Success Buttons For Life And Academic Excellence

By Nick Imoru

Success Buttons to Academic Excellence is an illuminating, easy-to-read and highly effective book.
How did a man whose teacher in Munich wrote in his school report, “You will never amount to anything much” become the world’s most brilliant chap and the greatest genius that have ever lived on the surface of the earth?
How did a mediocre like me who is the eleventh child of uneducated parents and went to a village school transform himself into a known author and motivational speaker with at least 15 best-selling books to his record?
How did a young boy who walked from his tribal village of Tumbuka in Nyasaland (now Malawi) to Khartoum, Sudan, a distance of 3,200 kilometres, seeking opportunities for further education become a professor of political science at Cambridge University in England and a widely respected author?
You will find the answers to these questions in the pages of this book. It is all about SUCCESS BUTTONS. Once you can locate the right buttons to your academic excellence, you are on your way to your enviable greatness.
Are you struggling to have academic excellence?
If you can read only one book for a change this year, you have it in your hands. Yes! Within minutes of reading this book, you will want and be able to apply its effective success buttons for your academic excellence.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Achievers Publishing
• Release date: Apr 5, 2013
• ISBN: 9780991882939

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SUCCESS

BUTTONS FOR LIFE

&

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO SWEATLESS SUCCESS IN EXAMS AND LIFE’S OPPORTUNITIES

By

Nick Imoru

EsteemWorld Publications

United Kingdom

SUCCESS BUTTONS FOR LIFE AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

By Nick Imoru

Published By Achievers Publishing House at Smashwords

Copyright 2013 Nick Imoru

ISBN: 978-0-9918829-3-9

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SUCCESS

BUTTONS FOR LIFE

&

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

DEDICATION

This work is warmly dedicated:

To all students in my seminars: Achievers Seminars & Workshops in their struggle to discover and master the mystery of academic excellence. Your passion for success inspires.

To my co-ordinators, Pastor Okezie and Pastor Uche; and all members of the 2002 Bible Study Group of Christ Ambassadors Students’ Outreach (CASOR) fellowship, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Nigeria, on which platform, I had the privilege to first share these success buttons; hence the birth of this vision.

To my Senior Partner: The Holy Spirit, Who gave me this insight while standing in front of Mgbajiaka Hostel of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Nigeria in 2002, waiting for a friend.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

With special thanks to:

God Almighty for the inspiration and his grace over my life. And to my Senior Partner: Holy Spirit, who has initiated and executed this work.

To all members of my family, who contributed in no small measure to my academic excellence both as an undergraduate and a postgraduate student, especially my beloved sister: Mrs Maria Emma Umoru - Your sacrificial labour of love shall never be forgotten. God bless you all for me in a large way.

I must say thank you to Pastor Okezie and Uche, my then co-ordinators, Christ Ambassadors Students’ Outreach, Unizik, who gave me the privilege to share this message for the first time during their academic seminar in 2002; and to all members of the bible study department of Casor Unizik. I love you all in a large way

My Administrative Manager and Editor: Engr. Bridget Moloa for editing the manuscript. Your eagle eye and attention to details are awesome. Thank you for a job well done. Esteem Motivation, Inc. is so proud of you.

To all my friends and colleagues, especially my lifetime friend Engr. Dennis Nwagbogwu, who share the same passion for academic excellence with me, all through our undergraduate and postgraduate days in Nigeria and in the United Kingdom respectively.

You my bosom friend and sister: Mrs Nelly Amaka Okafor; whose presence in my life while in the university was of great help and comfort to my soul.

To all those who believe in me and what God is doing through the ministry - Achievers Centre, Inc. Your faith in me is worthwhile

All whose names might not be here but are written on the table of my heart that were partners in fulfilment of this vision.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Table of contents

Introduction

BUTTON ONE

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

God’s Creation Plan

Developing Confidence in Your Ability

Understanding Yourself

BUTTON TWO

SETTING A STANDARD

Fix a Target

Set Career Goals

Balance Your Life

BUTTON THREE

CONDUCT FOR LECTURES/CLASSES

Before Class

During Class

After Class

The Study Cycle

BUTTON FOUR

INCENTIVES FOR READING

The Power of Determination

Appraisal of Your Target

Having a Reflection

Evaluation of Self

Feeding Habit

BUTTON FIVE

SETTING CODES FOR READING

Fix a Place for Study

Study Environment

Set a Time for Study

Tailor Your Environment to Fit

Complete All Business Prior to Study

Strengthen Your Ability to Concentrate

Connect Your Study with Relaxation

Fix Study Duration

Set Study Goals

Use Study Reminder Pad

Maximize Your Memory Potential

BUTTON SIX

SYSTEMATIC CODES FOR READING

Active Reading Technique

Think-read

Using Past Materials

Mastering Your So-called weak Areas

BUTTON SEVEN

PREPARING FOR EXAMS

Getting Started

Improve Concentration

Managing Stress

Know About the Exam

How to Review

When To Review

The day of the Exam

BUTTON EIGHT

SUCCESS SHIFT REACTIONS

Grading Yourself

Pre-Assumption of Failure

Guide Your Mouth and Heart

Trusting God

Working in Your Believe

BUTTON NINE

ADDITIONAL BONUS

Time Management

Principles of Time Management

CONCLUSION

Face the Challenge!

ACHIEVERS SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS

ACHIEVERS INSTITUTE

THE WISDOM CIRCLE

FREE SUCCESS KIT

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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INTRODUCTION

WARNING

This book is hazardous and detrimental to your academic failures. It can change your academic life and skyrocket your grades forever. Yes! It has the power to transform dullards into geniuses forever. Therefore, it is strictly for the purpose-driven and success-minded.

How did a man whose teacher in Munich wrote in his school report, You will never amount to anything much, become the world’s most brilliant chap and the greatest genius that has ever lived on the surface of the earth?

Oh! I am talking about the great Albert Einstein. He couldn’t speak until he was 9-years old. Ah! He couldn’t even lace his shoes. His parents and teachers thought he was retarded. My book: Becoming The World’s Greatest will give you the complete story of this great man. What was his success secret?

How did a mediocre like me who is the eleventh child of uneducated parents, and went to a village school, transform himself into a known author and motivational speaker, with at least 15 best-selling books to his record?

I was born into a family of twelve as the eleventh child. I grew up in a small village not far from Benin City in Nigeria.  My beloved Dad of blessed memory was a foreman while my lovely Mum was a local seamstress. Therefore, as a young boy, I cannot remember a single day I came back from school and my parents checked my books to see if I was doing well or what I was taught at school. Friends! It was never the fault of my parents, because, they both never had any kind of formal education, primary, secondary, or model school as it was called in their days. 

As I grew up, I never allowed my circumstances to dictate my future. I had decided to go against all odds to achiever academic excellence. There was this force within me to be outstanding in all I do. Hence, I developed a personal motivation scheme. This later gave birth to my highly successful seminars: COACH to Super Success (CTS2), which is the platform on which this book is built.

Today, I have a first degree in Mechanical/Production Engineering, ranking among the first best four in my department with an outstanding Second Class Honours, Upper Division. Yes! I have also got a Masters degree in Advanced Technology from Staffordshire University, United Kingdom. I give God the glory. If I can succeed from a poor background, then anybody can. What is my success secret?

How did a