{"id":11976,"date":"2017-05-16T07:41:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T07:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/?p=11976"},"modified":"2019-02-03T08:40:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T08:40:19","slug":"pii-066-therell-be-no-need-to-force-kids-to-finish-school-if-they-see-more-formally-schooled-people-doing-well-financially-hint-9-questions-that-indicate-how-conventional-schooling-shortchang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/pii-066-therell-be-no-need-to-force-kids-to-finish-school-if-they-see-more-formally-schooled-people-doing-well-financially-hint-9-questions-that-indicate-how-conventional-schooling-shortchang\/","title":{"rendered":"PII 066: There'll be No Need to Force Kids to \"Finish\" School If They See MORE Formally Schooled People Doing Well Financially [Hint: 9 Questions That Indicate How Conventional Schooling Shortchanges Learners]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s issue of my Performance Improvement Ideas (PII) newsletter features 9 key questions I strongly recommend every parent ponder seriously over, to accurately discern how well the schooling his\/her kids get will prepare them to function as vocationally competent and financially independent adults in society.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Here are some signs and symptoms apparent in today\u2019s society that convince me most of our conventional schooling systems are NOT equipping learners to function as described above.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>SCROLL DOWN TO READ FULL ISSUE<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><a title=\"Tayo Solagbade's Performance Improvement IDEAS(PI Squared) Newsletter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tayosolagbade.com\/pii\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/uploads\/pii-banner.jpg\" alt=\"Tayo Solagbade's Performance Improvement IDEAS(PI Squared) Newsletter\" width=\"570\" align=\"top\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><span class=\"style90\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tayosolagbade.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tayo Solagbade's<\/a><br \/>\nPerformance Improvement <\/span><strong>IDEAS<br \/>\n(PI Squared) Newsletter<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><em>Monday 15th May 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a title=\"Logo - Tayo Solagbade's Self-Development Academy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tayosolagbade.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/uploads\/logo1.jpg\" alt=\"Logo - Tayo Solagbade's Self-Development Academy\" width=\"150\" align=\"top\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"center\"><em><br \/>\n<strong>NB: <\/strong>This PI Squared newsletter will be published weekly, on Mondays, in place of the Speaking\/Web Marketing IDEAS newsletter, <strong>starting from today - 15th February 2016.<\/strong><\/em> I'm reinventing my Monday newsletter content and theme, to accommodate my vision of serving the growing audience of serious minded individuals and organizations reaching out to me, with information, education. news and research findings designed to help them do what they do better.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"center\">************<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/TKSolagbadeSDAc\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"style14\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/youtube_32.jpg\" alt=\"View Tayo Solagbade's video tutorials and demonstrations on Facebook Productivity Tips, Web Marketing, and for his Custom MS Excel-VB driven software applications\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><span class=\"style14\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/SDAcs-Microsoft-Excel-Heaven\/211351038875155?ref=bookmarks\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/uploads\/facebook_32.png\" alt=\"Join the SD Nuggets community on Facebook.com\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/tksola\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/twitter_32.png\" alt=\"Connect with Tayo on Twitter.com\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/117041728654417267212\/about\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google_plus_32.jpg\" alt=\"Connect with Tayo on Google Plus\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tayosolagbade\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/uploads\/linkedin.png\" alt=\"Connect with Tayo on LinkedIn.com\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10093\">PII 066: There'll be No Need to Force Kids to \"Finish\" School If They See MORE Formally Schooled People Doing Well Financially [Hint: 9 Questions That Indicate How Conventional Schooling Shortchanges Learners]<\/h1>\n<p><em>This week\u2019s issue of my Performance Improvement Ideas (PII) newsletter features nine (9) key questions I strongly recommend every parent ponder seriously over, to accurately discern how well the schooling his\/her kids get will prepare them to function as vocationally competent and financially independent adults in society.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>The cartoon below, quotes Einstein, in illustrating the FACT that our kids (and us adults) ARE NOT\u00a0not all wired to learn or achieve in the same way!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/einstein.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10498\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10498\" src=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/einstein.