General
A Powerful Tool for Solving Your Website's RSS Feed Problem (Based on a True Story)
July 16, 2014









If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!When I posted my video based blog last Thursday, no RSS feeds appeared for it on my Facebook wall. But I assumed it was a glitch from the RSS syndication service I use. When it happened again the next day, […]







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Entrepreneurship
To Win Profitable Clients, You Must Know Their Hot Buttons (A True Story)
July 15, 2014









One day in September 2006, I walked into a large Lagos hospital in Akoka area, and asked for the accountant. The receptionist got him on intercom. Using my elevator speech, I explained that I provided MS Excel-Visual Basic automation services to help business users get their work done faster, and with less effort - giving […]







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General
No. 150: 4 Tips on Successful Public Speaking...from Muhammad Ali!
July 14, 2014









Muhammad Ali gave us his gift of beautiful and entertaining boxing. However, I believe an even greater gift he gave us was his unique brand of eloquent & impact-FULL public speaking. Ali remains one of the most widely quoted celebrities to ever grace this planet. I doubt many will disagree with that sentiment. Ali, in […]







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General
Many People Who Should Write Are NOT Writing - and YOU Are Probably One of Them (Read This to Learn Why) - Part 2 of 2
July 13, 2014









Who better to tell you what it feels like(or takes) to survive as a start-up entrepreneur, if not someone currently in the struggle – or recently out of it? To get an authentic update on the situation in Nigeria, would you ask someone who travels once-a-year to Lagos on official visits – or would you […]







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My DN Travel News
Many People Who Should Write Are NOT Writing - and YOU Are Probably One of Them (Read This to Learn Why) - Part 1 of 2
July 12, 2014









For society to develop fully, it MUST encourage members to write - and read - as frequently as possible(especially non-fiction).You can influence society's progressive evolution, by acquiring qualitative experiences in pursuit of challenging goals, and sharing what you learn with others. This article explains (in part) why I have written so dedicatedly, since 2002. And […]







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Career Development
The Mental Attitude That Yields Web Marketing Success (Hint: Tips for "Marketers" In Paid Employment...and others)
July 11, 2014









The ideas I offer here can benefit members of sales and marketing teams in companies, who, in addition to offline efforts, have been tasked to use the web to find buyers, by the company (be it micro business or multinational) that employs them. And of course solo operators (e.g. independent consultants/professionals) who do self-marketing, will […]







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Career Development
Video Narration: She Called Me a Peeping Tom (A True Personal Story) - What If This Happened To YOUR 8 Year Old Child?
July 10, 2014









This is a True Story Narration. It is available as audio (MP3) & as a video presentation, and PDF on CD/DVD. You can listen to the audio on your phones. This is Part 2 in the Self-Development Education for Parents Series titled "Kukuru Danger™: Adventures - & Misadventures - of a School Age Child Trying […]







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Entrepreneurship
To Succeed, You Need a Gut-Level Instinct for Self-Preservation
July 9, 2014









I once had someone phone me up (in 2002, my first year in business), requesting that I come down to Falomo on Victoria Island from my Gbagada base, in Lagos (more than 30 minute drive on a good day) saying my services were needed. I got there to find that I was only being mocked! […]







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Entrepreneurship
One Major Reason Why People Avoid Entrepreneurship (True Story)
July 8, 2014









[NB: Names used in the following narrative are NOT real] The Admin Manager in a medium sized company gets an ultimatum to resolve a recurring office photocopier fault. This fault has made it necessary to visit business centres to duplicate sensitive documents at higher costs. Different "trained" service engineers brought in previously had been unable […]







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Career Development
No. 149: To Succeed, Use Adversity To Become More Creative
July 7, 2014









Yesterday (6th July 2014) was my 44th birthday. While reflecting, this quote awoke memories in me: "When man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood, he has gained facts, learns from his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit; has […]







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