{"id":5847,"date":"2014-08-25T11:52:55","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T11:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/?p=5847"},"modified":"2014-08-25T11:52:55","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T11:52:55","slug":"no-156-to-succeed-always-count-your-blessings-during-adversity-hint-would-you-work-at-your-best-if-power-supply-was-erratic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/no-156-to-succeed-always-count-your-blessings-during-adversity-hint-would-you-work-at-your-best-if-power-supply-was-erratic\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 156: To Succeed, Always Count Your Blessings During Adversity (Hint: Would You Work At Your Best If Power Supply Was Erratic?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

That's what Nigerians in Nigeria endure daily.<\/p>\n

During my visits to Ghana (in 2005) and Cameroon (in 1999 and 2001) most people did not believe that in Nigeria, a person may go WEEKS without power - even as his neighbor continues having it!<\/p>\n

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Publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Weekly Public Speaking IDEAS Newsletter <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Date:\u00a0<\/strong>Monday 25th August<\/span> 2014 <\/span><\/p>\n

No:<\/strong>156<\/span><\/p>\n

Title: <\/strong>To Succeed, Always Count Your Blessings During Adversity (Hint: Would You Work At Your Best If Power Supply Was Erratic?)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Author & Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Tayo K. Solagbade [Tel: <\/strong>+234-803-302-1263 (in Nigeria)<\/strong> or +229-66-122-136 (in Benin Republic)<\/strong> ]<\/p>\n

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No. 156: To Succeed, Always Count Your Blessings During Adversity (Hint: Would You Work At Your Best If Power Supply Was Erratic?)<\/span><\/h3>\n

I am not sure how many of you on my mailing list
\nknow what it feels like to endure YEARS of VERY erratic power supply
\non a daily basis from your country's power company.<\/p>\n

That's what Nigerians in Nigeria endure daily. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

During my visits to Ghana (in 2005) and Cameroon (in 1999 and 2001) most people did not believe that in Nigeria, a person may go WEEKS without power - even as his neighbor continues
\nhaving it!<\/p>\n

Why am I writing
\nabout this?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Well, it's because I want you all to understand
\nthe conditions under which all the news, articles, reports and resources
\nyou find on my website were created daily - especially from back in 2005, when I launched my former primary domain: spontaneousdevelopment.com<\/p>\n

Today, due to the fact that I've relocated to Benin Republic (which also enjoys healthy uninterrupted power!), I do not have to endure the same hardship of working under the noise and discomfort of an electricity generator.<\/em><\/p>\n

That is, except when I visit Nigeria for extended periods, as has been the case over the past 2 weeks! <\/span><\/p>\n

In contrast to the way I work in Benin Republic's Cotonou, many times here in Lagos, I have to work using generator power because the lights are often OFF longer than they are ON.<\/h3>\n

As
\nyou can imagine, since I earn my living by building software, websites
\nand writing articles - all of which require a PC\/access to the net and
\nof course electricity, I have to find a way to progress work given me
\nby paying clients if I want to make profits.<\/p>\n

To make matters worse, since last week, the lights that went out have NOT come back on again. As a result we have to run the generator much more often. <\/em><\/p>\n

So you find many people out here have to own
\ngenerators and buy fuel into kegs for use in these generators EVERY
\nsingle day.<\/h3>\n

But that would not be so bad if the fuel was always available
\n- but it sometimes tends not to be!<\/p>\n

Every now and then Nigerians find that fuel shortages
\ncause long queues to build up at the fuel stations! A long vicious cycle
\nthat affects this nation's productivity and wealth generation severely.<\/p>\n

I still recall coming home some months ago, earlier in this year. I had to buy fuel into 4 small plastic coke bottles at the border, to take home with me!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This was because of a prolonged fuel scarcity that made it impossible for my wife and kids to get fuel to buy. Yet I needed to do some work that night on arriving the house. So buying the fuel at N140 per litre (instead of N97 per litre) became necessary.<\/p>\n

For those of you who live in countries
\nwhere your power supply is regular, it is likely you have no large markets
\nfor generators and \"kegged\" fuels.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I want you to know how BLESSED you
\nare, that your country works that way, and you REALLY NEED to be grateful for it<\/strong>!<\/h3>\n