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/einstein-272x300.jpg 272w, http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/einstein-768x846.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/einstein-929x1024.jpg 929w, http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/einstein-136x150.jpg 136w, http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/einstein.jpg 1198w\" alt=\"einstein\" width=\"580\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Here are some signs and symptoms apparent in today\u2019s society that convince me most of our conventional schooling systems are NOT equipping learners to function as described above.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Young people who actively seek ways to get money off you without doing any work or adding any value to you. Adults who constantly scheme and plot to do the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>Personnel in banks who manipulate the computerized systems in their workplaces to skim money off your bank balance, or apply illegal transaction charges to your account.<\/p>\n<p>Telecom companies operatives who subscribe your mobile number to silly services you have no interest in, and\/or deduct airtime from your phone for phantom services. These are a few examples of the kind of activities happening with ever increasing frequency in the Nigerian society.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Most of those people involved in doing the above naughty things are SCHOOLED people, often with at least University level education.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Yet they find it necessary to engage in crooked activities to make money for their companies and themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Like I\u2019ve said in a past article, schooled people who steal are manifestations of a cruel paradox.<\/p>\n<p>I say this because we all know that we are told that if we want to end up well in life, all we need to do is go to school, get good grades and then get good jobs.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sadly, what we see in society proves that many well schooled people who find good jobs with good companies, still go on to steal and cheat at work and in life.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>That\u2019s why they get sacked and sometimes sentenced to prison. It is why many of them demand and accept bribes where they work. Many MANY examples abound in the past and present history of Nigeria \u2013 as I am sure you, the reader, know!<\/p>\n<p><strong>But why do they do it? Why do well schooled people steal?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve answered that question in an earlier article.<\/p>\n<p>[See\u00a0<a title=\"Permanent Link to [Podcast] Real Reason Why Well Schooled People Commit Fraud (Tayo Solagbade\u2019s \u201cDifference Between Schooling & Education\u201d Series)\" href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/podcast-real-reason-why-well-schooled-people-commit-fraud-tayo-solagbades-difference-between-schooling-education-series\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">[Podcast] Real Reason Why Well Schooled People Commit Fraud (Tayo Solagbade\u2019s \u201cDifference Between Schooling & Education\u201d Series)<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s because they do NOT know how to make money, or more money and they are AFRAID that the money that have is not (or will not be) enough.<\/p>\n<p>You see, the schools did not teach them how to make money. Only how to work for money \u2013 as employees, trading time for money.<\/p>\n<p>And that limits how much they can get. So when they want more, not knowing any better way, they often settle for crooked ways to get it.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Simply put therefore, conventional schooling shortchanges learners \u2013 but many do not know it!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The questions outlined below highlight glaring contradictions between what we are told \u201cschooling\u201d WILL deliver to learners, and the realities the learners end up facing upon graduation. Parents who truly love their kids will carefully study these questions and use the insights they gain to better guide their kids\u2019 education.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Why is it that girls willing to dance seductively and\/or half-naked in TV musicals today in Nigeria can end up earning a better living - income wise especially - than those who choose to find jobs based on their school qualifications, or even those who become entrepreneurs? <em><strong>This happens not because the latter career options don\u2019t work, but because Nigerian society the ladies have to operate in gives LESS reward for such \"work\" compared to the former.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Why is it that some of the world\u2019s most celebrated sports achievers are from dirt poor homes that saw sports as an outlet to escape poverty, compared to formal schooling?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Why is it OKAY (and not child abuse) for people who lose their parents in their formative years or who were born orphans, to work in their free time - as \"kids\" \u00a0and young adults - to pay their way through school? I know persons who did that right here in Nigeria. I schooled with them!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Why do schools not give financial education to kids when the teachers know that understanding how to make money in and out of paid employment is often\u00a0a determinant of how well people\u00a0do in adulthood? Especially when money and how much of it they have will tend to be the primary criterion on which they will be rated \u2013 regardless of any other positive qualities they possess?