This video is bettw watched by YOU, than narrated to you. The comment reproduced below was made by a past viewer of the interview with this baby (teenage) faced 23 year old South African millionnaire – and it perfectly captures my sentiments about this young man’s achievement: Such a great story. To take your university […]
PII 071: VIDEO Tutorial – How I built...
This week’s issue of my Performance Improvement Ideas newsletter is based on transcript excerpts from the Introduction video in which I demonstrate (for members of my Excel-VB club) how I built my commercial MS Excel-VB driven Main, Imprest and Bank Cash Book/Reconciliation Application (which I sold to several Lagos based . I built it for […]
[RECOMMENDED] Lagos Opens Website To ...
I continue to shake my head at the irony of the situation (as in the news report featured below) in which supposed graduates from Nigerian institutions keep “NEEDING” brushing up and polishing to make them more “employable” AFTER they exit tertiary institutions they spent YEARS preparing in! My argument remains that MANY of our kids […]
Do NOT Let People Take Advantage of Y...
I’ve met many “Carrot Danglers” (or CDs) – as friends, coworkers and especially as clients. They basically want to get something for nothing (or as little as possible) from YOU while pretending like they have something to give. My advice: Avoid them. But do so tactfully. The ideas I share in this article are based […]
[RECOMMENDED] Why Our Most Educated G...
By many reports, the millennial generation is the most educated generation in US history—and by some stretch. Take a look at this graph from Pew Research. Yet, they have a problem. Despite all this higher education, they have the highest levels of unemployment of any work demographic and they make 20 percent less than their […]
PII 070: Will Your Child’s Certificat...
FACT: To give their kids the best chance of success in life, many parents today spend hefty sums to send them to the best schools – sometimes abroad. Sadly, many such kids eventually graduate and have to struggle, alongside less qualified others, to find good employment – or ending up underemployed! So s/he begins life […]
The FARM CEO (Issue 84): Practical Po...
In this week’s issue of the Farm CEO newspaper, I feature 2 of my most widely syndicated articles, published over 5 years ago. They contain deep pearls of insights gained from YEARS of working closely with serious minded Farm CEOs to find solutions to REAL LIFE problems that were holding them back. These articles have […]
[RECOMMENDED] Tackling the Rise of Fa...
The truths stated in THIS report is why I INSIST on empowering my kids with real world relevant income earning VOCATIONAL SKILLS as a MAJOR priority – a strategy I advocate for adoption by other parents. Tackling the Rise of Fake Qualifications in Nigeria By Linus Unah on June 6, 2017 The disease of forging education […]
One Strategy Igbos Need to Learn From...
[This article is a public service] Nigeria’s Igbo people continue to complain of being under-recognised, under-appreciated, marginalized and generally sidelined in the affairs of the nation – despite what they consider their hefty contributions to its socio-economic development. As a result, they’ve agitated more intensely to actualize their own separate state – Biafra. But the […]