The basic ingredient is belief

My name is Otatade Okojie and I would like to tell you and the nation my story , to inspire,motivate and engage. I suffer with a disability called Epilepsy and tonic chlonic seizures, panic attack and the side effects of my Epilepsy medications which cause depression. Although I have suffered with these things I am a mentor with the Princes trust, supposed to be at the Oxford academy, I am a freelance journalist and was once a photographer who photographed prince Charles, the Fa Cup ,The McDonald's Corporation, and run my own independent blog and brand titled redebonyhotspot. I am the author of a book series called Lunchbox millionaire and releasing a new series to teach young people and adults alike to become more entrepreneurial on social media. As a journalist I have been a digital advisor for the financial times, have my own slot on East London radio called push button entrepreneurs, Through my marketing and the doors opened to me by my book and blog I have been asked to interview respectability an international company linked to the Oscars, be part of the

INDO-UK THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AWARDS PROMOTE INDIA AND UK'S 70 YEAR BUSINESS & CULTURAL PARTNERSHIP

Global Icon Award - Rajesh Agrawal - Deputy Mayor of London for Business

Future Herald Award - Jay Varkey, Group Executive Director GEMS Education

World's largest K-12 chain of schools



Outstanding Contribution to Education Empowerment - Kate Robinson

Co-founder and Director of Nevergrey, a social purpose organization that operates internationally with those who are driven to make the world a better place. Through Nevergrey, Kate acts as Head of Strategic Operations for HundrED.org<http://hundred.org/>, an official part of Finland's 100 year celebrations.



Outstanding Contribution to Indo - UK Academic Relations - Dame Asha Khemka

Principal and chief executive of West Nottinghamshire College Group; board member for the new Institute for Apprenticeships<https://www.tes.com/news/further-education/breaking-news/peter-lauener-appointed-interim-chief-executive-institute> (IfA)



Outstanding Contribution: India-UK Relation - Virendra Sharma, MP

Currently leading the post Brexit discussions in the UK and what this means for India-UK relations



Excellence in Business - Mihir Kapadia, CEO, Sun Global Investments

Spearheaded a number of investment initiatives including the launch of the first Indian fixed income ETC to encourage investment into India



Centre of Excellence Award - UK - Oxford Centre For Hindu Studies, Shaunaka Rishi Das

An academy for the study of Hindu cultures, societies, philosophies, religions, and languages, in all periods and in all parts of the world. The OCHS is dedicated to preserving India's cultural heritage and promoting a better understanding of it through a comprehensive programme of education, publishing, and research.



Youth Icon Award - Sanam Arora

Launched National Indian Students Union & Alumni in the UK to represent the interests of Indian students studying in the UK





INDIA Awardees:



Edupreneur of the Year - Jesus Lall, CEO Universal Education Group

Consists of 15 Schools & Colleges



Education Evangelist of the year - Grace Pinto (Ryan International School)
One of India's most reputed chains of schools across India, Middle East



Outstanding Contribution in Indian Education & Industry - Sushma Paul Berlia, Chairperson & President: Apeejay Svran Group & Apeejay Education Society
One of India's most respected schools



Centre of Excellence Award - India - Case Research Center, ICFAI Group, Sudhakar Rao

Leading management research centres such as The Case Research Centre at ICFAI established to support ICFAI's case teaching initiatives. They are the only business school from Pan Asia to win all case study competitions globally; they are No. 3 after Harvard, INSEAD whose cases are bought by every business school around the world.


People are hungry for new and dynamic stories, they want to believe there is hope, potential, I believe if I can accomplish this,many other people with disabilities, experiencing unemployment, dealing with self esteem issues, people undermining them, underestimating themselves. Dealing with issues like doubt, rejection, discrimination , prejudice, bullying. They can make money from their own stories, they can empower people, they can change their perspectives and change their lives.
 They don't have to take on the labels and stereotypes of other people, they don't have to
They can believe in their potential and believe in themselves. I use my blog as a platform to empower people, create growth and stimulate audiences. I believe there is power when creative minds come together, assert themselves and develop their stories. My other books include sugar castle, secrets of the billionaire mind, coming out in December, and lunchbox Millionaire. I self published my book, my message is, with the right mindset, you can do anything.