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>Why don\u2019t schools teach selling\/self marketing skills when the ability to sell and sell one\u2019s self will be crucial to the ability of the student to achieve desired progress in or out of paid employment AFTER s\/he completes schooling?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>If the products of Nigeria's formal schooling systems were doing so well in the large numbers they are being turned out, then why do we have armies of them roaming the streets with certificates in hand, looking for non-existent jobs, while being described by potential employers as unemployable? Also, why do so few of those who do well in our schools ever get to be voted to make good things happen for us in public office, with their brilliance?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>If the products of our conventional schools were doing so well in the real world, we would not have such growing number of kids unwilling to do the hard work of studying to pass exams without cheating - Or would we?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li>Why do we have kids who want the benefits that can accrue\u00a0from having a qualification, but do not want to go through the required process of \"working\/studying\" to earn it? Why do they so eagerly \u201cgame\u201d the system, in connivance with parents, teachers and examiners \u2013 the latter being the supposed custodian of the educational system being so raped?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li>Have you noticed that the entertainment industry does NOT need laws or adverts to make adults of all ages eager to learn what it takes to partake and succeed in it? Does it occur to anyone that youths with all kinds of academic qualifications enroll and succeed in Project Fame and other reality shows etc? In other words, their academic schooling rarely matters to their ability to excel in this area - so why don't we just find those who thrive best at it, and train them as early as possible in their lives?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>What is happening with all these contradictions they see in society today, is that our kids are being \u201ctaught\u201d that being the most academically brilliant with the best grades does NOT matter as much as being willing to cut corners to get what you want.<\/h3>\n<p>They see what we do \u2013 and refuse to listen to what we say, because they know the latter is NOT true.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence of this is seen in the fact that our TV\/Radio and newspapers give superior coverage to news about celebrities in various fields that are often drop outs or poorly schooled.<\/p>\n<p>Out kids also see politicians accused of fraud walking free despite countless visits to courts - and even those who serve jail sentences for stealing being rewarded on their return with heroic welcomes!<\/p>\n<p>While that is happening, they encounter honest and hardworking adults daily - including their own teachers - who never get rich or famous, despite being well schooled! And they also see those who chose to follow their own paths in life, rather than go the conventional schooling route, doing a whole lot better than schooled persons.<\/p>\n<p>It is the mix of all the above that makes schooling so unattractive for kids over time, especially as they grow older - and that is why some choose to drop out.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If truth be told, would one need to force kids to study hard or attend school, like we did in our time, if they saw formally schooled people doing well in large numbers in society?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Case study: Shina Peter told his mum at age 8, that he no longer wished to attend school, choosing instead to live with and apprentice under Ebenezer Obey, so as to pursue his passion of learning to play the Guitar\/music.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent (2015) interview, Shina Peters was asked if he regretted not getting a formal education. He replied saying he had no regrets and that he had achieved so much success professionally and financially pursuing his dream as a self-taught musician that he employed well schooled persons, including PhD holders.<\/p>\n<p>Now, THAT is a happy and fulfilled man speaking his mind right there. I believe BEING HAPPY AND FULFILLED is what matters most in life, and each of us as parents need to guide our kids to achieve that end.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Shina is NOT alone. There are \u00a0many like him. Their examples prove schooling is NOT an end in itself. It is a means to an end \u2013 the end being each person\u2019s definition of happiness and fulfillment.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A person\u2019s creative genius is a crucial ingredient needed to achieve that optimal state of being.<\/p>\n<p>Any schooling system that does NOT enhance the learner\u2019s ability to put that genius to use in achieving that state is NOT healthy for the child.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You have an obligation as a parent to challenge your society to do that for your child. If it does not, then you have a duty to find a way to fill in the gap created and if any damage is being done to your kid\u2019s creativity, you must take steps to stop it.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is what I have been doing for my kids, and I will continue to do it for them, showing them what matters, until I am sure they can carry on by themselves, taking necessary protective measures to preserve their creative genius.