Entrepreneurship
No. 155: To Excel, Avoid Rigid Routine & Focus on GETTING RESULTS THAT WORK!









Last Friday (15th August 2014) a.m., at Mr. Biggs’ Maryland outlet in Lagos-Nigeria, I met - for the FIRST time ever in 2 years - with Enuenwemba Chukuyenum (Chuks) - a past buyer of my Ration Formulator app. We shook hands, hugged, then held each other like old friends (see photo below), while my 15 […]







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Entrepreneurship
Beat Competitors by Doing Things Differently!









"It should be encouraging to know that practically all great fortunes began in the form of compensation for personal services, or from sale of ideas. What else, except ideas and personal services, would one not possessed of property have to give in return for riches?" - Napoleon Hill in "Think & Grow Rich" Business marketing […]







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My DN Travel News
To Succeed, START Living in the Real World - TODAY! (Hint: And Teach Your Child to Do the Same!)









As I said in the research paper I presented at the Center for Management Development, a dangerous craze to acquire paper qualifications in order to secure jobs or higher positions has overtaken many in today's Nigeria. They have lost sight of so many things they can learn through diligent application of self-development. By "things" I […]







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Career Development
To Succeed, Go Beyond Quoting Quotes









One morning in 2009, I heard the following quote (credited to a famous American celebrity) on radio: "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 (as a […]







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Career Development
STOP Procrastinating And START Achieving The Goals You Dream About!









Every January, many people announce new year resolutions, but by December achieve little or nothing. I've had some intriguing characters PAY me to teach them web design, or Excel-VB, ONLY to leave wondering why I'm chasing them to attend agreed sessions: Funny world indeed! This article explains why you must make procrastination your enemy, and […]







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Career Development
No. 154: KUKURU DANGER™ - 5 True Stories About the Adventures - & Misadventures! - of a School Age Child Trying to Find Purpose in Life (FREE 20 PAGE PAPERBACK BOOK PREVIEW)









This week, I continue my call on experts-who-speak in the education "industry" to offer programs to influence school curriculums towards better equipping students to succeed in the real world. I offer a FREE preview of my new book, which is based on the same theme, for interested experts to review.  SCROLL DOWN TO READ FULL […]







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General
Teach Your Child to Learn By Discovery









Yesterday, I arrived my home in Lagos, from Cotonou at 11.30 p.m. There was no power, and I learnt the "small" generator “ (I pass my neighbour) stopped working days ago". Asking “Has the plug been cleaned?” would however lead my 13 year old son to SHOCK ME by servicing and starting the generator successfully […]







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General
Societies That Progress Make Their Best Talents Feel Wanted









Nigeria has wonderful talents that can add great value to the world. But they need a favourable environment to flourish. Today, I paid for a nice apartment (photos below) that -post refurbishing - my family will soon join me to live in here in Cotonou. If I had a choice, I would have stayed in […]







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Career Development
[Now Available!] KUKURU DANGER™: 5 True Stories About the Adventures - & Misadventures! - of a School Age Child Trying to Find Purpose in Life.









In this unusual book, Tayo Solagbade narrates 5 true stories about a dizzying variety of (sometimes shocking) escapades he engaged in – while schooling - that repeatedly landed him in trouble, causing his parents avoidable heart breaks. In the first story, Tayo suffers the embarrassment of having a female classmate falsely accuse him – to […]







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Career Development
No. 153: A “Formula” Schools Need to Teach, But Don't! (FREE PDF Report)









“Any school that teaches this “formula” will discover her products – who apply it diligently – will never beg for jobs, or experience “unemployment”, talk less of poverty. If you think that’s a reckless claim, I challenge you to read this report with an open mind. Unless you detest authentic success, when you’re done, you’ll […]







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