2 Years Ago He Was Struggling In A Small Room At Ikorodu, Today He’s Speaking At Oxford University & Sharing Ideas -Tunde Onakoya Shares Motivation

Founder at Chess In Slums Africa,
Tunde Onakoya reflects as he speaks at Oxford University. The young man remembered hard days when he was sleeping at a small room in ikorodu. He shared powerful motivating words to encourage someone out there who must never give up.

Read his post below as shared on Instagram:

Life. One moment you’re in your small room in Ikorodu struggling with hunger pangs and wondering if you’ll make it through the day. 2 years down the line you’re speaking at Oxford University and sharing your ideas in a room with some of the most brilliant minds in the world.

It is said that there are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen. In the stillness of those decades when nothing happens, learn,unlearn and build immense capacity. So when your decades in a week happens, you will be ready for it.

One day the spotlight will shine on you, and you’ll get a chance to prove your mettle and show the world what you’re truly made of. Until then, never lose sight of who you are and the light you carry within, for it is this light that will illuminate your path and guide you when your moment in the spotlight arrives.

Keep going Dreamer. I hope you never stop giving the world something new to believe in.

Tunde Onakoya is a Nigerian chess master, coach and founder of Chess in Slums Africa.

He has organized a number of interventions for children across slums in Lagos state including Majidun (Ikorodu), Makoko and recently, Oshodi. The children are engaged in a 2 week’s session that seeks to unlock their potential through the game of chess while learning to read, write and acquire basic literacy skills.

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