Visible Figures by Mike Tobi Aladetan is a motivational book. Motivational books are meant to inspire their readers to awaken the sleeping giants in them. The book is targeted at the young and the young at heart, as well as anyone in leadership position or who intends to lead others.
In a world where hard work and seriousness have been taken from our youths, the author, who interestingly is a young person,has taken the bold step to call his fellow youths to look at their families, societies, local government, state and country to see the road map to greatness, which is where they are heading. From the title of the book, Mike Aladetan informs the readers that the book covers every aspect of human angle.
This came about through a word in the sub-title of the book “organic” – that is living issues. To support his claim of motivating his readers, the author dedicates the beginning and end of each chapter (by the way, the little book has 13 chapters) that he labeled “quotes” to bring quotable or catchy memorial expressions from writers who have written on motivation before him. He at the same time, devotes a chapter (chapter 8, p. 48 –Words of Wisdom) to inspire his readers through memorable quotes.
This idea is a very good selling point for the author as he admits to his readers from the beginning that what he is doing is not new – that others who are more experienced than him have done it and he hopes his readers would benefit from their experiences.
An example is: Development catapults the wise to his zenith(p. 7). Also, he dedicates a chapter to education, (chapter 2,p. 11), where he addresses youth,parents and government to the essence of learning and skill acquisition.
Visible Figures is recommended to every young man/woman in the society as:
•It is broken into smaller chunks of 13 chapters,
•It is written in an easy to follow language,
•The book is not too lengthy or bulky (printed on a quarter of an A4 paper) for any average person to read,
•Each chapter has a little section where readers could make notes on what they have read,
•The whole book is summarised in the last chapter for easy understanding. However, there are some minor editorial issues on the final product.
Above all, the book, Visible Figures, is a good first work attempt by an author. We pray to read more from him, in the not too distant future. The book is therefore, recommended for every home, where there exists living being.
Bringing all organic issues for discussion
