Self-Development
To Succeed You Need Your Sixth Sense to Unmask Insincerity
April 3, 2013









If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!To achieve significant and authentic success, you need to forge relationships with sincere persons – in your business or personal life. Avoid dealings with persons who will constantly be on the lookout for ways to exploit you for their own […]







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Entrepreneurship
Build Profitable Relationships by Inspiring Respect
April 2, 2013









Conflicts rarely occur when there’s mutual respect and consideration between two parties in a business (or even personal) relationship. You may have heard an entrepreneur complain that a client refused to pay up for work done or product delivered. This could happen with a a new client. At other times it’s an old client. Sometimes […]







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My DN Travel News
Update: Checked into hotel (Why I'm keeing my destinations and location secret for now)
April 1, 2013









Hi, I've just checked into a hotel room in the capital of a Francophone West African nation. You have take my word for it for now that I AM really outside Nigeria 🙂 At least my family knows I'm telling the truth - as does Burt Dubin who I've already emailed from my Blackberry on […]







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My DN Travel News
How to Jump Start Your Speaking Career (7 Steps) - By Burt Dubin
April 1, 2013









NEWS (Nigeria) : Expert Jump Starts International Speaking Career by Traveling Across West Africa as a Location Independent Entrepreneur. This issue of my Speaking IDEAS newsletter is based on text transcript excerpts I created from Burt Dubin's recorded responses to a question from a caller to a SpeakerMatch teleseminar.  Sandy (according to the host - […]







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Writing/Blogging
5 Skills You Need To Achieve Your Writing Goal(s)
March 30, 2013









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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Parenting
Why You Need To Teach Your Child To Question Authority
March 29, 2013









In July this year (2013), I will be 43 years old. My 13 year old son will clock 14 in May. Between the two of us there is a healthy 29 year age difference. Little wonder that more than a few eyebrows get raised when people hear him always call me by my first name! […]







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Career Development
Walls That Cool Rooms by Absorbing Heat, Helping You Save Energy? Yes, You Can Have Them In Your Company!
March 29, 2013









Disclaimer: I have not been paid or given any incentive by the companies mentioned below, to write this piece. It is not meant to promote or advertise their products. Instead, my purpose here is simply to provide information and education about an emerging technology I consider to be a major game changer. Please apply due […]







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Self-Development
Use Your Smartphone To Boost Your Productivity (5 Tips)
March 27, 2013









In this article I discuss 5 different ways you can use your smartphone to get more done in your personal and work life - at zero cost.  The tasks and features covered are common to majority of smartphone types. 1. Conducting Formal or Informal Interviews, Recording Conversations, & Capturing News It happens to each one […]







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Entrepreneurship
Proven Strategies for Competing Against Bigger Businesses
March 26, 2013









If you’re a solo act or a small operation, the ideas I share in this piece can help you win a bid for a project ahead of a much bigger company. On several occasions, contact persons – sometimes the CEO - in client companies have told me they chose me over another much bigger company. […]







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Public Speaking
Speakers Are Self-Confident People
March 25, 2013









Many self-confident people seem to fear nothing. They often act as if they recognize no limitations. Even when they encounter rejection, or setbacks, they never take it personally. And they seem to be able to talk to anybody. Are you self-confident? If no, think what it would mean personally to you i.e. limitless possibilities! In […]







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