DUNIA Magazine

By Honore Fon

What I started as a Facebook pastime is now leading to a book. When I joined Facebook in 2009, writing a book was the last thing on my mind. How did this happen?

Normally a project consultant for a few small organizations in Cameroon, I love moderating seminars, developing radio and TV programs and organizing events like my baby project Campus Celebrity with Mey-low-d Foundation. That’s what I am known for around Bamenda and some parts of Cameroon, although back in the university, I was well loved as the campus music boy and also wrote a lot of songs, some of which are being sung all over Cameroon. One of them actually got plagiarized and won an African award. Funny, right? But what did I know about copyrights?

In everything I have ever done, I have always wanted to make a positive impact in someone’s life, so all those times I thought I was an entertainer, I was actually an “edutainer” and I still am. I am gifted in being able to say normal things in special ways that touch people in a special way. Yes, I realized this during the numerous workshops I moderated, some occasions I have emceed but the big big discovery came when I joined Facebook.

A few months after I had been in Facebook, I would open my Facebook account every morning to quite a good number of likes on my statuses, friends suggestions, friend requests, comments and strange new messages; these were are a little too many for a non-celebrity. Most of these people seemed to be using the same words like “Thank you” “touched my life” “great work” “amazing words” etc.

So I said to myself “… well, really? Ok, then I might as well just write a book.” Discovering that my posts were mostly either about concepts of love or success, I decided to give my books a title and share my thoughts about these books before ever writing them. That’s why if you visit my now popular Facebook profile Honore Fon, you will find some original thoughts or mine that either end with Honore Fon in “1001 Reasons Why Love Don’t Love Me” or ‘Honore Fon in “You Have The Secrets To Success”.

I believe that beyond survival, life is mostly about love and success which bring joy and make people feel happy in any kind of circumstances. Many people have not found enough reason to be happy about life. I am not a psychologist. I am just another human being, sharing my views, experiences and opinions about love and success and I am amazed at the impact I have been told my words are having. I am inspired every day to do more and make more people happy, even just with words.

My entire motivational project now targets 2 books, TV shows / reality shows based on these two books, motivational music tracks and videos and motivational workshops. Anything to make life better for people I know, people I am yet to know, and even those that I would never get to know.

Getting there may not be an easy ride, but I won’t wait until I am so great to start doing great things, for it is in doing something that I can become great. This reminds me of my first ever Facebook quote “Underneath the reasons why we would never make it lie our secrets to success.” (Honore Fon in “You have the Secrets to Success”.)

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