Career Development
Why You Need To Develop A Healthy Respect For Money
June 12, 2014









If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Back in paid employment, I was, like many of my co-workers, used to having my salary paid to me in bulk at the month end (almost without fail). I never really understood what it meant to EARN the money that […]







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Entrepreneurship
The Cheapest, Most Reliable Way to Find Buyers (Hint: It's NOT What You Think)
June 11, 2014









The first issue of my Self-Development Digest newsletter was published on Mon 5th Jun 2006. Six years later, in June 2012, it evolved into what is today my popular DAILY multidisciplinary Self-Development (SD) Nuggets blog, on which I publish my Monday Speaking IDEAS newsletter. Truth is, it takes UNDILUTED passion to keep going, day, month and […]







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Career Development
Why School Prepares People POORLY, to Succeed OUTSIDE Paid Employment
June 10, 2014









In 1992, I graduated with the highest ever C.G.P.A of 5.9 (First class was 6.0) in Agric. Extension from Unibadan. Then, in Guinness Nigeria, I earned senior management roles in less than 6 years from 1994. However, as an entrepreneur, I looked like a TOTAL IDIOT - for years - after starting. Yes, IDIOT, in […]







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Career Development
No. 145: A Few People Can Make Life NEEDLESSLY Miserable for Many, IF Not Called to Order (Case Study: My Experiences at the Nigeria-Benin Republic Seme Border)
June 9, 2014









[NB: This issue of my newsletter is a public service edition.] Last Saturday a.m (7th June 2014), I published a blog about my near 12 hour traffic jam ordeal coming from Seme border to Mile 2 the day before (i.e Friday). What I did not mention was that before that, I’d had unpleasant money-related “disagreements” […]







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Career Development
Failure Does NOT Happen Suddenly...(Hint: It takes time for your inactions to cost you success)
June 7, 2014









James Cook in his book titled "The Startup Entrepreneur" explained that certain successful entrepreneurs get very uneasy whenever things seemed to be going (in their opinion) "too smoothly". They are rarely comfortable with "good times" and when such times come upon them, they take pains to stay on the alert for things that could go […]







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General
When a 3 Hour Journey Takes Half-a-Day Due to Traffic Jams, Some Person(s) Are NOT Doing Their Jobs
June 7, 2014









From 12 noon to 2.30 p.m yesterday, I had a meeting in Cotonou with a client. Then right after, I took off for Lagos. It's now 1.51a.m, today 7th June 2014, and I'm typing this from my home in Lagos, Nigeria. A Lagos cab I hired from Mile 2, just dropped me off over ten […]







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Career Development
Treat People As Though They Were What They Ought To Be (A Management Tip from Johann Von Goethe)
June 5, 2014









The fact that THAT man or woman is sweeping floors today in your company today, does not mean s/he cannot be the owner of a successful business tomorrow. Actually, s/he could one day become YOUR boss, or indeed the CEO of the company you work for! Countless examples abound!! Where I come from (Nigeria) people […]







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Career Development
5 Ways To Achieve Leadership Success As a Manager
June 4, 2014









In case you did not know it, being a manager does not automatically make you a leader. To become a leader, a manager must act in ways that bring about desired PROGRESS, by INFLUENCING others. In this article, I share my personal experience based insights about how to do just that. At the end, I […]







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Entrepreneurship
Problem Solving Content, NOT Domain Names, Determine Web Marketing Success (Plus: FAQs About My Excel-VB Poultry Farm Manager Software)
June 3, 2014









In this recent article (click to read) I explained why I believe domain names can no longer determine web marketing performance like they used to. Well, the results I'm getting since losing my 9 year old spontaneousdevelopment.com a month ago, are proving me right! In less than 4 weeks, I've re-built my website and re […]







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Career Development
No. 144: Use Mental Abilities to Solve Your Physical Problems
June 2, 2014









I’m a keen student of human nature…comparing people from different cultures, especially with regard to how they tackle problems. Here’s a hard truth I feel compelled t state: I’ve found many Nigerians/Africans unwilling to actively apply their mental abilities to solve everyday problems they face in the physical realm. Our Culture Influences Our Attitudes Towards […]







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