Frederick Mordi (2023), The Talent Coach. Ibadan: New Africa Book Publishers. ISBN: 978-978-60191-0-9. Pp 190
Very few books offer the reader options for where to start. The Talent Coach offers a 12-page workbook that the perceptive reader will do well to consider beginning with. The workbook is at the end, but it is so useful that it would guide the reader to a deeper and active appreciation of the 12 lessons.
The 12-page workbook section is a valuable addition, transforming passive reading into active self-reflection. Questions such as “What talent do you have?” and “Are you using your talent wisely?” prompt readers to apply the lessons to themselves.
The reader of The Talent Coach will benefit from the wide canvass already covered in the area. One of the most instructive counsels is Stephen Covey’s Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. At its core, it is based on a single, profound principle: All things are created twice. The First Creation is mental (the blueprint, the vision, the design). The Second Creation is physical (the actual building, execution, and action).
The Talent Coach reinforces the primacy of the mental or first creation. The cases and examples reinforce the criticality of thinking in the deployment of talent.