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>RELATED\u00a0ARTICLE:\u00a0<a title=\"Permanent Link to [Workshop for Kids \u2013 by a Kid] Build Your Own Battery Powered Toy Bike!\" href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/workshop-for-kids-build-your-own-battery-powered-toy-bike\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">[Workshop for Kids \u2013 by a Kid] Build Your Own Battery Powered Toy Bike!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>What is your child\u2019s genius? Do you know?<\/p>\n<p>Many parents do NOT know that schooling is a means to an end, and NOT an end in itself.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why they focus so much on \u201cschooling\u201d their kids, and pay little or no attention to EDUCATING their kids in readiness for real world relevant success outside school.<\/p>\n<p>This is why we have so many people who leave school with brilliant grades and go on to struggle to make impact in life.<\/p>\n<p>It is why (as Robert Kiyosaki notes in his book) we see C students becoming more successful and employing A students after they all leave school.<\/p>\n<p>It is also why we see UNSCHOOLED persons or school drop outs doing far better in the real world than their schooled counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>I argue, as a Best Practice Parenting Advocate, that a parent\u2019s NUMBER ONE role in giving his\/her child an education is NOT to pay school fees, uniforms, textbooks etc. Neither is it to pay for access to summer school and exams.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-card\">\n<div class=\"blog-card-body-outer\">\n<div class=\"blog-card-body\">\n<h5 class=\"blog-card-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/workshop-for-kids-build-your-own-battery-powered-toy-bike\/\">[Workshop for Kids - by a Kid] Build Your Own Battery Powered Toy Bike!<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n<p class=\"blog-card-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is your child&#039;s genius? Do you know? Many parents do NOT know that schooling is a means to an end, and NOT an end in itself. That&#039;s why they focus so much\u2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-card-site-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSD Nuggets\u2122\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/workshop-for-kids-build-your-own-battery-powered-toy-bike\/#.WRqpE0htldg\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading...<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>RELATED ARTICLE:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/our-voices\/battle-of-ideas\/education-is-not-for-anything-it-is-an-end-in-itself-8198029.html\" target=\"_blank\">Education is not \u2018for\u2019 anything - it is an end in itself<\/a> - \u00a0by\u00a0<a title=\"Dennis Hayes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/author\/dennis-hayes\">Dennis Hayes<\/a>\u00a0of Independent.co.uk | Thursday 4 October 2012 15:58<\/h3>\n<div class=\"intro\">\n<blockquote><p>The knowledge and understanding of subjects has no moral purpose. It may lead to discontent.<\/p>\n<p>Education is not about \u2018preparation for life\u2019. Nor is testing about \u2018preparation for the tests of life\u2019.\u00a0 Education is not \u2018about\u2019 anything except <em>education<\/em>. Debates, lectures and discussions with the title \u2018What is education for?\u2019 are popular, but they embody an instrumental mistake about the nature of education: education is not <em>for<\/em> anything. It is an end in itself. If all the problems of economic and social life were solved and people did not even have to work, we would still seek knowledge. This is encapsulated in Socrates\u2019 vision of eternal life as an endless series of conversations and debates with the greatest thinkers.<\/p>\n<p>Read full article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/our-voices\/battle-of-ideas\/education-is-not-for-anything-it-is-an-end-in-itself-8198029.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/our-voices\/battle-of-ideas\/education-is-not-for-anything-it-is-an-end-in-itself-8198029.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Excel-VB Driven Ration Formulator<\/h2>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"Click to view larger screenshot\" href=\"http:\/\/iff.tayosolagbade.com\/wp\/?page_id=26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-1619];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/uploads\/2013-ffapp1-thb.png\" alt=\"Click to view larger screenshot\" width=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"style93\"><strong>1. <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"style93\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iff.tayosolagbade.com\/wp\/?page_id=26\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about this app - watch demo videos etc<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>2.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/real-life-ration-formulation-demonstration-using-tayos-solagbades-excel-vb-ration-formulator-based-on-data-supplied-by-an-algerian-phd-student-enquirer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to watch a 4 part video in which I demonstrate how to use this app to formulate rations using real life data sent to me by an Algerian PhD student.<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"left\"><span class=\"style93\"><span class=\"style85\"><span class=\"style100\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdn-sell.htm#form\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to contact me about purchasing this product.