Jason is a partner and mortgage broker at Insight Finance Property

One of the best ways to build intergenerational wealth is through investment properties. Whether it is buying a home for your family, or investing in a property to find passive income growth, Jason’s meticulous and caring approach to his clients sets him above the rest.

Advice to students

• If you’re going to do something, might as well go all the way and do your best

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Founder of The Fit Studio, Burwood

Located in 132 Burwood Rd, Burwood, Ms Selina Lee is the founder of The Fit Studio.

Her team works with the young and old, female and male, and bodies of all shapes and sizes to reach their physical potential.

For the workout of your life – Book here

Advice to students

• Every strong and fit mind starts with a strong and fit body

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Dr Brian Lou is the owner and principal vet at Auburn Vet Hospital. He is a caring, compassionate and popular vet in our local area. He is also a proud father to two twin boys.

High School

• North Sydney Boys High

Degrees

• Veterinary Science

Professional Pathway

• Veterinarian

Advice to students

• Find your own passion and pursue it

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Mr Richard Son is an admitted solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW, a Chartered Accountant, has a combined commerce/law degree, and also a Masters in Law. He is a Director at the largest Professional Services firm in the Asia-Pacific.

High School

• North Sydney Boys High
  • 99.75

Degrees

• Commerce / Law (USYD)
• Masters in Law (USYD)
• Chartered Accountant

Professional Pathway

• Consultant
• Senior Tax Consultant
• Tax Manager
• Director

Advice to students

• Think outside the box, read between the lines, and connect the dots – your technical skills are important, but so is your critical thinking and soft skills

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Mr Zab Azulay is a master with all things movement. As a physiotherapist and strength coach, he has both brawn and brain.  Closely working with top tier and world class athletes, Zab is able to communicate complex concepts in simple to understand terms.

High School

• Rose Bay Secondary College

Degrees

• Bachelor of Health Science, Sports and Exercise (UWS)
  • Distinction
• Master of Physiotherapy (USYD)

Professional Pathway

• Chiropractic Assistant
• Physiotherapist
• Strength Rehabilitation Coach

Advice to students

• Aim high, breathe deeply and keep moving

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Mr Nathan Takounlao is an upcoming rising superstar in the Real Estate industry. With his interpersonal skills and charisma, he is a top performer at his agency.

High School

• Barker College

Degrees

• Bachelor of Property Economics, Real Estate
  • Distinction

Professional Pathway

• Leasing Consultant in Property Management
• Sales Associate
• Associate Agent

Advice to students

• It’s better to try and fail, than to be too scared to even try to succeed

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High School

• North Sydney Boys (2006)
  • 99.90
  • State Rank English Advanced

Degrees

• International Studies / Law (USYD)
  • Government and International Relations Major
  • University of Sydney Merit Scholarship
• Master of Public Policy (USYD)

Professional Pathway

• Paralegal at a top tier law firm and legal clerk in Hong Kong
• Legal Officer at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
• NSW Government Policy Officer / Adviser
• English tutor / high school mentor
• Investor in start ups and micro caps (ASX)

Advice to students

• Write your own narrative
• Pursue progress and not perfection
• Compare yourself only to who you were yesterday

