…Pst Tunde Bakare, SEGA, others felicitate with him
The launch of Adeolu Akinyemi’s book was a grand success and is now available to the public. It is available on his personal website www.deoluakinyemi.com/dearentrepreneur and on amazon.
High brow guests flocked to the venue to felicitate with the prolific businessman who announced one of his contributions to societal growth though his book, Dear Entrepreneur.
The book was reviewed by Mr Segun Awosanya (SEGA) who encouraged people to pick copies of the book because of the wealth of knowledge packed in it. Closing his review, he said, “Adeolu has packed a university between these pages. He chose practical, easy to understand stories and lessons that have been of great help to him over the years.”
Adeolu then shared more about the book and announced the launch of the Titanium Tribe, a group of people who are willing to support and celebrate each other through different challenges of life. He also reminded people that adversity is a necessary part of life, so the onus is on everyone to increase their ability to handle adversity.
Pastor Tunde Bakare who was proud of the celebrant, affirmed that Adeolu Akinyemi is someone who was qualified to discuss the subject matter.
“This is a proud father-son moment for me. Adeolu has been through many challenges and his resilience is one of his greatest virtues. I have watched Adeolu and his wife face difficult situations and come out stronger. He is really qualified to talk on this subject,” he announced.
For the writer of the foreward, Prof. Pat Utomi, he said the author Explored various ways to learn, unlearn, and relearn. “The lessons are clearly ennobling but the reader needs to avoid the cookbook approach of ‘take three cups of vegetable oil and a measure of flour’ because business situations will be forever unique. But broadened perspectives of how to respond to adversity in venturing as the A2W experience used as case study here allows Deolu to prescribe conduct from. The learning which affects disposition to choose between options for solving problems is where the value lies,” he said.
Some other guests were given the opportunity to share their failure stories and there was no dull moment in that hall.
Speaking after the event, the author said the book was a case study in adversity. “It’s a compendium of my failure stories designed in a way that it teaches and instructs people coming after on where to navigate and how to navigate. It is a manual for developing the competency to rise through adversity.”
Adeolu also revealed that his childhood prepared him for all he is doing today. He said: “I learnt about the value of money early, from taking money to school at age 5 and being expected to buy food for myself and collect change. I learnt delaying gratification from learning to keep my money for three days and not eating to buy what I preferred. Most importantly, I learnt the sense of community from my mum who was an area nurse, and learnt the discipline of teaching others from my dad who was a teacher with the federal civil service. So yes, a lot of what I am doing today have roots in my childhood.”
The book ‘Dear Entrepreneur’ is a mixture of personal stories, failures, challenges, values and lessons learnt that can become useful for others going forward. It can be read like a story book, a personal development book or a textbook.
More than a book for entrepreneurs, the book is a must read for everyone, regardless of what stage of life you are in. Adversity is the path that progress is paved with, if you really want to move forward, you will need to rise above adversity.
