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You Cannot Pass Secrets of Your Success to Your Kids Via Osmosis









Successful people don’t always have offspring who do well like them. This often happens because such people fail to “coach” their offspring to develop their potential for greatness. Successful parenting demands MORE than that! I’ve spent YEARS doing lots of reading and deep thinking about this subject… My efforts have led me to closely explore […]







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Career Development
Being Self-Directed Will Help You Succeed Better (Hint: NEVER let people or situations OUTSIDE of you control you!)









I recently read an article that used these 2 interesting acronyms to explain the behaviour of social media users: FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) and JOMO (Joy Of Missing Out). In this article, I why the latter is better for YOU, PLUS how being Self-Directed will help you achieve it! FOMO is often felt by […]







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EMUFEST 2014 (Nov 10th to 16th) : Free Music Workshops, Talent Night and LIVE Concert for Your Kids & You - by Beautiful Nubia at EniObanke Arts Centre, 19 Adekunle Fajuyi Way, GRA Ikeja.









[This post is a Public Service] EniObanke Music Festival (Monday 10th November to Sunday 16th November 2014): [a]. *November 10-12 - FREE MUSIC WORKSHOPS Click here to download Beautiful Nubia's Information slideshow (no sign up needed) with ALL the details about EMUFEST 2014! Come and learn the rudiments of percussion (agogo, shekere, etc.), talking drum, […]







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Career Development
When People Do MORE Without Being Asked, You Commend them! (Hint: That's Smart Leadership)









[MEMO] From: Ag. Production Manager To: Tayo Solagbade Date: 9th March 2000 Re: COMMENDATION I wish to commend you for the contributions you have been making to our process control through comput(e)risation of operations. Specially worthy of mention is the ODBM calculation spreadsheet for Malta Guinness Brews done on 8.3.2000. I know you put in […]







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Career Development
No. 166: Seek Success by Being CREATIVE and NOT by being COMPETITIVE









    Publication: Weekly Public Speaking IDEAS Newsletter Date: Monday 3rd November 2014 No:166 Title: Seek Success by Being CREATIVE and NOT by being COMPETITIVE Author & Publisher: Tayo K. Solagbade [Tel: +234-803-302-1263 (in Nigeria) or +229-66-122-136 (in Benin Republic) ] Blog URL: http://www.tayosolagbade.com/sdnuggets Archive (E-mail version started 14th May 2012): Click here to view Archive (Blog version started […]







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Career Development
You can SUCCEED MORE by being a Multipreneur - A True Story (Hint: New Book Coming Soon)









“Specialization is for insects: A human being should be able to change a diaper....butcher a hog...balance accounts...set a bone...comfort the dying...take orders/give orders...cooperate/act alone...analyze a new problem...pitch manure...cook a tasty meal...fight efficiently...die gallantly.” - Robert A. Heinlein [NB: This is an abridged version. See complete/verbatim quote at the end of this piece.] I coined the […]







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Career Development
We Who Are Authentically Connected with our Creator MUST Remain a LIGHT for Others to Follow [Hint: Dealing With False Accusations]









How would YOU deal with a FALSE ACCUSATION if it’s leveled against YOU? If you think it can’t happen, you need to read THIS article! “All my life, I have been taught to take the high road, and never to dignify salacious or false accusations. And I have been taught never, never to lie. Not […]







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Career Development
When Using Spreadsheets - BEWARE! (True Story About How a "Little" Data Entry Mistake Can Damage Business Reports!)









My new Career Development book titled "The Workplace Warrior™: Using Smart Spreadsheet Automation for People & Process Performance Enhancement" will showcase real life memos (like the one below) regarding my informal Spreadsheet Solutions Developer role in Guinness. ["To: Mr. TAYO SOLAGBADE. From: PRODUCTION MANAGER'S SECRETARY (L). Date: 7th May 1998...] No one asked me to […]







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It's Not Always Smart to Follow the Crowd!









Everybody's doing IT won't always make IT OK! Photo: These "rear views" of 2 trouser-sagging young chaps in a Cotonou cybercafé I worked in recently, made me spontaneously burst into loud laughter, surprising myself and others! When they turned towards me. I quickly straightened my face, and attacked my key board with dead seriousness :-)) […]







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Career Development
[NEW BOOK] SPEAKING IDEAS™ - 25 Articles & True Stories for Experts-Who-Speak (& Those Aspiring) – Volume 1









This book (155 pages thick following typesetting and available in both print and digital formats) is based on a collection of 25 top performing past issues of the author’s Weekly Public Speaking Ideas™ newsletter published over the past 3 years. If you're an expert-who-speaks, or one aspiring, the unconventional, yet high impact experienced based ideas […]







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