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3 Beliefs Of
success
a Singaporean Perspective
el ie f# 1
B
     knowledge
  is measured by
  good grades
I’m from
           Singapore
ave
weh       world-class
          education
LIKE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.....

                                         we are
                                mostly
                          measured
                         by grades
we choose either




polytechnic   or   junior college




       at tertiary level
grading system




gpa grading   vs         a levels
teaching approach




pragmatic                       vs   academic
(preparing for the workforce)        (preparing for further education)
university admission




10%-15%                        vs   60%-80%
   estimate*                         estimate*
(with tons trying to get in)
examination approach




academic      =       academic
NOT HOW WELL..
   YOU DRAW    YOU SPEAK

YOU PROGRAM      YOU WRITE

  YOU APPLY THEORY TO LIFE
but how well..




                    Y ou Me morize
                 & RE  GURGITATE
is this culture
what we want?
45 percent
during their first two years in college.
showed no improvement in critical thinking,
complex reasoning or written communication

         Source: Academically Adrift
           (based on u.s students)
what are we
really GOING FOR?
Ask not..

        what do
     i want to do
Ask...
     W  H O
         what do
      i want to do BE
knowledge
is measured by
good grades
    W isdom
e lie f# 2
B
       everything is
      uniform
we believe there is a
fixed path for every

career
“While everything changes,
Everything remains the same.”
 -Aristotle
the path to success:
jc/poly -> uni -> work -> success
  start                    end
there isn’t one
jc/poly -> uni -> work -> success
        t
   starage                  end
  aver                     great
“ you  must
  get a degree!
 it’s the only way ”
 - The Bimbo Singaporean
when you

look fOR
   A JOB
when you PURSUE
                  higher
                  education
grades
appear to be
a requisite
You n
                            eed t
                                     hat




       piec
            e
PAP                of
to p
    ER
    rov
        e yo
            ur w
                ort
                           Do you really?
                   h
“ Don’t Kay Kiang
       study hard
        and find a job ”
      - The Bimbo Singaporean

Kay Kiang: Hokkien phrase which translates as "acting smart". It is usually used to describe
  someone as biting off more than one can chew - to be acting smarter than one actually is.
oh wait
that didn’t
  stop them
“The ones who are crazy enough
to think that they can change the
    world, are the ones who do.”




                    -Steve Jobs
LIfe’s too short to
follow the
status quo
make your own

path
be disru ptive
while you’re at it




                     !
sub-par grades
are not
the end
"You can make more money on
average if you go to college, but
it's not true for everybody,"

- Richard Freeman
  Harvard Economist


Source: ABC Action News
EMBRACE YOUR
STRENGTHS
STAND OUT
OF THE CROWD
“Don't aim for success
if you want it; just
do what you love and
believe in, and it will
come naturally.”
- David Frost
everything is
uniform
     g
    ch angin
e lie f# 3
B
        your jobs
        determine
    your success
we forgo our passions

the dollar
DOING THINGS WE

DISLIKE
LEARNING THINGS WE
NEVER USE
“ aim for an office job
  they are stable ”
- The Bimbo Singaporean
STARING AT      SUCCESS
THIS EVERYDAY
but cubicles sure
 are stable
“It's not how much money
we make that ultimately
makes us happy between
nine and five. It's whether
or not our work fulfills us.”
-Malcolm Gladwell
YOUR JOB DOES NOT
DEFINE YOU
“Your time is limited, so don't
waste it living someone else's life.”
- Steve Jobs
e li e f# 3   attitude
B
         your jobs
         determine
    your success
do yourself a
favour
CHASE YOUR OWN

DREAMS
& Not Someone Else’s Ideals
YOU REALLY
DESERVE IT
1. REMEMBER THAT
  kNOWLEDGE IS MEASURED BY WISDOM

2. BECAUSE
 in this age, EVERYTHING IS CHANGING

3. AND AS SUCH
  ATTITUDE DETERMINES YOUR SUCCESS
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our
deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is
our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.”
- Marrianne Williamson
THANK YOU
     image cREDITS
Institute for the Study of Labor
      Wikimedia Commons
       The Stock.Xchange
     info sources
      ABC Action News
     Academically Adrift
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