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









If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!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 […]







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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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Career Development
Why Farm CEOs Need to Read Non-Farm Related Articles (Hint: Like the multidisciplinry articles on THIS blog)
July 5, 2014









I believe, from over 2 decades of observation/experience, that one major mistake being made by conventional farm support specialists is that they focus mainly - sometimes exclusively – on farm related issues, in serving farm business owners. This can be self-defeating, because other aspects of the farm owner’s life can – and do! - interfere […]







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My DN Travel News
Speak Truth No Matter What (Especially When The Wellbeing of Others Depends On It!)
July 4, 2014









I don’t know about you. But in my part of the world, finding people willing to speak truth regardless of whose Ox is gored, is more difficult these days. Too many “good” people today do not want “trouble”. So, even when they see/hear outright evil being done to others, they keep quiet, and look the […]







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Career Development
The Secret to Getting Things Done, Even When Busy (3 Tips on Smarter Self-Management for CEOs, Top Managers/Executives & Others)
July 3, 2014









Some CEOs, top managers or executives get so busy they suffer exhaustion. I make no claims to being perfect, but NO JOB I’ve done in paid employment, or as an entrepreneur, has EVER overwhelmed me. Indeed, despite being often accused of doing too many things, I - very frequently - get it ALL done on […]







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Career Development
Without Adversity, Meaningful Achievement Would Cease to Exist (Why It Is UNWISE to Wish That You Never Fail Again!)
July 2, 2014









“If it were not for adversity (which has a habit of getting in our way via delays, disappointments, setbacks and failure), the business of achieving AUTHENTIC success, would progress much more quickly and easily for EVERYONE!” – Tayo K. Solagbade FACT: If adversity stopped showing up, meaningful achievement would no longer exist…! That's the truth […]







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Entrepreneurship
Life is NOT a Competition to Be Won at All Costs (Be It In Business or Society at Large)
July 1, 2014









UPDATE: 4th October 2024 LISTEN TO THE PODCAST: Click https://youtu.be/llt2Ph1ykhg to listen to the audio on my YouTube Channel.   2. DOWNLOAD THE PDF VERSION: Click HERE now. A client once said to me (not exact words): “Tayo, over-invoicing will not reduce the money you make from a project. The person who requests that you […]







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Career Development
No. 148: To Succeed, NEVER Let Worry Dominate Your Thoughts
June 30, 2014









On Monday 29th October 2001 at 2.00am in the morning, armed robbers "visited" the house where I was living with my family on Ikpoba Hill in Benin City. These guys numbered about five and ALL carried sawed-off shotguns! They didn't call out for us to come and open the gates - they simply blew the […]







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Entrepreneurship
To Succeed, Let Your Reputation Precede and Speak for You
June 28, 2014









Today, I delivered a one hour talk to members of the media unit of (name removed for privacy) Foundation, in Ota, Ogun State Nigeria. It was a small group. But no speaking event is EVER small. As such, I prepared for it like I was going to speak to members of a CEOs club. It […]







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