Entrepreneurship
Breakthrough to Purpose - Andy Brine Interviews Efe Ohwofasa (Verbatim Text Transcript Created by Tayo K. Solagbade)
August 7, 2013









Preamble: Why I Manually Transcribe Video and Audio Presentations (Especially Interviews) – By Tayo K. Solagbade The thumbnail image below links to a verbatim PDF text transcript of a 23 minute long video interview conducted by Andy Brine (of Become Authentic on Video) with Efe Ohwofasa (Nigerian born, UK based business coach) This is not […]







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Entrepreneurship
Can You Market and Advertise When You Lack Money?
August 6, 2013









Marketing and Advertising When You Have No Money If you have limited funds and need to market and advertise, this article may interest you. Is it really possible to market and advertise successfully, when you have no (or little) money? I argue that it does. I say this from personal experience gained doing it, as […]







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My DN Travel News
No. 101: Speaking Can Make You a "Meaningful Specific"
August 5, 2013









Most countries will gladly welcome "foreigners" they know can bring positive benefits to their people and economies. A UK based Nigerian whose amazing success story I recently transcribed from the video of a TV interview (email tayo at tksola dot com to get a FREE copy) - coaches small and medium business owners across the […]







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My DN Travel News
You Cannot Teach Experience
August 3, 2013









“We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience” – Sasha Azevedo As a writer, there will be times when your knowledge alone will not be adequate. In other words, if you’re honest with yourself, you will sometimes not have enough personal experience based insight, to do a good job writing on a […]







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My DN Travel News
Do You Need Schooling to Own a Bank Account?
August 2, 2013









Sounds like a funny question does it not? Do you have a child in school (or due to start)? This article highlights what smart parents will help their kids learn outside formal school, to better prepare them to achieve financial independence in adulthood! Schooled and Unschooled Persons Can Own and Operate Bank Accounts. Hopefully, the […]







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Career Development
Excel by Getting Useful Ideas to Decision Makers
August 1, 2013









Do you have an idea you are convinced can benefit the company you serve? In this write-up, I argue (based on my achievements as a high performing employee in Guinness Nigeria), that you owe yourself, and the company, a duty to ensure you get heard. As was my experience, you may even have to bypass […]







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My DN Travel News
Proven Strategy for Succeeding by Winning People's Trust
July 31, 2013









Sometimes a person can be competent, qualified, even certified in his/her chosen field…and still have problems succeeding e.g. in getting jobs…or if s/he’s in business, clients. There will be exceptions, but my experiences and observations suggest people who suffer that way, do so because they fail to inspire trust. Something about them just does not […]







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Entrepreneurship
Is It Smart to Partner With a New Acquaintance?
July 30, 2013









Without trust, little progress will be achieved in activities requiring cooperation or collaboration with others. But how do you know who to trust - in business or life in general – especially online? This article suggests steps you can take, at least at the preliminary stage, to decide whether or not to accept a partnership […]







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My DN Travel News
No. 100: Nothing Can Stop YOU...Except Greed
July 29, 2013









This issue of my speaking IDEAS newsletter includes a true story of how, last weekend, a young man tried to “hire” me to “insert” an image of himself, into the photo of a giant aquarium he downloaded from the web! His purpose? To send the “Photo-shopped” version, with a quote, to a prospective client he’d told […]







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Entrepreneurship
Passion Will Not Save You, If You Lack Mastery!
July 27, 2013









“Reading without thinking gives a disorderly mind, and thinking without reading makes one unbalanced” - Confucius All the obsession and exercise in the world will not make you write better if you do not know enough about your chosen topic or subject. It may appear like I’m stating the obvious, but I’ve read some blog […]







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