By DARIUS SHU CHEN KEONG
SUBANG JAYA: The Apprentice Asia winner Jonathan Yabut encouraged students to focus on one passion for a successful future career.
“If you look at successful people today, they focus on one big thing, make a name out of it and work hard for many years,” he said.
Yabut said students should start envisioning, debating and listing down what they want in their future as early as now.
“Humanity was never made to multitask,” he said at the 2nd iLead Conference on 3 October.
He added, “What I don’t like about our generation is that we are all made to believe that we can become everything.”
Yabut reminded students that they do not have to say yes to every opportunity of success.
“If we are too ambitious, we would not succeed at anything at all,” he said.
Yabut said grit was his motivation to success.
“No matter how many times you fall down, you must learn to love the failures and commit to get that goal accomplished,” he said.
He added, “It is your responsibility to harness grit and when you focus hard on it, you will reach the goal because you want it that badly.
This is what separates successful people.” Taylor’s Business School student Chen Zi Juin, 20, said, “Jonathan’s talk was what a lot of student leaders and the Gen-Y needed to hear as we seem to define success the wrong way.”
Chen added that some of their definitions of success are a product of their parents’ generation but now they have to learn to prioritise opportunities and know which ones
to let go.
Taylor’s Business School student Ajeeta Rathakrishnan, 20, said, “Jonathan’s talk was great as it was very nice to see a passionate man speaking about his achievements.”
School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts student Said Azizov, 20, said, “I was very motivated during the first session because Jonathan Yabut’s vision of life matches mine.”
“The talk has not only motivated me to change, but also to have stronger beliefs, to envision success until my goal is reached,” he said.
He added, “The greatest leader is the one who creates new leaders.”
“I was very satisfied with the 2nd iLead conference and I hope everyone learn to use it as a trigger to be an inspiring leader," he said
“If you look at successful people today, they focus on one big thing, make a name out of it and work hard for many years,” he said.
Yabut said students should start envisioning, debating and listing down what they want in their future as early as now.
“Humanity was never made to multitask,” he said at the 2nd iLead Conference on 3 October.
He added, “What I don’t like about our generation is that we are all made to believe that we can become everything.”
Yabut reminded students that they do not have to say yes to every opportunity of success.
“If we are too ambitious, we would not succeed at anything at all,” he said.
Yabut said grit was his motivation to success.
“No matter how many times you fall down, you must learn to love the failures and commit to get that goal accomplished,” he said.
He added, “It is your responsibility to harness grit and when you focus hard on it, you will reach the goal because you want it that badly.
This is what separates successful people.” Taylor’s Business School student Chen Zi Juin, 20, said, “Jonathan’s talk was what a lot of student leaders and the Gen-Y needed to hear as we seem to define success the wrong way.”
Chen added that some of their definitions of success are a product of their parents’ generation but now they have to learn to prioritise opportunities and know which ones
to let go.
Taylor’s Business School student Ajeeta Rathakrishnan, 20, said, “Jonathan’s talk was great as it was very nice to see a passionate man speaking about his achievements.”
School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts student Said Azizov, 20, said, “I was very motivated during the first session because Jonathan Yabut’s vision of life matches mine.”
“The talk has not only motivated me to change, but also to have stronger beliefs, to envision success until my goal is reached,” he said.
He added, “The greatest leader is the one who creates new leaders.”
“I was very satisfied with the 2nd iLead conference and I hope everyone learn to use it as a trigger to be an inspiring leader," he said