Ms Tebatso Gina Moape from Mathibestad is passionate about helping young people retain their focus in life.
She started writing her first book, “I AM, I CAN, I WILL” last year January and had it published this year on 1 March 2020.
The book is for children and teenagers, consisting of affirmation that children and teenagers need to repeat to themselves every day.
She said the book is not one of those that you read once and put it back on the shelves, it is a book to be read every day.
“The affirmations are short encouraging statements, usually in the first person that one can repeat to themselves every day silently or aloud, such as self-esteem, emotions, respect, success, joy, and peace.
“My goal for this book is to rewire the brains of young people of Hammanskraal into a new perception and see the world in a different way. It is also to set their minds in a positive direction and to help them to regain self-confidence and to be able to change their habits.
“Most important, I want to help the students to love and accept themselves as they are,” she said.
Ms Moape used to lecture at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) and at the University of South Africa (UNISA).
She said she used to come across students that are not confident enough to even ask a question in class, then I realized that their problem has to do with self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-awareness.
Also as a speaker in high schools, I usually came across learners like that, so this book is meant to address those challenges, to help young people develop positive self-awareness” said Miss Tebatso Mohape.
She said she loves and takes inspiration from authors such as Michael Bernard, Les Brown and pastor Bell Winston.
She published the book by herself because she doesn’t have any publishers. To get a copy of her book for R349, 99 you can place an order on her WhatsApp number 078 744 4098.
