Career Development
FYI: Orchestrated Sabotage Campaign Against This Website
May 17, 2013









The email (in the screenshot below) is a 419 - that is scam - message being circulated disguised as if it's from my website email (tayo at spontaneousdevelopment.com). Believe it or not, this one came right into my inbox yesternight - got me wondering why I would send myself an email, till I read the […]







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My DN Travel News
How to Unmask & Defeat Blood-Sucking Vampires!
May 15, 2013









Ha…I love that title! It probably got you thinking strange thoughts: Like where on earth did he learn to do that? Okay, enough fooling around. The real title for this piece is “How (Deliberate) Naivety Can Help YOU Unmask People Who Secretly Want You to Fail”. Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos Sorry to deny you a […]







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My DN Travel News
Deliver to Deadlines, Even After a Setback, Using This Smartphone Based Productivity Hack for Writers
May 8, 2013









Imagine you have a write-up that needs to go online before a deadline expires, but your trusted Internet connection suddenly disappoints. Plus there’s no place you can go to use another. What do you do when that happens (other than running out in your underpants to bang on your neighbour's door)? This article describes a […]







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My DN Travel News
Outsmart Competitors (& Earn More) Using Foreign Language Skills
May 6, 2013









This newsletter serves speakers, but service providers in general may periodically find some issues useful – like this one. Discover how developing ONE foreign language skill can help you (1) beat more competitors in your current market (2) win more business in new markets, and (3) make more money – despite harsh economic times. This […]







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My DN Travel News
How Benin Republic Youth are Driving African Innovation (PLUS Women Cassava Farmers in Nigeria Earn Extra $2,200 in Off Season By Planting Cucumbers)! - Review of 12 Page PDF 2011 Report By International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
April 25, 2013









This update starts with a few notes about the responses to my new text and audio guide for english/french learners. I've provided names, links, and locations to help ANYONE interested in following up/acting on the information I've supplied here.(No time to read online? Click here to request a copy of the IFAD 12 page PDF […]







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Career Development
Why I've Told LinkedIn to Delete My Profile (Talk About Trying to Give a Dog a Bad Name to Hang It)
April 19, 2013









UPDATE: Isn't it just amazing? I sent the request for linkedIn.com support to delete my tayo@spontaneousdevelopment.com profile at 13.05pm on 19th April 2013, and after failing to reply my previous email sent more than 24 hours earlier, I get a response confirming my request has been carried out at 13.11pm on the SAME day. Wow! […]







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Entrepreneurship
To Excel, You Need To Take Intelligent Risks – Sometimes BIG, FAT ONES too!
April 10, 2013









NB: This is the second of a ten part series (click here to read part 1) based on an e-book I wrote few years back. Subsequent parts are published at weekly intervals – in the “Entrepreneurship” and “Self-Development” categories. ************Upcoming DN Travel News update preview********** Pix 1: A Handball Semi Final Match at Stade De L'Amitie, […]







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Excel-VB Solutions
3 Ways Travelling Can Prepare Your Child To Succeed (Features Pix of a Cameroonian Michael Jackson :-)
April 5, 2013









Picture below is of a guy I named "Cameroonian Micheal Jackson"...Your child is likely to see unique and exciting sights like those in the pictures below, if s/he travels and explores beyond the world she already knows. This enterprising chap was doing an impressive version of Michael Jackson’s moon walk in Douala’s Marché Mokolo (Mokolo […]







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Self-Development
To Succeed You Need Your Sixth Sense to Unmask Insincerity
April 3, 2013









To achieve significant and authentic success, you need to forge relationships with sincere persons – in your business or personal life. Avoid dealings with persons who will constantly be on the lookout for ways to exploit you for their own benefit. Instead,actively seek out people with whom you can enjoy mutually rewarding relationships. This article […]







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Self-Development
Use Your Smartphone To Boost Your Productivity (5 Tips)
March 27, 2013









In this article I discuss 5 different ways you can use your smartphone to get more done in your personal and work life - at zero cost.  The tasks and features covered are common to majority of smartphone types. 1. Conducting Formal or Informal Interviews, Recording Conversations, & Capturing News It happens to each one […]







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