Leadership

The Nosh founder on why quitting the corporate world was the best thing he ever did, and how running a startup is a lot like war

In his youth, Ipoh-born Kar Fei Cheah was shy and introverted. "I was a follower, never a leader," he reflects. That is, until he joined youth-run non-profit organisation AIESEC. While volunteering for AIESEC, Kar Fei met a life coach who expressed an interest in cultivating his potential. "Perhaps he saw something special in me to harness," he says. While he was sceptical and unconvinced at first, Kar Fei worked with this coach for a few months as an experiment. The session changed his life. "The experience left a deep impression on me. I wanted to pay it forward. So I applied with the Asia Pacific Institute of Coaching and never looked back," he shares. Today, he runs Life Redesigned Co and works for Mindvalley as its resident coach and head of learning. He is also currently inducted in the Forbes Coaches Council. From his experience coaching hundreds of people in eight years, Kar Fei has learnt a thing or two about successful goal setting. Here, he outlines five ways to craft and achieve goals aligned with your personal values.

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Both a boon and a burden, doubt is a self-defence mechanism and a high hurdle to overcome in high-stakes decision-making. We asked Generation T lister Timothy Tiah how best to silence your biggest naysayer—yourself.

Where most people admire cute comic characters from a distance, entrepreneur Dylan Ang took it a step further, recognising their marketable potential and eventually building a business that would monetise this popular art form. Here’s what this character-licensing whiz has to say about the successes he’s enjoyed so far and his plans for the future.