Hashwhinnee Arumugasamy

Student

I find myself to be an optimistic person with great leadership skills when it comes to teamwork or discussing with her partners. She is also a very determined person because she makes sure to complete her work with good quality. Furthermore, she is a great listener, when it comes to hearing other people’s opinion, she gives full attention to them and helps them to improvise. Hashwhinnee has joined the Student Council team this year. She hopes to express her opinions, share her ideas and enhance her communication skills in the learning process of becoming a future leader. She aspires to be inspired as a reliable, confident, independent and efficient person that students could look up to.

My biggest passion is learning about astronomy. I was fascinated with what Earth would look like from above the Earth's atmosphere from a very young age, so I decided to start reading about it more often and keep myself updated with NASA and SpaceX's news, as these space agencies inspire and motivate me to follow my dream. Learning about astronomy has really taught me how to look at life and there's so many more fascinating facts that just blows your mind! I hope someday I will be able to look at our beautiful home, Earth, from space.

My favourite TED talk of all time is "How great leaders inspire action" by Simon Sinek. This talk taught me how leaders inspire people to act by either manipulation or inspiration. It shows that inspiration will motivate them to do great work. In order to inspire people, you need to communicate your WHY. Most companies talk about what they do and how they do it. Instead, they should focus on why they’re doing what they’re doing. Most importantly, leaders need to be loyal. People should be able to trust their leaders. Loyalty is not built from features; it’s built from a connection to the mission of a product. Lastly, leaders need to be charismatic too. We can replicate energy but charisma can't be replicated. Great leaders find their unique way of being charismatic, and the effect is inspiring.

Sports. I am a state Squash player representing my school, Westlake International School and my state, Perak in tournaments. Besides that, I am also an Indian classical dancer and been learning this art since I was 7 years old.