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BOOK REVIEW

YOU TOO CAN BE GREATBY James Ngozi Okere (Author)

Publishers: Alphabet Nigeria Publishers, Owerri, 109 pages.Price:$20

A book entitled You Too Can Be Great (Core

Value Self-Re-Orientation) which is

motivational and inspirational will restore hopeand confidence to any reader who is desirous of

creating impact in the society.

The book captures nuggets or words of wisdom

of great men which form the base of human

growth and achievements through ignitingones innate ability to break through barriers

thereby imparting on the people positive values

towards advancing humanity and society. The

book further chronicled some great men who

rose to stardom applying those words of

wisdom in spite of difficulties of their time.

These includes: Rt. Hon. Dr. Nnamdi

Azikiwe(Statesman), Alhaji Ahmadu Bello

(Statesman), Chief Obafemi Awolowo

(Statesman), Chief Anthony Enahoro (Activist),


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Dr. Alex Ekwueme (Politician), Chief Gani

Fawehinmi(Social Crusader), Mr. Frank

Nneji(Business Man) and Joachim Ezeji(Social

Entrepreneur) all Nigerians. Also some other

non-Nigerians who rose to stardom crossingvarious hurdles of live captured by the author in

the book are: Abraham Lincoln, Andrew

Carnegie, Barrack Obama, Benjamin Franklyn,

Charles Allen Ward, Edwin C. Barns, Henry Ford,

John Foppe, Martin Luther King Jr., Napoleon

Hill, Dr. Nelson Mandela, Ralph Waldo Emerson,Thomas Edison and the Mastermind Team -

John Hancock, Richard Henry Lee, Samuel

Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

The book is divided into twenty six chapters. In

chapter one, the author places God aboveevery other thing else, and further opined that

greatness must be anchored on positive self

values and talents discovery leading to

accomplishments recognized and attested to by

individual and society. He further stated clearly

on what constitutes greatness includingidentifying the salient values which propel

greatness in a person.

Chapters 2-23 chronicled inspirational epigram

of great men bordering on: ideas rule the world,


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be a news maker, concentration is the secret of

strength, power yourself into action, create the

will- the door must open, success is in your

hand, desire leads to greatness, determination

is the key to success, thought is the engine ofwealth, in trying lies upliftment, create your

own world, be focused- the world is yours, in

your vision lies great opportunities, be creative

to succeed, dream into riches, your ability is

gold, etc.

In chapter 24, the author identified practically

on how men worked assiduously and achieved

greatness attested to by the society. He

maintained that these men achieved greatness

by being positive in their chosen career in spite

of difficulties, challenges and unfavourableenvironment witnessed by them.

In chapter 25, the author who is a Political

Scientist and promising researcher made

reference and illustrated on how some

Nigerians and non Nigerians applied these

epigrams with zeal, determination, focus,

applied faith, patience and rose to stardom and

prominence in a unique style in spite of their

family and poor academic background,

unfavourable challenges, difficulties etc.


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According to the author Mr. James Okere, the

aim of the book is to challenge all through

recreating self value re-orientation to achieve

success and at the same time employing all in

leadership, governance, and entrepreneurshipto embrace positive values like enthusiasm,

determination, perseverance, patience, courage

as a way to advancing society.

The author ended up with a message of hope

for all including workers, youths, professionals,

policy makers, students, unemployed, etc to

imbibing positive values like determination,

discipline, focus, and remaining positive

mentally towards developing core value for self-

re-orientation as a way to re-write history for

the betterment of humanity and society.

Sincerely,

NOEL KAJIReviewerOctober 28, 2011

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