Self-Development - SD Nuggets™

To Succeed More at Work, LEAVE the "Herd"! (True Story)

March 27, 2014

In 2001, as Training and Technical Development Manager (TTDM) in Guinness Nigeria, I read an article about “Herd mentality”: people wanting to go where others go...like cattle in a herd. The author argued that humans who want to excel will periodically need to break away from the herd. I agree(d) with that author - based […]

My DN Travel News

Conversation with a Nigerian in Diaspora, About Nigeria

March 26, 2014

The excerpts below, are from an online conversation I had with a Nigerian in Diaspora. He works with an oil exploration firm. He gave a powerful example of his job search experience BEFORE and AFTER going abroad, which reveals the fact that Nigeria's problems are compounded, NOT BY GOVERNMENT, but by average Nigerians who choose […]

Career Development

Extracting Useful Lessons From Travel Experiences (True Stories & Tips)

March 22, 2014

Have you ever interacted with an unschooled, but widely traveled person? Stop for a moment and think about any such person you know. They often come across as knowledgeable, and self-confident don’t they? Now, consider an unschooled person whose soccer skills earned him a high paying pro career, in clubs around the world for years. […]

Career Development

To Succeed, Extract Useful Lessons from Your Travel Experiences

March 21, 2014

You arrive in a new country at night, and check into a hotel. Then at 10a.m you meet your business associate, for a meal. You talk business, and then fly out. Get this: You have NOT really "been to" that country! If your schedule makes doing the above necessary, I do not quarrel with that. […]

Entrepreneurship

Dig Your Sales and Marketing Well, Before You're Thirsty (For Income)!

March 19, 2014

On May 16, 2011... Prospect wrote: Hi Tayo, I requested a demo (ExcelVB software) download from your site and your condition was to add you as a (Facebook) friend first. Anyway hope to hear from you... Tayo Solagbade (Me): Hello P. Thanks for taking the pain. Can you let me know what demo you are […]

Career Development

No. 132: A Smarter Way to Learn (&/Or Teach) from Experience

March 10, 2014

Experience can be quite a good teacher. So one could argue that it pays to learn from her. However - as someone once observed her fees/charges can often be quite high. And not all her students survive 🙂 In this issue I explain why it pays to seek information, education, guidance and support to pursue […]

Career Development

Coming Soon: Practical Livestock Feed Formulation (and Compounding) Home Study Video Series

March 8, 2014

Update: The Home Study Video Package is now available - click HERE. I share below, my personal story as a practical example of how you can monetize what you know in different ways, You will learn how a combination of requests from buyers, and difficulties meeting unique challenges they faced with what I had, helped […]

Career Development

Invitation to Practical Livestock Feed Formulation (& Compounding) Workshop - By Tayo K. Solagbade

March 5, 2014

This workshop reveals ALL The Secrets needed for ANYONE to become Proficient in Poultry (Even Livestock) Feed Formulation AND Compounding! Two farm business owners (from Warri, and Umuahia), have confirmed their interest. Both are past buyers of my Feed Formulation Handbook and Ration Formulator™ software. DATE: Saturday 15th March 2014 Time: 11a.m to 5 p.m Venue: […]

Career Development

No. 131: To Succeed, Creatively Apply What You Learn

March 3, 2014

Albert Einstein went through formal schooling. Did any of his school/class mates also become geniuses? What about the legendary Afro Beat inventor, Fela Anikulapo Kuti (who studied music in a UK college)? Or Bill Gates? Richard Branson? Steve Jobs? Why didn't their classmates succeed like them? SCROLL DOWN TO READ FULL ISSUE Home | Subscribe | About | […]

My DN Travel News

For Writing to be Successful, It Needs to be Inspired!

March 1, 2014

Sometimes you just don't feel like writing. It happens to the best of us. You make (what you consider) the best efforts, and no words come. Your fingers just hang over the keyboard. That is if you even get as far as seating yourself in front of the computer in the first place! Writer's Block […]