Career Development
No. 188: (a) Be Proficient In Your Preferred Language (b) Ultimate Marketing Strategy to Attract Perfect Clients









If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Imagine you were walking down the road and a haggard looking beggar, called out to you in PERFECTLY SPOKEN ENGLISH. Imagine s/he went on to state his/her request articulately, and in the manner of a person of fine education. Wouldn't […]







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Career Development
To Win More Often In Life, Master The Art Of Non-Combative Confrontation (6 Tips to Follow & 3 Benefits to Reap!)









We are often told, as kids, to be respectful/obedient to older others. In some cultures, however, the indoctrination goes deeper, such that youths become adults unable to challenge "bad behaviour" by older persons or bosses. This article offers insights anyone can follow to overcome such a limitation - including 6 tips on what to do, […]







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General
Overcoming Adversity to Succeed - Practical Lessons From a Teenager's Story









Some abusive people use their money and connections to try intimidating others. For me, accepting such treatment amounts to lacking REAL faith in God. I'm not talking religion here. God is OUR Creator. And ALL who have real faith in Him FEAR nobody! Remember the biblical trio who got thrown into the furnace for refusing […]







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Entrepreneurship
Teaching Kids "Practical Problem Solving" Through a Cake Baking Mishap!









Explore the picture "story" below of my kid's continuing charcoal stove (no oven) cake baking ...this time around decorating with icing. And what an experience it's been...with a MAJOR mistake caused by an oversight on my part [As I type this, they're having to bake ANOTHER set to make up]!! Below are a series of […]







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General
American Style Easter Eggs for my Nigerian Kid's 1st Year Birthday Anniversary!









Apart from launching 2 re-invented newsletters next week, and morphing this blog’s content, my best practice parenting articles are also evolving e.g THIS article announces (with a photo) my kids' first American Style Easter Eggs making effort merged with the 1st birthday anniversary for Tayo Kayode Solagbade Junior (TKSJ)! As I type this, my 13 […]







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1 Hour Talks
Coming on 13th & 14th April 2015: (1) The NEW Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS Newsletter & (2) The Cost-Saving Farm Business Best Practice Ideas Newsletter









Yesterday (Mon 6th April 2015), I DELIBERATELY did NOT publish what would have been Issue No. 188 of my Speaking IDEAS newsletter (view last week's issue here) …because I decided to RE-INVENT myself in celebration of 2 years since I  relocated to Benin Republic on 1st April 2013. As a Performance Improvement Specialist, I believe […]







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General
Attention General Buhari: Here's a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) to Assess YOUR Government’s Success!









I wrote about this KPI on my Facebook wall several months ago... ===Starts=== To determine if a country is doing well, take a close look at how the most vulnerable i.e the poor, are faring. If they are able to afford and access the basic necessities (read: Millennium Development Goals) for themselves and their dependants, […]







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Career Development
Fearlessly Share Your God Given Genius and Experience Superior Success









In certain societies announcing your plans to others can attract resentment, envy and criticism (e.g that you're a show-off). Some may even plot to pull you down. This explains why a childhood friend recently expressed concern about an update I posted on Facebook of my plans to move my family to Cotonou. Read my response […]







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Entrepreneurship
Learn to Generate Multiple Streams of Income on Your Farm, to Overcome Adversity (Special Anniversary Offer: Celebrating 2 Years As a Location Independent Multipreneur Serving Farm CEOs and Others)









Do you run a poultry farm? Are you aware that poultry farmers across Nigeria have been losing their flocks to Bird Flu? (Or has it happened to you?) Do you know there are multiple ways to generate extra earnings to CUSHION losses from disease outbreaks or other setbacks in your farm business? My recent phone […]







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Entrepreneurship
Succeed More Often by Anticipating Problems/Preparing Backup Plansa









What is your crisis management ability like or better still, how good are you at anticipating and avoiding/preventing crisis in your business operations(e.g. outage of essential manufacturing components which leads to lost output/sales)? How good are you at assessing trends of events, and quickly determining sources of potential problems? This article explains why the good […]







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