冠军思维是尽自己所能做最好的自己—专访MindChamps创办人詹富安

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什么是MindChamps（思维上的冠军）？“思维上的冠军”具备100%的尊重，0%的恐惧，成为“最好的你”。不是像别人那样的“最好”，而是尽你所能，做最好的自己。
冠军思维的第一要素就是“不甘心平庸”，要独树一帜，有自己的“招牌菜”。
MindChamps创办人兼集团总裁詹富安，14岁是澳大利亚电视剧童星，大学时是班上惟一的亚洲人，被老师挑演莎士比亚剧中的哈姆雷特。他年轻时修读演艺，以电影和戏剧为专业，他发现教育的巨大力量，同时发现现今教育一道又一道的缺口。他毅然投身教育研究，找到一片又一片的拼图，再创建MindChamps学习中心，通过实践，来填补这些缺口，致力培育符合时代需求，具有“冠军思维”的新一代。
《新学》新加坡教育双语双月刊专访詹富安，了解他如何从自己的生命经历中领悟教育的重要，并以戏剧和演艺专业联合各界专家，独创出一套崭新的教育哲学和方法。

Mr David Chiem, Founder and Group CEO of MindChamps, has his roots in theatre, having been a child actor at the age of 14. Later he attended the prestigious Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) where he obtained a Master’s in filmmaking. Some may wonder what the theatre has got to do with education, but it is precisely this background that has spurred on his work in the latter area.
“When I studied theatre and then cinema for a good seven years together, I realised something very important. I had learned how the world of storytelling works, and knew that throughout the history of mankind, art has been the mirror to society. That is art’s function — to reflect society as it is, and offer the potential to improve.
“When we hold up the mirror and we reflect society, people see themselves and they can get very inspired to change. But how do I change myself? That’s when I realised that if art is just the mirror, then art alone is not enough. If art is the mirror, education should be the toolbox to help a person build his or her future.
“Because I came from the art world, I looked at education through a totally different lens and from my perspective, there seemed to be a gap. When we were in school we were told what to learn so we could pass exams. But most adults — unless they work in an area related to Mathematics — would readily admit that if they were forced to sit an O level Maths exam now, all these years later, they would probably fail. Most of what we learnt at school is gone. It didn’t ‘stick’, because we were cramming in information we didn’t truly understand, information that wasn’t relevant to our life — then, or now.
“What I realised was that the role of education is to help us make sense of our world — and our life, not only in the here and now, but into the unknown future. For this, we need to learn a whole lot more than facts, figures and techniques. These may well be important — at least, for some students — but what is most important, for every student, is to develop the skills and strategies to go on learning for the rest of their lives. When did the school system ever teach us how to learn? And along with that, when did the school system ever equip us with the mindset it takes to be the best that we can be?
”We need to create an education that provides students from a very young age with the tools to build the future.”
This vision includes what is referred to at MindChamps as “The Champion Mindset” — the mindset that enables a person to achieve everything to the best of his or her potential.