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Gen.T honourees Shin Tseng, Mark Koh, Justin Chan and Zare Lee share their insights on how they effectively use time to their advantage and deal with uncertainty
Time is a valuable resource for leaders. Each moment presents an opportunity for them to make a difference. Leaders must manage their time effectively, balancing their personal and professional lives while meeting deadlines.
Recently, we spoke with four Gen.T honourees: Shin Tseng, Justin Chan, Mark Koh and Zare Lee. During the Tatler Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow 2023 event in Kuala Lumpur, held in collaboration with Bell & Ross, we learned how these four individuals manage their time to make it count. They are innovators, architects and business people who are reshaping the world with their vision and passion.
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Shin Tseng
Shin Tseng is an architectural designer and creative entrepreneur who enjoys revitalising urban spaces and heritage buildings. He and his partner Shin Chang transformed a Kuala Lumpur landmark, RexKL, into a vibrant cultural hub.
Shin values his time and avoids wasting it in traffic. He chooses projects and workspaces that are within a 15 to 20-minute radius of his home.
He is an optimist who sees the world in a positive light. “I embrace it when things don’t go according to plan,” he said. “You can view it as a risk, or you can view it as an opportunity.”
Interestingly, Shin has a clever way of managing his time and expanding his network: he deliberately schedules two meetings with different people simultaneously to achieve more and at the same time, connect them with each other.
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