Today we talk about MINDING my BUSINESS, a book by WILSON SIMIYU NAMARU published with our publishing house Europe Books.
Europe Books had the pleasure of interviewing the author WILSON SIMIYU NAMARU to get to know him better, what prompted him to write his book MINDING my BUSINESS, as well as what Writing means to him.
Below you can find our interview. Take a seat and enjoy your reading!!!
- What prompted you to write this book?
Addressing two major human challenges prompted me to write this book. The problems of poverty among many and unemployment among the youth. The world today is grumbling with the issue of poverty with most people living on a dollar per day, not to mention high rates of unemployment especially among the youth graduating from our institution of higher learning. I wondered what might be the cause of all these and how can I help. It is out of this questions that I discovered that poverty is caused by lack of productivity and that most poor people and the youth in particular are unproductive in the sense that they use their God given valuable resources of time and energy doing nothing of value; just busy but not in business so to say. Delivering value is the essence of all business hence productivity. For one to deliver value they must become persons of value and to become a person of value one has to create and deliver value. This process of creating and delivering value is what I call Minding Business. It is about Problem Based Learning (PBL); this is where one learn in order to discover an idea that address a specific problem in the world. As I said the world is facing a myriad challenges that needs urgent address. We therefore need people especially young people who can search and research based on a selected specific problem and at the end come up with ideas that addresses the prevailing problems. This process involves thinking hence the mind thing. An Idea in this sense is what I’m calling value creation or idea formation then followed by working out this idea herein called Value delivery- to the market place thus being in Business. In conclusion Minding my Business is simply about one discovering Ideas that address specific prevailing problems in the world today and in the near future hence being in Business and in the long run transforming our world.
- What does Writing mean to you?
Writing means a lot to me. First, it helps me share my mind to the world around me with the view to changing the world for better. I use writing to express my innermost ideas that adds value to the listener hence I write to Teach for better. Second, writing helps me learn more because as I keep on writing my mind keeps on discovering new ideas-connecting dots and making sense out of common sense. Thirdly writing to me is a hobby, for I love writing and speaking my mind to audiences too. Last but not least writing makes me reflect and focus on how I can make my world better than it is now. I’m always thinking of the next best thing, how to make what is good better, and better best then excellent this is my way of life and I walk this way through Writing and or Speaking my Mind!
- What messages did you want to convey to your readers?
That we are all born to make a difference in our world. And that we are all different hence our unique differences are what makes all the difference. This uniqueness in all of us lies in our potential or the ability to do something of value. The world around us is yearning for this unique value that each one of us is carrying that is why I believe the world is still facing all these challenges. The reason being some of us have not discovered and unleashed our potential to address these world problems. This potential Am talking about is in our capacity to think, learn and relearn; what neuroscientist calls neuroplasticity of the brain. Within the mind therefore, lies a massive potential and if we can only activate this massive force called the mind thing through learning and acting on what we have learnt, then no kind of problems will be able to stand before us hence making a difference in our world. That is why I mentioned earlier about engaging a Problem Based Learning technique from the onset by all of us utilizing the learning ability of our minds. The message is Learn to Earn and make a difference in your world-It is mind thing.
- Is there a book you are particularly attached to and that has taught you something?
Am attached to books that talk about the Mind. First and foremost. Wise sayings by one King Solomon of the Bible that talks about As a Man thinketh in his Mind so he is; I like this more! I also like the Book of Genesis that talks about God creating the Heavens and the Earth by his own Word it says. In my reading of this book, I realised the Word -Word of God simply means Gods’ Idea and that all existing things you see around here, there is an Idea behind it. Others I frequently read include but not limited to;- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, The Richest Man in Babylon by George Samuel Clason and last but not least –Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
- Are you planning to write a new book in the near future? Can you tell us more about it?
Definitely a Big yes! I am planning to write another big one, its coming soon after you have digested and Ingested Minding my Business then I will give you this-The Battle of the Minds. This is all about how to overcome the battle in your mind through a mind-set technique. As you all know about duality of things around us; we have good and evil, darkness and light, Life and Death and so forth; one can’t be without the existence of the other but only one must exist at a time to maintain order. The same applies to the minds; we all have two minds so to say. We have open and closed minds, fixed and growth mind sets and so forth. However, these two minds are in constant battle for dominance and the one that dominates the other, dominate your world hence your life. The question is which one dominates the other? -The one you feed and nature! Now that you know what is going on in my Mind, I request that you Mind your Business then we will jump into The Battle of the Minds. God bless you all and see you around.
Europe Books thanks the author WILSON SIMIYU NAMARU once again for taking the time and answering our questions. We are really pleased to have walked alongside him on the editorial path that led to the publication of his book MINDING my BUSINESS. We wish him the best of luck for his book and for his future works.
To you, my dear reader, allow yourself to discover or rediscover your potential and your values and “make them live” in today’s increasingly complex and, at times, homologating world, where being Unique is what truly makes the Difference!
So, my dear reader, all I have to say is to enjoy your reading!
Your editor!