General
Introduce Your Kids to the Philosophy of Personal Success Achievement (A Real Life Example) - Part 2 of 2
September 6, 2014









If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!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 […]







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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 […]







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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 […]







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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 […]







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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 […]







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Entrepreneurship
No. 157: Deciding What You Need to Write - or Speak - About (3 Strategies You Can Use)
September 1, 2014









As an expert-who-speaks (or writes), the topic, subject, or theme you choose to focus on can be a crucial determinant of your success. If your audience loves it, you’ll become a “hero” who demystifies it for them. Otherwise, you may get largely ignored…until you can do better. Today's issue was inspired by a question sent […]







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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 […]







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Entrepreneurship
Prepare Your Child to Succeed by Learning to Overcome Rejection Using Persistence & PMA (Lessons from Tayo Solagbade’s Maiden "Selling Skills Development" Project for Kids)
August 29, 2014









On Wednesday 27th August 2014, my 3 sons (11, 13, and 15 respectively), as part of my Personal Achievement Coaching for Kids (PACK)™ project, went on their first ever "sales calls": Finding Buyers for their Pineapple Flavored Cakes Baked Without Oven. [Note: (a). PMA = Positive Mental Attitude (b). Click here to download PDF preview […]







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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 […]







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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 […]







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