The Sunday Mail
MOTIVATIONAL books come in different forms with writers focusing on their various areas of expertise. Having read numerous books, I realised that most of the writers end up monotonic as their range of proficiency is usually limited to particular issues. Just like in music, in which various elements are combined to spice up the sound and make it more interesting, collaborative efforts from motivational writers usually bring out a broader perspective.
Recently, some of the most brilliant motivational writers on the land put their heads together, fusing their knowledge to create a very powerful book. Written by 15 authors from various professional backgrounds, “Success Within Reach: Re-conditioning Your Paradigm” is a mind-blowing motivational piece of literature.
The individuals include Jonah Nyoni, Cynthia Hakutangwi, Dr Sithembile Mahlatini, Ferdinand Senyo Lawson, Arthur Marara, Patson Dzamara, Glen Dhliwayo, Simbarashe Nyamadzawo, Liberty Makuyana, Rodwell Harinangoni, Njabulo Moyo, John Museredzo, Tendai Maduwa and Tracy Mutowekuziva.
The leadership experts, success coaches, corporate speakers and entrepreneurs involved in the project managed to formulate a cocktail of success principals.
The brainpower behind this masterpiece is massive and with every chapter, you are thrown in a different landscape as each writer brought their own spices to the cooking pot.
With simplified principles that are easy to grasp, this literary piece is motivation at its best, telling people how to reach their full potential in life by using their limitless minds.
As the tides are turning, markets are also changing and technology is redefining how business is conducted, which has opened many doors for individuals to create their own success stories.
These writers did a great job in producing a stimulant capable of jerking people to unleash their leadership prowess and producing the best out of every instance.
Some of the issues that were covered include possessing an entrepreneurial mind-set, time management, how to build wealth from the ground up, and leadership, to mention a few.
Many people who are yet to make it in life sometimes wonder how others have managed to amass the wealth they possess. Leadership trainer and motivational speaker, Jonah Nyoni in a chapter titled “Building Wealth from Scratch” pointed out that the key for unlocking wealth lies in the mindset.
“It is about being disciplined and making a conscious and concerted effort to better yourself . . .
“The first step is having a mind-set to join the 10 percent of the world’s population which owns 90 percent of the wealth.”
He goes on to outline eight steps of how someone might accumulate wealth. He states that in order to be more you have to do more, meaning that what an average person does occasionally, you have to do it daily.
Digging deep into the book, I also came across an interesting topic in which Ian Ndlovu, an Economics Lecturer at the National University of Science and Technology, explored the entrepreneurship sphere. From creativity to time management, Ndlovu laid out factors that apply if one is to be a successful entrepreneur.
He says that entrepreneurship or creativity has a lot to do with transposing one’s dreams into the three dimensional world through profitable or sustainable ventures that one loves.
“An entrepreneurial mindset is a mentality of believing that impossible is in the dictionary of those who do not want to imagine solutions to pressing societal problems and implement them in the real world.
“Success is a by-product of an entrepreneurial mindset, which fosters a strong desire to succeed, people skills, a unique way of seeing problems and good time management.”
Although I have only presented sneak peeks into some of the contents of the book, there are other evocative issues that the writers explored. When I heard about this book for the first time, it sounded ridiculous to have so many authors working on one motivational book but then I later realised that it was a great idea after all. It might not be the best I have read so far, but this book is a contender to be at the top of the pile.
