Career Development
Fun Strategy for Quickly Improving Language Skills









Learning a foreign (or new) language is not easy. I share a strategy developed from my obsession with improving my proficiency in French. It’s so simple, yet effective, that you’ll wonder why you never thought of it before! Career persons in paid employment, with interest in language learning, will find this strategy useful. What Is […]







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My DN Travel News
Being Ruthlessly Focused Does NOT Make You Callous!









[Hint: At 175 words per minute, which most adults can do, you’ll finish reading this article's 500 words in less than 3 minutes. And you'll be glad you did.] People we celebrate for great achievements mostly started out believing alone in themselves.  We only begin to crowd around and chase after them, when they achieve […]







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My DN Travel News
The Key to Identifying People Worthy of Support









"I have long taught: if you can’t make money without money, you won’t make money with money either. And if you’re going to back somebody, pick an entrepreneur who has proven that he can survive without adequate capital” - Dan Kennedy (Millionaire Entrepreneur/Author of “How to succeed in Business by breaking all the rules”) Do […]







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My DN Travel News
Always Wish Others Well. You'll Succeed Better! (Incl. Lesson from an Amazing Russian Video)









What are your thoughts towards your colleague in the office? That cocky rich guy who lives next door? Your cash strapped relative’s child living with you? What about your younger brother who happens to be doing better than everyone else – including you? Do you honestly wish them well? What Happens Among Relatives? Maybe you […]







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Entrepreneurship
How to Use Niches & Specialties to Boost Your Profits (Article & Infographic)









I once got - in 2003 - a LONG email response to a proposal I submitted. It was from the CEO/founder, of a company regarded as one of Nigeria’s foremost brand marketing and advertising companies. He politely declined interest in my proposal of a Strategic Partnership between my start-up Self-Development Academy, and his well established, […]







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Career Development
Smart Exercising Will Keep You Fit, Healthy, and Alive









Yes, that's the key to good health, looking young, and LIVING LONG. Sweating enables your body expel many "bad things" that can weaken it! I took the photo below, this a.m (Friday 22nd Nov. 2013 at 10.00a.m): Above: Photo taken in 2013 - I was 43 at the time Below: Photo taken in March 2017 […]







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My DN Travel News
No. 116: We Are Poor - Not Because of God (Lessons from 7 True Stories)









As an expert in your field, know this: The creator made YOU. You therefore have the capacity, as well as an obligation, a duty.. indeed a calling (!), to be so creative in doing what you do, as to make the world a better place...and the most of yourself. You CAN do this regardless of […]







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My DN Travel News
Why I Relocated from Nigeria to Benin Republic (Hint: A "Poor" Country Where Even Poor People Live Well!)









If you’ve ever been second-guessed, doubted, and treated with suspicion, you’ll know it can be very unpleasant. As a Nigerian, I’ve had (and HAVE!) to endure the stigma of being from a country renowned for scams - in countries I've visited, and - ironically - even back at home :-))) Like a well traveled Beninese […]







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My DN Travel News
No. 115: Why Persistent People Succeed (Hint: A Silent But Irresistible Force!)









You may have heard about - or read - Napoleon Hill’s book titled “Think & Grow Rich”. In this issue of my newsletter, I highlight what is perhaps the most potent message in that book for ANY reader, to take away. Especially one who desires to know how to succeed, no matter how tough things […]







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Career Development
(FREE PDF) Using MS Excel® Solver for Least Cost Feed Formulation Can Be Easy - But Also Dangerous (How to Protect Yourself)









Everybody knows a little MS Excel. It’s so easy to use. However, I make sure to warn – from over 20 years of supporting users of Excel-apps I develop – that Excel’s “friendly“ nature is also what makes it a potentially dangerous tool. Especially for users with inadequate knowledge and experience, or indeed absent-minded competent […]







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