My brother make you no follow book, look am and go your way
My brother make you no follow book, look am and go your way
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Nice piece, most Nigerians follow fads so no suprise there, a pinch of salt is definitely required when reading these motivational books…btw, why does Chxta keep referring to Chxta in the 3rd degree?
What an irony… You still use Amazon links for these books that are no good (?); thus encouraging people to buy them. My one cent, shaa. Nice one, Chxta.
Nicely put Chxta. I share most of the opinion you have espoused and l dare say we Nigerians are a major contributory factor to the wealth these motivational writers have amassed. Its like a fad in this country to read and own these books just so you ''belong''. Truth is the fantasies contained in most of those books are far , very far from reality! Thanks once again.
I generally agree with you: I read enough motivation and religion in my teens, read (and liked) Kiyosaki in early twenties, and now find most motivational books are irritating and long; I would browse, not read them. And that includes the Malcolm Gladwells and Thomas Friedmans.
Good novels are better. Things Fall Apart and Mallam Ilia are wonderful.
My additional complaint is that Many novels nowadays are too long. The editors should use those scissors – cut cut. A book should be no longer than it needs to be to do its job (teach+entertain), and rarely longer than 100 pages. (But the foreign market desires 200+ pages, so who am I to say?)
Yep. Motivational books, yeah, they're mostly scams and easy ways for their writers to make money. Same goes for what we know now as life style coaches, packaged personalities.