General
To Succeed, Your Child Needs to Develop Purpose in Life
February 27, 2015









By "purpose", I mean the ultimate, over riding objective that you set for yourself to achieve over your entire lifetime. It has been said that a well-defined purpose is actually one that will keep a person busy trying to achieve it till he/she dies. However, that person would derive the greatest satisfaction and fulfillment not […]







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Career Development
To Succeed, Make Your Excel-VB Software Complement Others
November 28, 2014









"Tayo, what is your honest opinion about commercial off-the-shelf accounting software, compared with the custom applications you build?" I am sometimes asked the foregoing question in various forms, by prospective clients trying to make up their minds about what option to choose (i.e off-the-shelf apps versus my custom Excel-VB application development service). Here's a typical example of the […]







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Entrepreneurship
No. 161: To Succeed, be Prepared to Deliver a Smart Presentation Using Your (Farm) Business Plan
September 29, 2014









Last week, I delivered an elaborate Poultry Layer Farm Business Plan (see below) to a new client in Nigeria. Since reading it, he has sent me 2 emails (also below). I now explain why, even with a well written plan, you'll be wise to rigorously PREPARE yourself to deliver a convincing verbal presentation, to win […]







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Career Development
No. 156: To Succeed, Always Count Your Blessings During Adversity (Hint: Would You Work At Your Best If Power Supply Was Erratic?)
August 25, 2014









I am not sure how many of you on my mailing list know what it feels like to endure YEARS of VERY erratic power supply on a daily basis from your country's power company. That's what Nigerians in Nigeria endure daily. During my visits to Ghana (in 2005) and Cameroon (in 1999 and 2001) most […]







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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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Career Development
To Succeed, Extract Useful Lessons from Your Travel Experiences
March 21, 2014









You arrive in a new country at night, and check into a hotel. Then at 10a.m you meet your business associate, for a meal. You talk business, and then fly out. Get this: You have NOT really "been to" that country! If your schedule makes doing the above necessary, I do not quarrel with that. […]







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Entrepreneurship
No. 133: To Succeed, Find Correctly Motivated Buyers
March 17, 2014









Why do people who buy YOUR services do so? Do you know? In this article, I explain why knowing the answer to that question, is the key to your long term selling success, as a service provider. The insights I share can make you more effective in selling your services for the long term, IF […]







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Career Development
To Succeed, Make Working in Your (Farm) Business More Attractive to Employees
March 6, 2014









What impression will a new employee in your company get about available career advancement opportunities? Will s/he see that anyone who delivers good performance gets rewarded? Or will s/he discover no reliable rewards/recognition system exists? Small Business (Including Farm) CEOs Must Pay Closer Attention to Employee Development... My passionate desire to help career persons succeed […]







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Career Development
No. 131: To Succeed, Creatively Apply What You Learn
March 3, 2014









Albert Einstein went through formal schooling. Did any of his school/class mates also become geniuses? What about the legendary Afro Beat inventor, Fela Anikulapo Kuti (who studied music in a UK college)? Or Bill Gates? Richard Branson? Steve Jobs? Why didn't their classmates succeed like them? SCROLL DOWN TO READ FULL ISSUE Home | Subscribe | About | […]







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My DN Travel News
To Succeed, Stop Waiting For a Perfect Moment or Idea
February 19, 2014









“No enterprise worthy of accomplishment would ever begin, if all obstacles were first to be overcome” – Napoleon Hill. This article narrates a true story about how the foregoing words of wisdom helped me get my books published - and sold - in print as well as digitally, even when I had NO MONEY! It […]







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