Category: Newsletter – Tales from Cotonou

[BPPS] Teen Sisters (15 & 12) PRACTICE for their 1st Mobile Hairstyling Experience Sharing Clinic for Kids!

This video trailer features: 1. Highlight photos and a video clip from the 1st practice session done – on Tuesday 27th April 2021 – by the girls with their Mentor, the CEO of ADA UNIQUE SALOON located at No. 5 Akinriade Street, Anifowoshe, Ikeja, Lagos. 2. Subtitled playback of a recorded phone Conversation, 2 days […]

Chasing Clients Costs Profits. Do THIS Instead! [FREE PDF] Master Salesman Coaching (MSC)™ for Selling Success

In the past, cold calling and door to door pavement pounding was not only popular, but it was also seen as unavoidable for successful selling. Today, PC/Internet technology has made the evolution of superior selling systems by smart thinking professionals. Most of them make it possible to sell to total strangers, without ever needing to […]

Why You Need to Avoid “ENERGY SUCKERS” By Oprah Winfrey [Verbatim text transcript of 1:00 video clip found on Facebook]

Below is a Verbatim text transcript of the above 1:00 video clip ****Start of Video to Text Transcript [211 Words]**** “I had to do a clearing, in my life of some people whose energy I realized was not supportive of who I wanted to be in the world.” Click here to download the MP4 Video […]

The Difference between Spirituality & Religion – By Prof. Bayyinah Bello [Verbatim text transcript of 1:43 video clip found on Facebook]

Below is a Verbatim text transcript of the above 1:43 video clip  ****Start of Video to Text Transcript [243 Words]**** “Spirituality, nobody can teach it to you. You need to get the fundamentals of any book any spiritual system. You can get the fundamentals, and then look at inside of you and…” Click here to […]

[PDF – TRUE STORY] Custom Manufacturing Business Manager App Built for a Lagos-Nigeria based SME | Excel-VB Automation Can Boost Employee Productivity in Your Company

NB: This PDF report is based on a blog post with over 6.4k views as at 23rd April 2021. It features the true story (with screenshots from the real life app) of how – in 2009 – I built a Custom Manufacturing Business Manager Software for a Lagos-Nigeria based SME. It was an elaborate project […]

[PDF] Save Money On Poultry Feed: Two Ideas You Can Use to Succeed

Times are really hard for businesses in general and Farm Businesses in particular. Historically burdened by erratic socio-economic conditions and marketing challenges, the prolonged global pandemic crisis has hit farmers hard, causing unprecedented rises in prices of their most critical inputs. For livestock farmers, that has been mainly feed ingredients like Maize and Soyabean, among […]

Grand-Kids Visit Grandma On Her 73rd Birthday Anniversary: 18/4/2021 [10 Inspiring Grandma Quotes]

My mother – Mrs. Abiola A. Solagbade – clocked 73 years yesterday (Sunday 18th April 2021). I got my kids (‘Temi, Oluoma and T-Boy: 15, 12, and 7 respectively) to bring her some fruit gifts and spend some quiet time with her and Grandpa. Watch the video… Click https://youtu.be/qodpunHEpkU This video features a few photos […]

VIDEO: 5 Reasons You Need to BOND CLOSELY With Your Daughter: Best Practice Parenting Ideas for Strong Men (aka Alpha Males) Who Want to Be Great FATHERS

Mothers and Fathers are important in a child’s life. Whether or not you are still with your daughter’s mother, YOU MUST ALWAYS take the time to be physically and emotionally available to her, if you want her to grow into the best possible version of herself. The following are 5 powerful ways bonding CLOSELY with […]

[PDF] Our Societies Are Badly in Need of REAL MEN as Role Models…and Leaders – NOT Weaklings in Mens Pants (aka WIMPs)

I’ll be 51 on 6th July 2021. However, I know that my best years are still far ahead of me. Today, I’m doing the work I LOVE with increasing success, financially and otherwise, despite adversity i.e. even in the face of harsh economic conditions. Download the full PDF and read offline – click here.  

[PDF] He Called Me “Voleur” (Thief)! | The Big Mistake Some Africans Make In Thinking About Nigerians

Note to reader: This article was first published online from my base in Benin Republic’s Cotonou, on Oct 12, 2013 @ 13:29 i.e. 6 months after I relocated (on 1st April) to the Francophone capital from Nigeria’s Lagos. I’d survived a period of extreme adversity in which for several days in my first two weeks […]

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