Daniel Wong

Daniel Wong is a writer, speaker, certified youth counselor, as well as learning and personal development expert. Wong is the bestselling author of The Happy Student: 5 Steps to Academic Fulfillment and Success, and the co-author of the Singapore Scholarship Guide: The $500,000 Decision.

Wong has given numerous talks on topics such as goal-setting, finding success on your own terms, discovering your dream, education philosophy, time management, college life skills, and developing a personal vision for your life.

Wong gave a TEDx talk at Duke University entitled Realistic Idealism: Seeing People as People. He also gave a TEDxYouth talk entitled People: Sweet Dreams Are Made of This. He writes regularly about topics related to education, career and personal development.

Early Life and Education
Wong was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He lived in Hong Kong from ages two through five. After living in Hong Kong, he moved to Singapore, where he currently resides. Wong spent two years in the Singapore army, where he served as a battalion manpower officer. He currently holds the rank of 1st Lieutenant.

Wong attended Raffles Institution. He completed his GCE ‘A’ Levels at Victoria Junior College and went on to double major in Mechanical Engineering and Economics at Duke University in the United States. He graduated summa cum laude from Duke University. He attended Duke University on a full academic scholarship.

Career
As a learning and personal development expert, Wong works with students, young adults, parents and educators. His writing as been featured in many magazines and websites, including Yahoo!. Besides being the author of The Happy Student, Wong also co-authored the e-book, Singapore Scholarship Guide: The $500,000 Decision.

Books
The Happy Student: 5 Steps to Academic Fulfillment and Success (2012)

Singapore Scholarship Guide (2012)