DNA of Future Talent: From Asian to Global Citizen

Have you ever wonder what would be the DNA for future Asian Talents?

I have finally finished reading Taiwan Commonwealth Magazine that interviewed me back in April. Yes it means AIESEC in Singapore’s name is also in the article. All thanks to Vega who brought back a copy of the magazine for me. Here is the website http://www.cw.com.tw/ sorry dudes, it’s all in mandarin.

I would like to share some parts of the article with you. Yes translated into English to the best within my capability =P

In the magazine, it has featured the 6 top Asian countries and territories youth and their mindset facing globalization, internationalism. The 6 countries & territories that were closely examined were; Korea, Japan, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

In the article, Singapore was discovered to be the top in investment in education from the government followed by China. The China has provided their youth with a boost to motivate them in going international with the invite of Western students to China to learn mandarin. This platform of interaction has been effective because many of the universities students are venturing into the global arena be it for higher education or profession. Taiwan on the other hand was reported to be lacking in the international platform for their youth to realized their potential within the country, this has resulted in Taiwanese youth only performing within their cultural platform, thus has not been able to receive enough opportunities to widen their horizon. Singapore has been inviting a lot of foreign talents for the working class and the students; daily interaction is like the Mini United Nation and AP in class and at work. Chinese and Korean youth generation has been concluded to be the most determined group of people as compared to the rest of the 4 countries.

There are more to the article, but it has derived the conclusion regarding the DNA of future Asian Talent. To be considered a talent from Asia, one must possess the following DNA;

1) The ability to internationalize: Including the understanding of the languages & world affairs.

2) Mobility: The ability to move to various countries to carve their success. This is because competition has long not been differentiated by country boundaries.

3) Adaptation: Refers to the adaptation to the various cultures in order to be able to succeed in the international platform. This naturally comes with the sense of urgency to grab hold of foreign opportunities.

4) Vision and Value: Apart from competency, vision and value plays a very large part to determine whether you will be successful. You are encouraged to be a dreamer, to be far-sighted and to be able to widen the width of your life and vision. The future competition is no longer around IQ but EQ. The people with higher EQ will be the survivors of the future.

5) Courage to throw yourself outside of your country. Yes in short, step out of your comfort zone like what has becoming a “IN” term used in Singapore.

So do you have these DNA to be the future talent? To Quote " True that you can choose not to move and still be comfortable. However, the rest of the World is moving, if you remain stagnant, you will eventually lose out"