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h1 class=\"style93\"><strong><span class=\"style75\">EXCEL-VB DRIVEN <\/span><\/strong><span class=\"style42\">POULTRY LAYER FARM MANAGER SOFTWARE<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"style55\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/15pfmVideos\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to download a detailed PDF user guide and watch 15 screen shot user guide tutorials of the Monthly Poultry Farm Manager that I now offer Farm CEOs<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style93\"><a title=\"Click here to watch a screenshot demonstration of the Excel-VB Driven Poultry Farm Manager I built for a client farm business in Ekiti state, South West Nigeria.\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/15pfmVideos\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/uploads\/pfmgr-video-shot.jpg\" alt=\"Click here to watch a screenshot demonstration of the Excel-VB Driven Poultry Farm Manager I built for a client farm business in Ekiti state, South West Nigeria.\" width=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"style85\"><span class=\"style100\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdn-sell.htm#form\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to contact me about purchasing this product.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>SDN Blog\u2122<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"style55\">New posts from last week*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style92\"><strong><span class=\"style42\">Monday<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"style53\" align=\"right\">\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to PII 065: You Cannot Vote on Science\/Life. Only Truth Matters. One Person Can be Right \u2013 and It Could be YOU! [THOUGHT PROVOKING VIDEO DEBATE]\" href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/pii-065-you-cannot-vote-on-sciencelife-only-truth-matters-one-person-can-be-right-and-it-could-be-you-thought-provoking-video-debate\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">PII 065: You Cannot Vote on Science\/Life. Only Truth Matters. One Person Can be Right \u2013 and It Could be YOU! [THOUGHT PROVOKING VIDEO DEBATE]<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"date-comments\"><\/div>\n<h2><strong>[<span class=\"style42\">Tuesday]<\/span>:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"style53\" align=\"right\">\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to Nigerian Banks Need to Put Customers First and Stop Thinking Money Only [Hint \u2013 TayoSolagbade.com is BACK Online: After being let down BADLY by my bank, an individual Referred to me by a TRUSTED Farm CEO client, uses his Dollar Card to enable me pay for my website\u2019s hosting renewal!]\" href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/nigerian-banks-need-to-put-customers-first-and-stop-thinking-money-only-hint-tayosolagbade-com-is-back-online-after-being-let-down-badly-by-my-bank-an-individual-referred-to-me-by-a-trusted-farm\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nigerian Banks Need to Put Customers First and Stop Thinking Money Only [Hint \u2013 TayoSolagbade.com is BACK Online: After being let down BADLY by my bank, an individual Referred to me by a TRUSTED Farm CEO client, uses his Dollar Card to enable me pay for my website\u2019s hosting renewal!]<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"style3\"><strong>[<span class=\"style42\">Wednesday<\/span>]:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"style53\" align=\"right\">\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to Two of Tayo Solagbade\u2019s Farm Business Ideas Club Members Are Now Licensed to Resell my Products and Keep ALL of the Money They Make [See Formal Notification Letter Inside, & ALSO LEARN WHY YOU NEED TO BUILD A MAILING LIST IF YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY FROM YOUR WEBSITE].\" href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/two-of-tayo-solagbades-farm-business-ideas-club-members-are-now-licensed-to-resell-my-products-and-keep-all-of-the-money-they-make-see-formal-notification-letter-inside-also-learn-why-you-need-t\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Two of Tayo Solagbade\u2019s Farm Business Ideas Club Members Are Now Licensed to Resell my Products and Keep ALL of the Money They Make [See Formal Notification Letter Inside, & ALSO LEARN WHY YOU NEED TO BUILD A MAILING LIST IF YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY FROM YOUR WEBSITE].<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"style3\"><strong>[<span class=\"style42\">Thursday<\/span>]:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to [RECOMMENDED] How to Make Snacks (Doughnuts, Pies and Chin-Chin) From High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) \u2013 by Olufemi Martins Adesope [Prof. of Agricultural Extension Services\" href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/recommended-how-to-make-snacks-doughnuts-pies-and-chin-chin-from-high-quality-cassava-flour-hqcf-by-olufemi-martins-adesope-prof-of-agricultural-extension-services\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">[RECOMMENDED] How to Make Snacks (Doughnuts, Pies and Chin-Chin) From High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) \u2013 by Olufemi Martins Adesope [Prof. of Agricultural Extension Services]<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>[Fri<span class=\"style42\">day<\/span>]:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>N\/A<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>[<span class=\"style42\">Saturday<\/span>]:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"style3\"><strong>N\/A<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"style3\"><strong>[<span class=\"style42\">Sunday<\/span>]:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to Do You Want to Make Your Spreadsheet Application Do Everything You want and Nothing You Don\u2019t?