Designed for youths aged 17 - 35, Find Your Ikigai Singapore is a 4 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

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
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Programme objectives
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1. Greater awareness of skills and talents
2. Uncover your passions and values
3. Understand your inner why to set intentions
4. Define personal success based on your wants
5. Empower yourself to take action
6. Improve connection with self

Sessions you can look forward to

Session 1: Assess your Strengths
Session 2: Uncover your Inner Why
Session 3: Construct your Purpose Statement
Session 4: Driving Action
Group sharing sessions
Project coaching sessions

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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.

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

FYISG will run for 4-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 9-week personal leadership track (additional 5 weeks) where you will embark on a project to deepen your understanding and practice of your Ikigai statement!

Programme timeline

FYISG 2023

Back by popular demand, Find Your Ikigai SG is conducting its next run in 2023 ! Know your inner why and and identify your strengths to discover possibilities and plan for a purposeful career. If you would like us to run this for your company, please click on Corporate Run to register your interest​

Register now  by clicking on the button below or scan the QR code!
If you have a group of minimum 20 individuals who will like to join the programme and you will like to customize the schedule, do reach out to us at [email protected]. We will be happy to work with you to work out a calendar and timing with you that works for your group.

Price

Per pax for Singaporean Citizens/ Singapore Permanent Residents: $30 (UP $540)
This programme has been subsidised by the National Youth Council.

Per pax for Foreigners: $300 
This programme has been subsidised by Growthbeans.

*note that this programme is for individuals 17-35 years old. If you do not meet this criteria but would still like to participate in a programme like this, do reach out to us at [email protected]. 

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Meet the Coaches

Chan Wai Keong
Wai Keong believes that people act with best intentions, shaped by their belief, capability and mindset. Believing that people have the capacity to learn, change and grow; he seeks to help reframe your thinking, expand your choices of behavior and realize your potential. 
Kat Chan
Kat is passionate in journeying with and guiding you in achieving your innermost potential. With her deep people insights and broad perspectives, she has what it takes to help you set realistic goals. Her flair for instilling hope and tenacity will inspire you to succeed.
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Shane Yan
Shane believes that self-awareness and personal development form the basis of any purpose, happiness and personal development we seek. A strong believer in self empowerment and wants, she will help you build your confidence so that you can flourish in every aspect of your life.
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Shamantha Yan
 Shamantha believes that everyone can be who they want to be. She wants to help others find clarity and success, and see a breakthrough for themselves. Setting you at ease, she will work with you to gain clarity and to discover the potential and solutions within you.
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Murali
Murali is passionate about creating positive change and inspiring you to explore and reach your goals and potential.
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Marc Lansu
Marc believes that everyone should continue to learn and develop to improve and find a better version of themselves.



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Dylan Liau
Dylan sees life as a marathon, where it is key to build a strong foundation while considering the impact on the future. Having experienced many changes in his life, he wants to help you become more self-aware, to find your Ah-ha moments sooner.​
Philibert Braat
Philibert believes in listening without judgement. He is passionate about leveraging the transformative power of safe spaces to support and empower your journey towards personal breakthrough, optimism and self-actualization.

Meet the participants

Gavin, Year 4 University student

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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.

Agnes Cheng

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Cacherel, Year 3 University student

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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.

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Alena, Year 3 University student

USP Student
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National University of Singapore

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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.

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Gail Wang, Working adult

Laidlaw and USP scholar
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National University of Singapore

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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

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Syakira, Working adult

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I get to have an unobstructed view on what I want in life with this programme. The programme really helps me find a way in how I want my future to be being able to be more open-minded. Apart from this it also made me improve on myself to become someone better :)

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Paige, Working adult

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At the end of it all–we have the power within us to change our lives. We have our brains, our hearts, we can move, to make small decisions and steps to slowly steer the direction our life is heading towards.
You can’t put a deadline to this journey of growth. The most important thing is to get started, even one step counts! It’s never too early to start and never too late to re-align, whenever, wherever you are in life!

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Xyn, Working adult

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I realised everyone has their own fears and challenges, and I am not alone with these thoughts. I never expected that spirituality to be so important to me. Never thought that my success factor differs from the societal one. I made so many aligned friends and I think this really saved my life.

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