General
Success Depends on Your Extracurricular Activities, and Not Just Studying!
February 15, 2014









Would you focus 100% on your studies, to seal a 1st class degree? Or would you ADD extracurricular activities, and risk missing a sure 1st class? I did the latter and narrowly missed 1st class. But my achievements since then prove I did the right thing. Here's my story... Meeting An Old School Mate Who […]







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General
To Succeed, Act with Courage on Your Convictions (Hint: The TRUE Meaning of Valentine's Day)
February 14, 2014









I read a story yesterday about St. Valentine and what happened to him, that resulted in celebration of Valentine's day. If the story is accurate, then his was not a Romeo and Juliet or romance tale. Instead St. Valentine bravely died for what he believed. A law had been passed barring marriage of young people, […]







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Career Development
Convert Your Excel Reporting Workbooks to Secure (& Even Money Making!) EXE Files
February 13, 2014









Below is a screenshot of the 2014 upgrade version of my popular Excel-VB driven Ration Formulator sofware. Do you notice it’s actually an EXE (executable) file, and NOT an Excel workbook...even though it's in Excel?! Users need not enable macros. Plus, it works on any Excel version (for Windows or Mac). All past buyers get […]







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Career Development
Do You Want a Comprehensive Guide to Private Universities in Benin Republic?
February 12, 2014









A recent email from one of my newsletter subscribers read (in part) as follows: "Tayo, pls can u guide me on university education in Benin Republic? Ranging from the standard ones to qualifications and range of tuition fee as well as accommodation." Sadly, I was only able to send her links to a list of […]







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Entrepreneurship
No. 128: Using Location Independent Multipreneuring to Achieve Public Speaking Success
February 10, 2014









I began my “Location Independent Multiprenuring Travels” across West Africa, on 1st April 2013 – about 10 months ago. The amazing successes I’m achieving (some described below) convince me one MUST be willing to take greater risks, to move to higher levels of achievement. If I’d remained in Nigeria, I doubt I’d have achieved this […]







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My DN Travel News
Achieve Writing Success by Reading More Frequently and Deliberately
February 9, 2014









Late last year, I decided to begin writing short story pieces. Click here to read my first ever (500 word) attempt titled “The High School Students Street Fight”, which I entered for the GKBCinc Short Story Competition on 31st December 2013. I intend to write many more short stories. Most will be based on real life experiences […]







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My DN Travel News
The Deadly High School Students Street Fight (A True Short Story I Submitted to the 2013 GKBCinc Short Story Competition)
February 9, 2014









As the screenshot below shows, this piece - my first ever (500 word) attempt at writing a short story - was not short listed for phase 2 of the GKBCinc Short Story Competition that I entered it for on 31st December 2013, the LAST day for entries! But I'm glad I sent it in anyway. […]







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Career Development
You Can Agree to Disagree and Still LOVE (Tribute to my father at 80!)
February 8, 2014









Photo: My father - Ezekiel Oluwajimi (E.O) Solagbade - cuts his 80th birthday anniversary cake on Tuesday 4th Feb. 2014, with my mom (his wife for 43 years now). Dad is a Civil and Structural Engineer by profession. I absolutely LOVED the cake, because it was beautifully decorated to depict technical drawing tools he uses! […]







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My DN Travel News
Why Your Child May Need a Liberal Arts Education to Succeed
February 7, 2014









"One of the benefits of a liberal arts education is that it trains the mind to think." - Albert Einstein Einstein was a famous "Theoretical Physicist"...who thought up amazing theories, that changed our lives. Now Here's Something Many People Miss About Einstein's Achievements: You see, he was a SCIENTIST. That means he specialised in the […]







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Career Development
Do We Really Become More Prone to “Forgetting” As We Grow Older?
February 6, 2014









In 2003, I wrote my popular research based article (titled “When You Grow Old, Your Brain Does Not”. It has since been republished via syndication on many websites. If you believe your mental abilities will diminish because you’re aging, think again. Do We Really Become More Prone to “Forgetting” As We Grow Older? In yesterday's […]







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