{"id":4215,"date":"2014-04-06T05:54:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T05:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sdnuggets\/?p=4215"},"modified":"2014-10-23T09:39:38","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T09:39:38","slug":"fulfilling-farm-business-best-practice-product-orders-amidst-chaos-true-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/fulfilling-farm-business-best-practice-product-orders-amidst-chaos-true-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulfilling Farm Business Best Practice Product Orders, Amidst Chaos (True Story)"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Lagos, 6:49a.m, 6th April 2014] Each time I visit Lagos, I see more reasons to justify not doing any aspect of my work from here.<\/p>\n

I spent all of Friday 4th February 2014 - under stressful conditions - battling to prepare and send courier packs to 3 Farm CEOs who paid for my products.<\/p>\n

One is based in Kano (Feed formulation Handbook and software), a second, in Jos (Poultry Farm Manager) and the third in Warri (Feed Formulation Home Study Pack).<\/p>\n

Holding a Ready-to-Dispatch Print Copy of My Popular Practical Feed Formulation Handbook<\/h3>\n

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I sent 2 of the packs off at 5.15p.m, from the Fedex branch along Ikeja's Toyin street.<\/p>\n

The 3rd goes out Monday a.m once I get additional handbook copies made.<\/p>\n

My new Practical Feed Formulation (& Compounding) Home Study Video Series DVD<\/h3>\n

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\nHint: My new Practical Feed Formulation & Compounding Home Study Video Series, comes on a DVD.<\/p>\n

It is bundled with a copy of my Ration Formulation Software, video tutorials, pdf user guide, a physical copy of my Feed Formulation Handbook, and other products.<\/p>\n

Delivery is via courier.<\/p>\n

The link below leads to a detailed description:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/your-practical-feed-formulation-compounding-home-study-video-series-is-now-available\/<\/a>
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Massive traffic jams all over the area made moving around to get that done soooo hard.<\/p>\n

Near zero power supply has meant my having to force myself to do needed work with noise from multiple generators making my head ring - my work rate suffering badly as a result.<\/p>\n

Honestly!!<\/p>\n

Only the knowledge that my new product offers are bringing in much more sales make it easier to bear.<\/p>\n

My new Poultry Farm Manager app CD<\/h3>\n

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\nHint: See the preview PDF at:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/uploads\/screenshots_MonthlyPoultryFarmManager.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Learn more at:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/a-pocket-friendly-poultry-farm-manager-software-for-profit-conscious-farm-business-owners<\/a><\/p>\n

Click the link below to watch the demonstration video for the ExcelVB driven Poultry Farm Operations Management software.<\/p>\n

You can see the demo video at:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.tayosolagbade.com\/pfmgr.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Alternatively, the Youtube version can be viewed at:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=u2OEhGPmd5E#watch_actions<\/a><\/p>\n

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I still have a past buyer from Tanzania asking for payment details too (for my home study video), while a Kenyan CEO is working to repeat the bank transfer (for my Poultry Manager app), using the corrected domicillary account details I got by visiting my bank on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

This rapid increase in orders for physical versions of my products is something I'll have to handle more from Cotonou.<\/p>\n

Not only will it cost about 40% less to produce copies, there's also a lot less stress involved in fulfilling orders from that end.<\/p>\n

My Feed Formulation Handbook hard copy & Ration Formulator software DVD<\/h3>\n

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\nHint: The page that has details of my Excel-VB driven Ration formulator software and handbook etc is at:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/iff.tayosolagbade.com\/wp\/feed-formulation\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The handbook offers 60 pages of practical information, guidance and tips on feed formulation AND compounding.
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Would you believe, I had to walk 2.5 hours from Ikeja to my home, when after waiting 4 hours from 4p.m till after 8p.m, the traffic jam along the routes failed to ease up?!<\/h3>\n

But in a way it was fun. I decided to make it fun, rather than let it affect my mood. And I'm always ready to push my fitness level higher \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

However, the chaos, and extremes out here remind me of why I moved to Cotonou, and why once I find a willing property owner, I'll move my family to join me.<\/p>\n

As I began walking from the bus stop, 2 young chaps in their mid 20s to early thirties joined me. I'd told them while we waited that I would walk home if the traffic jam did not improve.<\/p>\n

The traffic situation already bad for weeks before, due to elaborate road repairs being carried out, really peaked that day.<\/p>\n

I would later learn it was due to the monthly exodus of thousands of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG)'s members to their \"camp\" along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.<\/p>\n

I and my new young friends chatted about Nigeria, about corruption and eventually about our work.<\/h3>\n

This made our progress faster, as we walked. About 400m past the Grammar school bus stop, my friends found a bike rider willing to take them to Akute, their final destination.<\/p>\n

We exchanged contacts, they left, and I continued walking another 15 minutes to my home.<\/p>\n

The top of my Cotonou sewn native outfit was drenched in sweat.<\/p>\n

My thick soled army regulation type leather shoes were completely covered in brown dirt from the long trek, making me shake my head in self pity.<\/p>\n

I slept at 11.45p.m that Friday, after taking my meal and posting the blog article for the day.<\/p>\n

Waking up Saturday morning at 7.30a.m, I watched movies with my kids all day (Jamie Foxx's \"The Whitehouse is down\" is GREAT!).<\/h3>\n

At last I felt as relaxed as I'd wanted to be since coming down to see them!<\/p>\n

A few days back they'd surprised me by baking and selling cakes without an oven like I taught them late last year.<\/p>\n

I'd challenged them to do it as part of \"celebrations\" of the anniversary of my 1st year in Benin Republic.<\/p>\n

I've been bragging to everyone about the zero oven charcoal stove cakes being made, and sold by them...and even wrote a blog article about it on Thursday:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/sometimes-youll-need-to-keep-it-within-your-family\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite all that's happened, I cannot deny that Nigeria's peculiarly harsh atmosphere drives people to function at their best.<\/h3>\n

Apart from pushing me to explore smarter and more creative ways to get my work done, it's helped me start my kids on the entrepreneurial path, towards achieving financial independence.<\/p>\n

That's a dream I've had since the first child was born, in 1999.<\/p>\n

Having said that, I know it's better to expose them to other societies, like Cotonou, Douala, Accra, so they can see that life does not have to be so hard, harsh and tough.<\/h3>\n

That 20 hour hustling need not be a way of life.<\/p>\n

That corruption is not a pandemic there, like it is here.<\/p>\n

That in those societies laws often work, social order exists, making it inevitable that wrong doers, small or big, get duly punished.<\/p>\n

I realize I need to let them see all that, lest they conclude that the many negatives they see growing up in Nigeria, are \"normal\" and unavoidable.<\/p>\n

And that's why I'm eventually going to make them travel with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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