My DN Travel News
"Number" Versus "Quality" of Friends: Which Matters More? (Tips from Beyoncé, and Blaise Pascal)
November 6, 2013









Question: What would be the point of your claiming to have many friends/associates/relatives etc for instance, when most (or all?) of them are not true to you? For instance, they say one thing to your face, and another when you're not around OR they say one thing and do another etc. A Lesson About Truth-Based […]







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Entrepreneurship
4 Reasons Going Out Without Your Car May (Sometimes) Be a Smart Thing to Do!
November 5, 2013









This writeup is based on updated/revised excerpts from an article I originally wrote (on 30th November 2006), as a service provider when I was still based in Lagos-Nigeria.As such, not all the ideas I offer here, may be applicable to you or your environment. NB: I relocated to Benin Republic on 1st April 2013, and […]







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Entrepreneurship
No. 114: Speaking IDEAS for Farm Support Experts
November 4, 2013









If you provide farm support products and services, this issue of my weekly speaking IDEAS newsletter will interest you. That includes experts working with private owned agro-allied companies, government agencies or even Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Yesterday, I listened to a top Ekiti state government official (on Nigerian TV) explaining how they are attracting young people […]







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My DN Travel News
How to Tease Out Your Child’s Genius (3 Tips on how to be a "coach-parent")
November 1, 2013









Most people feel proud and inspired to do more, when something they do attracts genuine praise and/or rewards from others. Children especially respond quite well to timely positive feedback. This article explains how you can make intelligent use of such feedback (as a "coach-parent"), to nurture your child’s creative instincts, in a way that increases […]







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Career Development
How to Safely retire into Self-Employment (A True Story)
October 31, 2013









A client once told me how the first boss he worked for often told him: "Look Alooya, if you work 8 hours in a day for an employer, start making effort to work one hour per day for yourself as well. Think of things you can do for yourself to earn income that will benefit […]







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General
Proven Strategies for Preventing Infidelity (Hint: Why do men cheat on their wives or girl friends?)
October 30, 2013









On 22nd Oct. 2013, at 4.50 p.m, Edentu Oroso wrote…are men by their nature promiscuous? …Why do men cheat on their wives or girl friends?” See original post/thread at: www.tinyurl.com/edentufbk2 This is Issue No. 2 in the series on "My Ideas for Making Nigeria Better". For past issue(s), click here. [For a society to achieve […]







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Entrepreneurship
Succeeding With Social Media: The Required Mind Set
October 29, 2013









Top performing sales people often succeed by painstakingly building trust in the minds of their prospects. They rarely adopt pushy sales strategies or hype. Yet, over time, those they approach loyally buy from them, and even tell others about them without being asked. That's why I'm a believer in letting things happen naturally. Be it […]







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My DN Travel News
No. 113: A Best Practice Strategy That Solves ANY Problem
October 28, 2013









Success comes via learning from when things go wrong, to be able to get them right more often. This applies to the expert-speaker who gets stopped before he can finish his “talk”, because he over-shot allotted time. Just like it does to the freelance writer, who misses agreed deadlines for submission of completed pieces. Such […]







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General
An Eye Cannot See Itself (Hint: Are men by their nature promiscuous?)
October 26, 2013









"An eye cannot see itself. That's why it's best to look in the mirror often!" - Tayo K. Solagbade I always try to look in the “mirror” – literally and figuratively speaking – as often as possible. By this I mean FREQUENTLY doing a hard and honest self-evaluation. It helps me identify areas I need […]







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General
Generate Ideas to Solve YOUR Country's Problems (Hint: Time for a female president in Nigeria?)
October 25, 2013









Quick Take-Away: Come up with practical, ready-to-use ideas to help make YOUR country better. I practice what I preach - so this post announces the maiden issue of a PDF series I've decided to periodically publish, regarding making MY country of origin better. I am passionate about influencing positive change in Nigeria. And I have […]







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