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• Invest in your cup first. Let it overflow. Your surrounding cups (family and friends) will also benefit
• If you’re 99% there, you’re only 50% there.
• Iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens their friend. Surround yourself with motivated and inspiring people.
• If you are scared of the spotlight, shine more light on your stage so there is no spotlight.
• Darkness is just the absence of light. Be the light.
• Pursue progress, and not perfection
• Time is the most precious resource on this planet, make the most of it.
• Less is more
• Do less, be more
• The bigger the base, the higher the mountain
• The greatest meaning we can take on is the burden of suffering.
• Meaningless suffering will become meaningful if you take personal responsibility.
• Those who seek to reorganise the world should start to clean up the disorder that exists in their own room first.
• Before blaming others, ask yourself if you’re completely exculpatory.
• Money can’t buy manners, respect, loyalty and love.
• Life is like a game of golf. The choices and values you make now at school will impact you in your 20s, 30s, 40s, and beyond. Hold your golf club firmly and with purpose.
• It’s not so much important what we learn, but WHY and HOW we learn.
• Why is the most important question in life. If you know why, the how, who, what, when, where, who will naturally follow.
• Attitude always trumps aptitude.
• Failures are a gift for growth and progress
• The now is a gift, that’s why they call it the present.
• Respect your teachers, respect your parents, respect your family, but most importantly: respect yourself.
• Love and help yourself, so that you can love and help others
• It’s good to think. But it’s more important to think about how you think.
• In the changing economy, it is not such much how great you are as an individual, but how well you work in a team
• Whatever you do in life, do it with pride
• There are two pains in life: the pain of discipline, or the pain of regret.
• You are the master of your fate, and the captain of your soul.
• Our failures and mistakes don’t define us. How we respond to them do.
• Broaden your horizons
• When you lie to others, you’re only lying to yourself
• Your life is like a movie, and you are the director. If you know how your movie ends, you know what key scenes are needed in the middle and the beginning. It doesn’t matter how many takes you try. And… Action!
• Your life is like a story, and you are the author. Make every chapter, every page, every paragraph, every sentence, and every word count.
• Pain is temporary, knowledge is lasting, learning is forever
• Your values are your personalised compass. If you need to make a life decision, refer to your compass.
• Never blame others for failure. Take responsibility.
• Study smarter, not harder.
• Hating is a reflection of your own insecurities.
• Jealousy is the cousin of failure.
• Never compare your life with anyone else’s.
• Growth is relative.
• By learning about the world, you learn more about yourself
• Your life is a story, tell it well.
• There’s no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. Every accomplishment begins with the decision to try.
• Every child is different and has their own inner genius. Realise your growth potential.
• Form the right habits, and the right results will come.
• Don’t be obsessed with the destination, fall in love with the journey.
• Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.
• Create your own future.
• You’re not stressed, you FEEL stress. You’re not angry, you FEEL anger. Don’t let your emotions define who you are.
• Your history is not your destiny.
• Serendipity is an anagram for ripe destiny. Unjumble the confusion and surprises that happen every day by having faith that it’s all for a greater purpose- your ripe destiny.
• The loudest person in the room is usually not the smartest. It’s the quality of words you say, not the quantity.
• You create positive habits, and positive habits create a better you.
• It’s not how good you are as an individual, it’s how great you are in a team.
• Your marks don’t define you. It is you that makes a mark on education, and the real world.

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It uses fear mongering to prey on innocent, loving parents who just want the best for their child.

Have you ever asked the tutoring college owners what you should do when you grow up, only to be given this answer:

“Be a doctor. Or a lawyer.”

“If you can’t do that, then if you are a male – be an engineer. If you are a female – be a teacher.”

It is mostly migrant parents that are misinformed about the nature of the Australian workforce. They believe that academic merit will be a guarantee for success in the future. Watch what this Math teacher says about the key to success here.

Angela Lee Duckworth says it is grit that is the best indicator of success in career and life. Further, grit was found to be usually unrelated or even inversely related to measures of talent.

Don’t let the spreaders of the Nerd Syndrome defeat you. Yes, academic marks are important, but so are other important things in life, such as your happiness and mental sanity. Life is about balance – that’s how we can become true blue Aussie all-rounders.

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You can view the new syllabus here.

You should open both and try the following:

• Search for “gender” in the old syllabus
• Search for “Asia” in the old syllabus
• Search for “intercultural” in the old syllabus

Now search for “gender”, “Asia” and “intercultural” in the new syllabus. It appears multiple times. It also calls out Asian Australians on page 25 under ‘Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia.’ Asians? In an English Syllabus? Impossibruuu.

Other key notes:

• The Area of Study is dropped (hooray!)

This is good. To be honest, you could go on a journey of discovery to change your identity to find belonging somewhere… S2P Connect fully supports this direction.

• Focus is now on depth of meaning and an appreciation for plurality in meaning

Students must consider the following perspectives when analysing texts

• Cultural
• Social
• Gender

What does this all mean? Students are to…

• Appreciate the human experience as diverse
• Identify and accept their own cultural, social and gendered perspectives
• Connect and exchange their ideas with those who may be different from them
• View English as the best gateway to understand ourselves, our principals, our parents, our professionals – and the great big, exciting and changing world outside the classroom.

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