The money that
\nshould be left over in a barber's pockets out here at the end of each
\nday very often gets spent on generator fuel and maintenance DAILY whether
\ns\/he likes it or not!<\/em><\/p>\n

At your end, the cyber cafe owner never has to
\nquickly run down stairs to switch on his generator because power supply
\nhas suddenly gone off, and users browsing in his cafe may lose their
\nwork online!<\/p>\n

Now, this epileptic (or completely unavailable) power supply problem has always been a
\nfeature of our lives here in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

In the past two weeks, I estimate that I have not had light
\nfor more than four hours in ONE single day - and even that was NOT for
\na continuous stretch.<\/h3>\n

It is always a case of ON, then OFF, then ON again.
\nIf you don't believe me, come on a trip to Nigeria and stay in a hotel
\nfor a few hours.<\/p>\n

I assure you that's all you'll need - just a few hours),
\nand like a Ghanaian friend who was here on official work some years ago,
\nyou'll quickly learn that what I say is true from hearing the hotel's
\nstandby generator go ON and OFF, then ON and OFF ...again and again!<\/p>\n

On a lighter note, in your country the first
\nword that a baby learns to say may be \"daddy\" or \"mummy\"!<\/p>\n

But in Nigeria, the problem is so severe that one of the first \"words\" a baby may learn to say is \"NEPA!\" - which
\nis what our power generation company(National Electric Power Authority)
\nis known by - though they now officially go by \"PHCN\" - whatever
\ndifference that has made.<\/h3>\n

Having said all the above, despite all these challenges and limitations
\nin MY socioeconomic environment, many Nigerians keep forging ahead in
\ntheir work.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Like most other Nigerians in Nigeria, who were engaged in formal business, I had no alternatives while here (before I moved to Benin). <\/strong><\/p>\n

So I gritted my teeth (figuratively speaking) and focused on finding ways to get what I had to do DONE faster and cost-effectively by improving DAILY<\/strong>, for well over a decade.<\/p>\n

The fact that I actually grew my client base and even began attracting attention from foreign based prospects from as far as Asia, Europe and America, indicates that I made progress in spite of this major limitation.<\/p>\n

How
\ndid I achieve all that despite these debilitating challenges posed
\nby the unpredictability of my social environment?<\/p>\n

The answer is that I knew (and know) \"How to habitually deliver peak performances by getting
\ninto and STAYING in \"flow\" or the \"Zone\".<\/strong><\/em> <\/span>If you want to know what that means, and how you can learn to
\ndo the same thing, Google that article title and read it.<\/p>\n

Final Words<\/h3>\n

I'll end by noting that even though I made progress using the above, while in Nigeria, I knew I could make even better progress if I change my environment.<\/p>\n

Eventually, I followed the creator's guidance to relocate to Cotonou, on 1st April 2011, from where I have since taken my work to a whole new level - as can be seen on
\nmy website and mini-sites on Excel-VB Software Development<\/a> and Cost-Saving Farm Business Ideas\/Solutions<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

My message is therefore that while you're still unable to move to your preferred environment, resolve to make the most of what you have, where you are, like I did. The Creator who observes you will eventually lead you to discover and seize the opportunity that you need, like he did for me!<\/p>\n

PS: In a Bid to Save Money, My Kids Have Learnt to Service the Generator Themselves<\/h3>\n

One more thing.<\/p>\n

This power supply problem, I must say, has added some indirect benefits to my family. And I feel a need to highlight it, just to remind the reader that adversity often has some equivalent benefit that once can reap - if YOU pay attention.<\/p>\n

When you've experienced severe lack of money like I did in the past, you come to see money as it should be seen: a guest that should be treated properly, so it stays LONG with you. <\/strong><\/p>\n

And that means watching your expenses and being frugal at all times. This made me detest the need to pay to have our little generators serviced by the mostly unschooled mechanics we called in every 2 to 3 weeks.<\/p>\n

Each time I watched them at work, it struck me that they were teenagers like my first son. That told me he could also learn to do what they did.<\/p>\n

