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Introduce Your Kids to the Philosophy of Personal Success Achievement (A Real Life Example) - Part 2 of 2

September 6, 2014

Yesterday, in part 1 of 2, I ended my true story at the point where I asked my kids: "What do you call a child of God?". They said: "A child of God." But I told them: NO! [And they looked at me in confusion]. When I told them THE answer, I saw the looks […]

General

Introduce Your Kids to the Philosophy of Personal Success Achievement (A Real Life Example) - Part 1 of 2

September 5, 2014

On Sunday 17th August 2014 a.m, I had my first Personal Achievement Coaching (PAC) project conversation with my children. I asked them: "What is a child of God called?" and told them it was NOT "child of God". If you truly believe in God, know that this is a message from God to you. If […]

Career Development

Is That Nice Person "Nice" To Everyone - Or Just YOU?

September 4, 2014

"A person who is nice to you, but is NOT nice to the waiter, is NOT nice" - Author unknown. The foregoing quote captures my preferred definition of being nice, which is essentially entails treating others with "respect and consideration". In this article, I offer five (5) practical ways to evaluate the "quality" of your relationships […]

Career Development

Top Twelve Ways to Achieve Results Focused Self-Development

September 3, 2014

Too many people claim to do Self-Development, when what they do is mostly wishful thinking, with little or NO ACTION TAKING! The ideas I offer will help you practice results-focused Self-Development that yields tangible benefits! 1. BREAK the bad habit of idolising paper qualifications Don’t rush like others to acquire the latest certification unless you’re […]

Entrepreneurship

To Succeed, You Need to Avoid Advice from Wrong People!

September 2, 2014

Who are you taking advice from in your business or personal life? Every day in Nigeria, and I am sure all over the world as well, people find themselves on the receiving end of advice from speakers, writers, presenters etc. On radio, TV, newspapers, the web, tons of advices are offered by (mostly) well meaning […]

General

To Succeed, You Need a Reason for Writing

August 30, 2014

If you use your writing to directly or indirectly earn income (e.g. by writing for others, selling written works, or winning buyers for your products and services), this truth may shock you. But I've seen enough proof of it in 10 years, to be sure it's accurate! If you happen to write just "for the […]

Career Development

To Ensure Others Easily View Your Pictures, Optimise Them BEFORE You E-mail Them (Here's How!)

August 28, 2014

Before you excitedly email those pictures to your contacts, do them the favour of reducing the image file sizes (via web optimisation) in a graphics software. Owners or employees in fields like real estate and entertainment, often have to send digital camera, or scanned images (e.g of contracts) to contacts via email. But doing so […]

Career Development

Protect Your Debit Card from Online Fraudsters...or This Could Happen to You (True Story) [Lost & Re-Published Post]

August 27, 2014

This article was first published on this blog 3 months ago, on Friday 23rd May 2014 (see browser history screenshot below). Today, when I tried linking to it, to post a comment on Facebook, I got a "Page Not Found" error on my blog. A MySQL database check soon revealed it was GONE: "Yepa!"! But […]

Career Development

Why I Convert Video/Audio Interviews & “Informal Narratives” by Other Experts Into Downloadable PDF/Slideshow Versions for EVERYONE – Tayo K. Solagbade

August 27, 2014

This new personal philosophy paper offers download access to four (4) useful PDF documents I recently created using videos, audios or informal "writing" originated by competent experts I reckon with. They are Efe Ohwofasa (UK), Patrick Meninga (USA), Richie Parker (USA) and Charles Ayo Dada (Nigeria). The first 3 can be downloaded from www.tayosolagbade.com. A. Breakthrough to […]

Entrepreneurship

Selling Skills Development in Tayo Solagbade’s Personal Achievement Coaching for Kids (PACK)™ Project [Hint: Finding Buyers for Cakes Made Without Oven]

August 26, 2014

Tomorrow - Wednesday 27th August 2014 will be a BIG day for my 3 boys (9, 13, and 15 respectively). As part of my Personal Achievement Coaching for Kids (PACK)™ project, during their holidays, they now embark on "sales calls" to develop their selling skills, and learn to deal with rejection. My kids have been making and […]