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Designed for youths aged 17 - 35, Find Your Ikigai Singapore is a 5 week online programme with an optional 5 week leadership component that helps individuals understand themselves and seek clarity in what gives them meaning and motivation. Knowing your inner why and strengths gives you the key to begin discovering possibilities and guides you in planning for a purposeful career. The programme combines the use of unique and non-traditional elements, such as small - group life coaching, mindfulness and human library stories.
Note: all sessions will be held online |
Behind find your ikigai SG
Christopher Gordon
Founder of Find Your Ikigai SG |
While there are some youth who are extremely passionate and clear about where they are in headed in life and of the difference they want to make, there are also a good number who feel quite lost as to where they are headed. One of the key challenges of our generation is to empower each youth to write their personal success narrative (anchored on their unique talents/skills, passion and life purpose); empower them to live it out and pursue meaningful careers which are aligned to their personal success narrative.
In 2019, together with my wife Michele and our friends Shane, Shamantha and Humphrey, we launched the Find Your Ikigai SG programme, which was aimed at helping youth to identify their personal success narrative and to empower them to achieve it. The word “Ikigai” is a Japanese word which means “a reason for being” or “the things that make one’s life worthwhile”. The programme incorporates the use of non-traditional tools such as human library sharing, small – group life coaching and mindfulness meditation sessions to deepen the learning and personal growth of the youth and help them to achieve deeper realisations and to transform their lives. |
Who is this programme for?Anyone looking to: - Embark on a journey of rediscovery - Find clarity and meaning in life - Be inspired and expand perspectives - Engage with inner passions to drive you - Engage with inner work - Change your life |
Programme objectives
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Sessions you can look forward toSession 1: Uncover your Inner Why Session 2: Assess your Strengths Session 3: Construct your Purpose Statement Session 4: Driving Action Group sharing sessions Project coaching sessions |
Ikigai
"become who you want to be"
The word “Ikigai” is the Japanese word that means a “reason for being” or “the things that make life worthwhile”. Ikigai (ick-ee-guy) is a Japanese concept which enables you to live a long, happy and fulfilled life through 4 elements: passion, mission, vocation and profession.
The approach
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Programme timeline
FYISG will run for 5-weeks (8 meetups) where you will craft your own Ikigai statement through sessions and group coaching. You will then be given a choice of embarking on the full 10-week personal leadership track (additional 5 weeks) where you will embark on a project to deepen your understanding and practice of your Ikigai statement!
2020 CalanderRun 1 2020 - completed25 July - 27 September
Run 2 2020 - in progress10 October 2020 - 13 December 2020
Run 3 20205 December 2020 - 31 January 2021
Saturdays and Sundays (weekly) - Saturdays, 10am-1pm - Sundays, 10am-12pm |
2021 calenderRun 1 202122 January 2021 - 2 April 2021
Fridays (weekly) - Week 1-5, 2-6pm - Week 6-9, 2-7pm - Week 10, 2-4pm Run 2 20216 March 2021 - 2 May 2021
Saturdays and Sundays (weekly) - Saturdays, 10am-1pm - Sundays, 10am-12pm run 3 202110 July 2021 - 5 September 2021
Saturdays and Sundays (weekly) - Saturdays, 10am-1pm - Sundays, 10am-12pm run 4 20218 October 2021 - 5 December 2021
Fridays and Sundays (weekly) - Fridays, 7-10pm - Sundays, 10am-12pm |
Run schedules
Download the full calendar of run dates here:
| 2020/2021 calendar.pdf |
Price
Per pax: $30 (UP $540)
This programme has been subsidised by the National Youth Council
This programme has been subsidised by the National Youth Council
“I embarked on this programme because I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life and I thought to myself that joining the programme may provide me with insights to what I actually want. I think the programme really helped me to understand myself better. Through the programme, I managed to uncover strengths that I never knew of and I also learnt to be more intentional with my actions and thoughts. Even though I have yet to figure out what I want, I now have a clear idea on what I should be working on in order to figure that out.”
Gavin, Year 4 University Student
“As someone who has been drifting around in life, I spent a year being very confused about what is truly meaningful to me which warrants my attention to startup. Thus, I join FYISG to gain more clarity about my goals in life and work towards a project that can potentially be my future startup. This programme has helped me in understanding my strengths better as well as bringing into attention some weaknesses such as time management and figuring out ways how to improve on both my strengths and weaknesses.”
Cacherel, Year 3 University Student
“I have always been in a cycle of wanting to make a change in my life but never acting on it. I decided to embark on this program as a way to ensure accountability in my actions and finally act on my passions and goals. Being a skeptic, I thought that joining this programme was not going to allow me to know for sure my purpose in life in just 10 weeks. Instead, I have grown to have greater clarity in my goals and actions and be more aware of my strengths and the way I think and act in my daily life. This has helped me go about my daily routines with more efficiency and direction.”
Alena, Year 3 University Student
When I first joined the programme, I was excited that there were people like me! Enthusiastic about improving themselves and making a difference. I was really happy to find a community of such people. I initially thought I was quite clear about what I wanted to do with my life, but writing it down and speaking to others helped me to find out more about myself and actually it made it a lot clearer. So I now have a more focused direction in life.
Gail, Working Adult
Gavin, Year 4 University Student
“As someone who has been drifting around in life, I spent a year being very confused about what is truly meaningful to me which warrants my attention to startup. Thus, I join FYISG to gain more clarity about my goals in life and work towards a project that can potentially be my future startup. This programme has helped me in understanding my strengths better as well as bringing into attention some weaknesses such as time management and figuring out ways how to improve on both my strengths and weaknesses.”
Cacherel, Year 3 University Student
“I have always been in a cycle of wanting to make a change in my life but never acting on it. I decided to embark on this program as a way to ensure accountability in my actions and finally act on my passions and goals. Being a skeptic, I thought that joining this programme was not going to allow me to know for sure my purpose in life in just 10 weeks. Instead, I have grown to have greater clarity in my goals and actions and be more aware of my strengths and the way I think and act in my daily life. This has helped me go about my daily routines with more efficiency and direction.”
Alena, Year 3 University Student
When I first joined the programme, I was excited that there were people like me! Enthusiastic about improving themselves and making a difference. I was really happy to find a community of such people. I initially thought I was quite clear about what I wanted to do with my life, but writing it down and speaking to others helped me to find out more about myself and actually it made it a lot clearer. So I now have a more focused direction in life.
Gail, Working Adult