\" href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/do-you-want-to-make-your-spreadsheet-application-do-everything-you-want-and-nothing-you-dont\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Do You Want to Make Your Spreadsheet Application Do Everything You want and Nothing You Don\u2019t?<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"date-comments\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"style3\"><a title=\"Tayo Solagbade - signature\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tayosolagbade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tayosolagbade.com\/images\/signature.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"71\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style30\">Tayo K. Solagbade*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Self-Development\/Performance Improvement Specialist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\"><em>*Best Practice Farm Business Support Specialist & Founder of the MS Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation Club and Competition<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mobile:<\/strong> +234-803-302-1263 <strong>(in Nigeria<\/strong>) or +229-66-122-136 (<strong>in Benin Republic<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style59\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tayosolagbade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/<\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tayosolagbade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\/www.tayosolagbade.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/uploads\/tayosolagbade.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Tayo K. Solagbade<\/a> is a <b>Location Independent Performance Improvement<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Specialist and Multipreneur (i.e. a highly versatile\/multi-skilled entrepreneur), with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to Farm Businesses and others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"left\">Since 2002, he has earned multiple streams of income providing individuals and organizations with personal development training and coaching, <a href=\"http:\/\/excelheaven.tayosolagbade.com\" target=\"_blank\">custom MS Excel-VB solutions<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/why-you-need-a-web-marketing-system-wms-part-1-of-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">web marketing<\/a> systems\/<a href=\"cbshosting4webmarketing.supersite.myorderbox.com\" target=\"_blank\">web hosting<\/a>, freelance writing services, and best practice extension support services (for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iff.tayosolagbade.com\" target=\"_blank\">farm business owners<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"left\">Tayo is the author of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/tayo-solagbade\/ten-ways-you-can-use-self-development-to-create-the-future-you-want\/paperback\/product-166819.html\" target=\"_blank\">Self-Development (SD) Bible\u2122<\/a> and the popular Livestock <a href=\"http:\/\/iff.tayosolagbade.com\/wp\/?page_id=26\" target=\"_blank\">Feed Formulation<\/a> Handbook. He is also the developer of its accompanying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=99xm1EQJJdo\" target=\"_blank\">Excel-VB driven Ration Formulator\u2122<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/pfmgr.html\" target=\"_blank\">Poultry Farm <\/a>Manager\u2122 software.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"left\">He has delivered <a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/index.php\/performance-improvement-education-for-career-persons\" target=\"_blank\">talks\/papers to audiences in <\/a>various groups and organizations, including the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalisers Fast Foods and others.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2012 he was the Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development\u2019s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"left\">On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, write and speaks the French language) <a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/why-i-relocated-from-nigeria-to-benin-republic-hint-a-poor-country-where-even-poor-people-live-well\/\" target=\"_blank\">relocated to Cotonou, Benin Republic<\/a> to begin slowly traveling across the West African region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>His key purpose is to deliver talks, seminars <\/strong>and workshops on his key areas of focus and interest to interested audiences (Email tayo at tksola dot com for details).<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"left\">In a previous life, before leaving to become self-employed, Tayo served for seven years (October 1994 to December 2001) as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer to Training & Technical Development Manager, and later acted in senior roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"left\">In addition to constantly challenging the status quo and influencing positive work changes, he built a reputation for using self-taught spreadsheet programming skills (starting with Lotus 1-2-3, and later moving to Excel Visual Basic) - in his spare time - to develop Automated Spreadsheet Applications to computerize manual report generation processes in the departments he worked. <a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/uploads\/tayosolagbade.