So, whenever I came home from Cotonou, I began challenging him and his siblings to watch the generator mechanics at work to learn how to do what they did. <\/strong><\/h3>\n

I told them to pay close attention so they could do it themselves.<\/p>\n

And I promised to give them at least half of the money that would be saved if we no longer had to call the mechanics in: THAT of course got their attention!<\/em><\/p>\n

As of today, 25th August 2014, they have not called in those guys for routine servicing of the generator for over a month.<\/p>\n

Instead, each time it shows signs of faltering, my kids - the 15 and 13 year old boys specifically - (as I shared in a past article) take the generator apart, clean up the various parts, then re couple and start it: ALL by themselves!<\/h3>\n

And it's working well.The way I see it, that's one useful benefit my kids have derived from this nuisance of poor power supply.<\/p>\n

At least they now have a set of real world relevant skills to add to their oven-less cake backing etc - that can open doors for them in larger society in future. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Since 2002, he has earned multiple streams of income providing individuals and organisations with personal development training and coaching, custom MS Excel-VB solutions<\/a>, web marketing<\/a> systems\/web hosting<\/a>,<\/p>\n

freelance writing services, and best practice extension support services (for farm business owners<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Tayo is the author of the Self-Development (SD) Bible\u2122<\/a> and the popular Livestock Feed Formulation<\/a> Handbook. He is also the developer of its accompanying Excel-VB driven Ration Formulator\u2122<\/a> and the Poultry Farm Manager\u2122 software<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He has delivered talks\/papers to audiences in various groups and organisations<\/a>, including the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalisers Fast Foods<\/p>\n

and others.<\/p>\n

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

On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, write and speaks the French language) relocated to Cotonou, Benin Republic<\/a> to begin slowly traveling across the West African region.<\/p>\n

His key purpose is to deliver talks, seminars <\/strong><\/p>\n

and workshops on his key areas of focus and interest to interested audiences (Email tayo at tksola dot com for details).<\/p>\n

In a previous life, before leaving to become self-employed, Tayo served for seven years as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer, to Training & Technical Development Manager, and then later acted in senior management roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager.<\/p>\n

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 Self-Development Academy Limited<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When he's not amazing clients with his superhuman skills (wink), Tayo works as the creative force behind his Daily Self-Development Nuggets blog<\/a> - on which he also publishes his Weekly Public Speaking IDEAS <\/a><\/p>\n

newsletter(which he uses to promote Burt Dubin's Public Speaking Mentoring service<\/a> to experts working across the African continent).<\/p>\n

You can connect with him on Twitter @tksola.com<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Visit Tayo Solagbade Dot Com<\/a>, to download over over 10 performance improvement resources to boost your personal and work related productivity.<\/p>\n

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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

Within a few days however, Tayo used his advanced self-taught web development skills to build a SUPERIOR \"reincarnation\" of it the website http:\/\/www.tayosolagbade.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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><\/p>\n

he's published.<\/p>\n

If you experience any difficulties finding a page or document, email Tayo at tksola dot com.<\/p>\n

Click \"Tayo, What Happened to SpontaneousDevelopmentDotCom ?<\/a>\" to read a detailed narrative about how the above event occurred :-))<\/p>\n

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\u201cTayo, I honestly believe you are one of those who will succeed at anything he does. Your commitment and effort has been outstanding....Thanks for all your hard work since I\u2019ve been here - you will be sorely missed. I don\u2019t need to wish you good luck, you have the ability to make your own luck. - Andy\"(R. Jones)<\/strong>*<\/p>\n

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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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,133,1,266,814,112,10,103],"tags":[1223,1224,1222,973],"class_list":["post-5847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employeescareer-persons","category-entrepreneurs","category-farm-biz","category-general-2","category-my-dn-travel-news","category-my-ideas-for-making-nigeria-better","category-public-speaking","category-self-development","category-writingblogging","tag-always-count-your-blessings-during-adversity","tag-hint-would-you-work-at-your-best-if-power-supply-was-erratic","tag-speaking-ideas-newsletter-no-156","tag-to-succeed"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":1256,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5848,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5847\/revisions\/5848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}