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Meet the new Hotbox influencer trend team

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  Welcome to Otatade Okojie (redebonyhotspot) winning hotbox influencer trend platform.  A new project teaching young people how to monetise social media trends, giving you access to mentors, job opportunities. We teach you how to navigate the markets, Bring in some funds or revenue. Tired of application upon application to gatekeepers with Jobs that appear available.....only to later feel as though your cv didnt even get a look in? Tired of those years of debt you acquired in University spent on Courses that you dont seem to be able to apply, and opportunities that seem few and far between. Tired of feeling left behind, and hearing stories about 'your Cousin Tim' or your former friend 'Mark' who seems to have gotten their whole life Sorted? The #winning people who seem to be postcards, whilst you deal with the challenges of building up self esteem, mental health, confidence, trust, remembering old values, and trying to pick a path which you believe is a good fit.  Welc
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I dragged his body to where nobody could find him. first degree murder. I dragged his lean frame to a place by the chiseled cliffs, where the water met the golden sand. It would hum a tune as the ocean swallowed him. and carried him to a place beyond hands, beyond limbs and beyond voices. It was the only way to remove Silky Robinson from your life. Emotional abusers are like plankton. Silky was the flesh eating kind. he'd suck the joy right out of you through a child's straw and blow bubbles with it. Watching your pain bounce up and down, your emotions become unsteady, and joy become alien in your perfect Nevada. Life with him was regimented. A concentration camp. Reality, different version's of pain. It was clear to me that no amount of running would help me escape him, his scent sea moss, the memories that framed our bedside painting an image of bliss. Yet the illusion was not real. I waited desperately for the sands of time to deplete their resources. I

Copy of We Rise Otatade Okojie poem

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White Oleander By: Janet Fitch Narrated by: Oprah Winfrey

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Subscribe to my channel @OtatadeOkojie https://youtu.be/3bkEXtxAMaw White Orleander one of my favourite reads of all time by Janet Fitch is a book that is both compelling and engaging. This book is captivating, and hypnotic. Poetic and an emotive read. It tells the story of Ingrid , a charismatic and enchantic poet who is imprisoned for murder after poisoning a lover and the after effects her crime has on her daughter.Her daughters journey in between foster home to home, the different people she meets, and her experience of love. It is overall a look at love, the dangers of love becoming obsession. Questioning love itself from a young girls perspective, a young girl who has experienced pain, and loss, and deals with the narcissim of her mother, and her need to still be loved and nurtured despite her mothers selfishness and hunger for her own independence. The characters are unique, dynamic, and it is aninteresting portrayal of a mother and daughters love and relationship, th

George's Marvellous Medicine By: Roald Dahl Narrated by: Derek Jacobi

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Please subscribe to my channel @OtatadeOkojie https://youtu.be/3bkEXtxAMaw Presenting a mischievous new reading of Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine, read by BAFTA-winning comedian Romesh Ranganathan. This immersive audiobook is Georges Marvellous Medicine is one of my favourite Roald Dahl reads of all time, along with Matilda. It is a hillarious book about a young man producing a ridiculous concoction for his very nasty Grandmother. Grandma is both mean spirited, miserable, and mean. George creates a character and a story that will have you in both hysteria, and puzzling over whats in your meal, and who youve been engaging with lately. George a young man is left at home alone with Grandma, Grandma is kranky, mean spirited and very very miserable.A very mischievous read, Grandma is awful to George, and not much nicer to his parents either. We join George as he is put in charge of Grandmas medicine, a humorous book that looks at a childs ability to deal with

The Shadow of the Wind: The Cemetery of Forgotten Series, Book 1 By: Carlos Ruiz Zafón Narrated by: Daniel Weyman

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Please show your support and subscribe to our youtube channel handle: @OtatadeOkojie https://youtu.be/3bkEXtxAMaw Carlos Ruiz 's The shadow of the Wind is a phenomenal book that delves into Magic realism it is a read that is both spellbinding, captivating , hypnotic and transformative. This book eclipses many other titles ive read in the magic realism genre, showcasing his ability to illustrate and develop an engaging charismatic young storyteller. The novel is about young Daniel whois invited by his father to the'cemetry of the lostbooks' in the Cityof Barcelona. An obscure Labyrinthe, a treasure trove of forgotten books. Danielon that special morning of 1945 discoversthe La Sombra del Viento by Julian Carax a book which transformshislife, and takes himona series of adventures. As Daniel ages Several people become interested in this jewel, and one nighthe is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from La Sombra del Viento, a character who tu

Book Review Sell or Be sold Grant Cardone How to be sales Ninja not nuissance

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Guys show your support and subscribe to the youtube Channel here is the link Click here https://youtu.be/3bkEXtxAMaw Book Reviews Grant Cardone Sell or be sold Grant Cardones Sell or be sold book has taken the internet by storm, another influential title by the giant of sales. Cardone teaches his audience that everything in life is a sale. Your either beind sold to or you are the sales man. This exceptional read keeps you engaged cover to cover, listening to his perspective, his quips and his delivery on the sales process. Cardone a leader and a dynamo in sales, champions that each individual should learn to master sales, become extrordinary in the art of persuasion, as sales is the key to the lifestyle we want. This book is Sell to survive on steroids.A book answering questions from seminars, and public forums. Equipping its audience with his perspective, and his insight on engaging consumers, the public, and closing a sale. This book teaches individuals how to engage and clos

The challenge of unemployment

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Many of us have dealt with the challenge of unemployment, the frustration of job hunting, the rejections, the denials, the constant requests and perusing the internet for opportunities. Getting yourself ready for interview after interview only to recieve a rejection in your email, a denial saying , no access. You have been denied. Polishing up your CV, attending job centre workshops, recruitment programmes only to find there's no job at the end, attending more and more training programs, mentorship programs with the outcome being, the job market remains over saturation Our aims as a programme are to connect you to key mentors, advisors, coaches and tutors, provide you with mental health support, and employment opportunities that help aid you and give you a greater sense of fulfillment. We are the hotbox community, Welcome to our hub.