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I have been thinking for weeks about what would be the perfect product with which to close out the year, and (possibly) reward interested persons on my mailing list for allowing me into your in-boxes albeit infrequently. Then a possibly perfect solution came to me last Tuesday! With my mind made up, I spent about 2 days last week building what I have now called my Personal/Business Contacts Manager™ application using MS Excel VB. For decision makers - CEOs, Marketing/Sales/HR/PR Managers, Independent Consultants or Entrepreneurs who often have to maintain large supplier, customers'/clients', applicants'/employees' contact or personal data, this product can make that task 95% EASIER(No exaggeration). So, here's my end of year gift offer to you: You can get a limited version AT ZERO COST with which you can store and manage contact data for 50 persons. <Click here to see screen shots/learn more, and signup to request YOUR FREE copy> |
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In the last issue, I promised I would I tell you(in this issue) the story of how I discovered I could market BETTER and sell A LOT MORE if I did not drive around in my car EVERYTIME like I had been doing. Well, here it is. "Would you go around by local transportation?". In my opinion, your answer to that question would depend, to an extent, on what part of the world you're in. But, what if you were asked instead:"Would you go around by local transport in YOUR country?". Ah, then the question takes on more REAL-WORLD RELEVANCE ...especially if you happen to come from my part of the world. In my opinion your willingness to go by local transport, could be a very good indication of how reliable and convenient the local transport system is in your country. Of course if you're a "BIG" man or woman, you probably have a driver, so none of this would apply to you - right(?). Hmm...I think I'll just leave that to you to decide! LOL (Just in case you do not know, LOL means "Laughing Out Loud" - but NOT at you :-)). Does Owning/Driving A Car Make A Person? My personal experiences in the past two months reminded me of the seven year period I spent as a manager in Guinness Nigeria Plc, Benin Brewery. Benin City is a relatively hustle and bustle-FREE town, with a "country-side feel", that contrasts sharply with the hyperactive, often harsh, atmosphere prevalent in Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital, where I now reside. All the time I worked in Benin, I only had to get on ONE bus from my house, to get to the brewery. Getting around the town itself often required no more than two bus-rides, with the promise of few - if at all any - traffic holdups occurring anywhere. I guess that's probably one of the main reasons why ALL the guys I joined the company with(as a Graduate Management trainee) in 1994 - most being based in Lagos - bought their cars well ahead of me. As a matter of fact, all through the time I acted as a Head of the Production Department in 2001, and less than 4 months to my voluntary resignation from the company in the same year, I did not own a car of my own. Yet, it NEVER made a difference to my ability to repeatedly deliver satisfactory performances on the job, and it certainly had NO effect whatsoever on my self-esteem or how I saw myself relative to others(The best part is : It STILL does NOT affect how I see myself or anyone else!). Which is why I found it curious that by the time I moved to Lagos in January 2002 (I had bought a car by then - having given in to the persistent prompting of an Uncle, who obviously KNEW what kind of thinking prevailed where I was going!) and started my business, I noticed that people I approached for business opportunities showed a tendency to evaluate a person's POTENTIAL COMPETENCE by his/her ownership of - among other material possessions - a personal car. <Click here to continue reading>
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Online Self-Development(SD) Resource Links Resource URLs For Entrepreneurs, Employees, Parents, Teachers & Students |
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1. The World's Future Prosperity Depends On The Creation And Evolution Of Digital Multipreneurs 2. Entrepreneur! Know Your REAL Friends - Accepting Help Indiscriminately Could Get You Exploited! 3. Business Best Practice Ideas(3): Does The Size Of Your Newspaper Ad Determine The Sales You Make? 4. Would You Leave Your Car At Home If You Knew Going Without It Could Make You MORE Productive? |
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Yours in Self-Development! Tayo K. Solagbade |
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