Career Development
3 Ways Speaking a Foreign Language Can Make You Succeed More Often









Speaking a foreign language can help you in paid employment as well as in business. I have had the unique priviledge of experiencing the amazing benefits derivable from being able to speak a foreign language, on both sides of the fence. Below I outline 3 powerful rewards you can expect to reap repeatedly, from being […]







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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)









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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Career Development
Educational Commercials Will Boost Your Marketing









If you are a business owner, or someone responsible for sales and/or marketing in the company you work, the information provided here can help you. This article is based on a suggestion I recently sent as an email message to a solo entrepreneur. I ended up making it so long and detailed that I've decided […]







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Writing/Blogging
You Need Thinking Power to Generate Ideas (3 Tips)









Ideas they say, rule the world. Coming up with new, original and/or unique ideas is therefore a good way to make an impact in the world. As writers, generating new ideas for articles, reports, newsletters, books and other channels is a critically important task we need to carry out regularly. Without it, our work gradually […]







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My DN Travel News
2 Dangers of Using Social Media As Your Business Home









If you promote your business primarily by using social media as your base platform, you're likely to shoot yourself in the foot. And very badly too. Read this article to learn 2 important reasons why you will be better off using your own website as a base, while your social media profiles function as secondary […]







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Writing/Blogging
5 Skills You Need To Achieve Your Writing Goal(s)









1. Critical Thinking I believe a fundamental requirement for effective writing is the development and constant nurturing of a critical thinking habit. Without this a writer is likely to struiggle considerably to come up with truly original and potentially profound insights to share with readers. When your writing fails to strike the reader as useful, […]







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Career Development
My Recommended Posts for W/E 23rd March 2013: Humanity And Corruption Are Strange Bed Fellows | 5 Ways to Use Google+ to Improve Your Search Engine Optimization |Why You Need "Bulldog Blood" (#1 Characteristic of a Lifelong Achiever)









Starting tomorrow, the countdown to the opening of a new, exciting - and major - chapter in my entrepreneurial journey begins. I still can't let the big cat out of the bag yet. That will happen via a scheduled post at midnight (Nigerian time) of Sunday 31st March 2013. Most people who read that post […]







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Writing/Blogging
Have You Ever Received (or Written) A Get Lost “Auto-Response”?









Personally, I prefer to call it a “Get Lost Response” – because sometimes such messages actually get sent by a conscious human being! I didn’t coin the expression in the title though. It’s what a well known online entrepreneur called them in a book I read. I’ve received a number myself in the past. And […]







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Writing/Blogging
My Recommended Posts for W/E 16th March 2013: Jan Vermeer - The Man Who Found a Way To Paint Light | Sunday Evening With Ghana Association of Writers (GAW) | Toyin Aluko's Lagos State Handball Association distributes handball equipment to 15 schools









These past two weeks I've spent a lot of time reading up and researching for a major project I've been dreaming about for years. None of that is meant for this medium however 🙂 But I did read some interesting stuff that I can share... 1. Jan Vermeer - The Man Who Found a Way […]







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