Entrepreneurship
Why Marketing to Strangers Yields More Success
April 2, 2014









Rekiya, a chartered accountant had a great career, for 15 years, in a leading financial services firm. Since launching her own consulting outfit 6 months ago however, finding client business has been tough. She’s been offered advice by well meaning friends, relatives, former colleagues and associates. Many recommended calling old school mates, past acquaintances, with […]







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Career Development
Earning Income Working From Anywhere (True Story)
April 1, 2014









Yesterday, I was in a Cotonou taxi headed for the Benin Republic-Nigeria border, when Alhaji Usman S., CEO of a pelleted livestock feed manufacturing company in Nigeria’s Kano State, called, and we spoke like old friends…even though we have NEVER met. I've been having such conversations weekly, with increasing frequency since last year... If truth […]







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Career Development
No. 135: Succeed by Speaking Part-time With a Full Time Job!
March 31, 2014









Some experts in paid employment are doing great things others can learn from. You may be one of them. Do you know you can earn extra income by sharing what you know with others as a part-time speaker? I offer ideas you can use in this issue of my Speaking Ideas newsletter. Some Self-Employed Experts […]







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Career Development
Teach Your Child How to Recognize Authentic Success
March 28, 2014









A recent discussion started by a friend - Chima Ejiofor - on Facebook reminded me I wanted to write about two kinds of success: Authentic and Non-Authentic (or to put the latter bluntly…Phony!). If you desire positive, long term progress, pursue achievement of "Authentic Success". I offer ideas you (and any child in your life) […]







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Career Development
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 […]







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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 […]







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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. […]







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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. […]







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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 […]







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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 […]







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