more productive in using Microsoft Excel through my Power User Coaching. I employ an "Experiential Coaching" technique which emphasises job-based case studies as a medium for imparting knowledge/skills to adults, so as to ensure increased retention. By "Power User" I mean a person who demonstrates: a. superior proficiency in using an application to the […]

1 Hour Talks

1 HR TALK (No. 3): To Win NEW Customers Repeatedly & INEXPENSIVELY, Use Your Public Speaking For Biz Marketing™ System!

November 21, 2014

One hour talk. Key Target Audience: Business owners, Sales/Marketing Professionals, Independent Self-Marketing Professionals [Breakout sessions available] Speak Professionally. Inexpensively Attract New Clients/Customers. Boost your business marketing at zero cost, using your own PSBM™ Tested And Proven System. Get repeatedly invited, acknowledged - and even paid - as an “expert-who-speaks”. Market your products, services or yourself […]

Career Development

Don't Leave Yourself Defenceless Against Falsehood: Use Smart Technology You Already Own to Protect Yourself (True Story)

November 21, 2014

[LAGOS] Mr A. "That's a fat lie! I never said I spoke to your mother on the phone. What I said was that your husband told me what your mother said!!" Miss. B: "But I heard you clearly. Now that mother has said she has never met or spoken with you, on phone or in […]

1 Hour Talks

1 HR TALK (No. 2): Practical Ideas & Strategies You Need to Make Your Entrepreneurship Education Complete [Primary Target Audience: Trainees/learners in ANY Centre for Entrepreneurship Development]

November 18, 2014

It’s NOT enough to be competent in your profession/vocation. You must be able to make money PROFITABLY, to really succeed. Primary Target Audience: Trainees/learners in ANY Centre for Entrepreneurship Development [2 to 4 Hour Breakout Sessions also available] Attendees of this event will learn… 1. Tried & tested best practice ideas for producing/marketing your offers […]

Career Development

No. 168: Talent May NOT be Enough - You Need Practice to Excel! (FREE PDF: "There are Different Types of Public Speakers")

November 17, 2014

Malcolm Gladwell conceived the 10,000-Hour Rule, based on which he said: "Studies suggest the key to success in any field has nothing to do with talent....It's simply practice. 10,000 hours of it. 20 hours a week for 10 years." - (Source: click here) I agree with him! I became self-employed in Jan 2002 i.e. almost […]

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