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Over four(4) of his applications were adopted for brewery level reporting.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">Tayo holds a B.Sc degree in Agricultural Extension Services from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, having graduated top of his class - with Second Class Upper Division honors - in 1992. He is an Associate Member of the UK Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management\u2019s(NIM) Young Managers\u2019 competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development\u2122 (SCfS-D\u2122), and Founder of the <a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Self-Development Academy (SDAc)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"left\">When he's not amazing clients with his superhuman skills (wink), Tayo works as the creative force behind his Daily <a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\" target=\"_blank\">Self-Development Nuggets blog<\/a> - on which he also publishes The Farm CEO Weekly Newspaper (sent via email to paid subscribers) and his <a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/category\/self-development\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weekly Performance Improvement IDEAS<\/a> newsletter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"left\">You can connect with him on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/tksola\" target=\"_blank\">@tksola.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/tayo.solagbade\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"left\">Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tayo Solagbade Dot Com<\/a>, to download over over 10 performance improvement resources to boost your personal and work related productivity.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style3\" align=\"center\">====<br \/>\n[IMPORTANT NOTE:====<\/h3>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"left\"><em>On 4th May 2014, Tayo's 9 year old domain (Spontaneousdevelopment dot com), which hosted his website, was taken over by Aplus.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"left\">Within a few days however, Tayo used his advanced self-taught web development skills to build a SUPERIOR \"reincarnation\" of it the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tayosolagbade.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.tayosolagbade.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"left\"><em><strong>But updates are still ongoing to URLs bearing the old domain name in most of the over 1,000 web pages, and blog posts <\/strong><\/em>he's published.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"left\">If you experience any difficulties finding a page or document, email Tayo at tksola dot com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"left\">Click \"<a href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/tayo-what-happened-to-spontaneousdevelopmentdotcom\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tayo, What Happened to SpontaneousDevelopmentDotCom<\/a> ?\" to read a detailed narrative about how the above event occurred :-))<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"style3\" align=\"left\">Here's an article Tayo wrote, to inspire others to defy adversity, and bounce back to even greater reckoning at what they do EVERY time:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"style3\" align=\"left\">\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to Succeed by Emerging from Adversity Like a Phoenix (TayoSolagbade.com launches extra Hosting plan with FREE Web Marketing!)\" href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/succeed-by-emerging-from-adversity-like-a-phoenix-tayosolagbade-com-launches-extra-hosting-plan-with-free-web-marketing\/\" target=\"_parent\" rel=\"bookmark\">Succeed by Emerging from Adversity Like a Phoenix<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(TayoSolagbade.com launches extra Hosting plan with FREE Web Marketing!)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"style3\" align=\"left\">And he wrote the one below, to explain why losing a domain name, no matter how old, NO LONGER determines your online success or otherwise:<\/h4>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"left\"><a title=\"Permanent Link to A Proven Strategy to Find Profitable Buyers Regardless of Your Domain Name\" href=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/a-proven-strategy-to-find-profitable-buyers-regardless-of-your-domain-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Proven Strategy to Find Profitable Buyers Regardless of Your Domain Name<\/a><br \/>\n==================<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span class=\"style3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/TKSolagbadeSDAc\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"style14\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/uploads\/youtube_32.png\" alt=\"View Tayo Solagbade's video tutorials and demonstrations on Facebook Productivity Tips, Web Marketing, and for his Custom MS Excel-VB driven software applications\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><span class=\"style14\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/SDAcs-Microsoft-Excel-Heaven\/211351038875155?ref=bookmarks\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/uploads\/facebook_32.png\" alt=\"Join the SD Nuggets community on Facebook.com\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/tksola\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/uploads\/twitter_32.png\" alt=\"Connect with Tayo on Twitter.com\" 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