Reasons why failure is not an option

We all have them, faces that thrive upon seeing us fail. People who have polluted their lives and their own options with their own self contempt, that there is no option for them,in their minds, simply to grit their teeth and his at what were becoming. I'll say it once and I'll say it twice, it is not your job to fix all the broken souls in the world. People who mentally crucify themselves with their own poor choices and judgement, then unleash hell unto you. You are nobodys punching bag. Your journey is different , your soul needs healing. In life as writers and facilitators of our own script,as we tap into a greater more infinite self,there will be trials. There will be obstacles. Those obstacles leave you with your own sense of trauma, each time, you need to call collect to the spirit, and the guardian for a top up just to survive the frey. Yet we are warriors still, triumphant in our stance,magnificent in our journey, never let anyone still your armour.That armour is your self esteem, the ability to infuse mind with ideas that leap out at us, and provide the source for our pens. Use your mind, it is part of your shield and the pulse of your armour. As a creative it is your gem.

The puppeteer

They do not see what you see, they do not know where your Ind travels too, when it claws to its escape from the confines of normal. Yet as a creative escape it must, to dizzying heights, where the eagles soar, and you can see jungles like little dots of vast greenery. This is your time. This is your life. If I were to be reincarnated I'd come back as a more self assured self, the girl who knew that the words on the page weren't mocking her, but were asking her for collaboration. The reality is so many of us, have potential that we tuck away, so we can confirm to the demands of being normal. So others won't alienate us, so others won't define us as weird , indifferent, bizarre, so we don't look at our creativity as something to be a cast off. See what you see, hear what you hear, feel what you feel, you are the magician, you must also be the puppeteer , pull some strings and bring it to life.

Ripe as the pen

It doesn't have to be perfect but as writers we feel we have to tap into something ethereal to free that clenched mouth pen. It is ripe, we know it, it must have a period on the page, this pen must bleed the voices we hear in our heads, captivate audiences with the Marvel's we see visually like spirit dragons dancing for the Chinese new year. We are lost in our own web of spinning,ballerina thoughts, and buzzing electric verbs, yet the page remains concrete. Procrastination is one of the worst feelings in the world, it tsunamis the courage to participate, it taps into unknown fears. The question is where do you want to be? In my mind I told myself an army of excuses until courage was a foreign tongue. I glared at a reflection that I trusted ignoring hollow eyes, not from lack of sleep,just from the nightmares of ideas whispered into the mouths of others, planted like a kiss. Propell yourself forward by reminding you, it doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to begin, like tapping a key on a keyboard, or planting your feet into some new shoes. Try out those shoes, and then take one bold step, there is no black hole, only gravity.

Paths to freedom

I've been counting the paths to becoming a millionaire since I discovered my own secret formula. It's mad, the hours you spend procrastinating. As a writer I usually dive right in , slicing through fugitive words, tasting them bleeding on my tongue and eating them whole. Yet this challenge, this anxiety evades me at times, what if I actually achieve it, what of all the little voices in my head, what of the talks I envision, the house I dream of living in, the seed I want to plant in every creative entrepreneurs mind. This is real for me. It's a conversation I have with myself before I go to sleep,before I wake up, before I disappear into dreams. I just have to be thirsty and so do you. You have tapped into the curious world of redebonyhotspot, where everything is possible, accessible and vision is bliss. Believe you are more than your limitations. Procrastination is an insidious fear cleverly lit with polite justifications, you are not the mistakes you made last year, the year before, or the year before that. The mind curates attempts at enterprise hoping we learn and we inspire those around us with our vision.