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Dare To Fail: How Failures Lead To Bigger Success

ByLim Lay Hsuan
Aug 20, 2015 • 1 Min Read
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Jonathan Yabut is the Season 1 winner of the hit pan-Asian reality TV show, The Apprentice Asia hosted by Malaysian business mogul Tony Fernandes.

Yabut has inspired thousands of young Asians for his popular quote, “You can never be too small to dream big”, and is a strong advocate of youth empowerment, leadership and entrepreneurship.

Yabut is also a faculty partner at Leaderonomics. His book, From Grit to Great, recalls his inspiring journey in winning the show.

Check out what Yabut has to share about his experience learning from his failures to attain bigger success along the way.

Also, meet Yabut in person as he will be speaking at the Mega Careers & Study Fair @ KLCC this Aug 22–23, 2015. Check out www.careersandstudy.com for more information.

For more leadership videos from Leaderonomics Media, click here.

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Lay Hsuan was part of the content curation team for Leaderonomics.com, playing the role of a content gatekeeper as well as ensuring the integrity of stories that came in. She was an occasional writer for the team and was previously the caretaker for Leaderonomics social media channels. She is still happiest when you leave comments on the website, or subscribe to Leader's Digest, or share Leaderonomics content on social media.

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