How did a young boy from a low income household who failed English at school and who grew up thinking he’d take over his father’s prawn noodles store go on to become Managing Director at UBS Investment bank and write an award-nominated business book? Spoiler alert: it was all in the small actions taken!

A key opinion leader on LinkedIn with over 2 million followers, Eric Sim, served as a managing director at UBS Investment Bank and also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Currently based in Singapore, Eric founded the Institute of Life with a mission to help young professionals achieve success at work and in life. As part of that mission, he published a self-improvement book: “Small Actions: Leading Your Career to Big Success”, which was nominated for the Business Book Awards in London in 2022. 

In this episode, we dive into Eric’s story and hear all about: 

•  Lessons he learnt  growing up in a low income family as the son of a prawn noodle shop owner 
• How he carved a successful career in banking despite being an engineer by training and knowing nothing about finance
• How he developed his portfolio career and the actions we can take to develop a successful portfolio career 
• How we can become the CEO of our lives
• The ‘secret sauce’ behind his thought leadership process! 
• ..and many actionable ways on how Eric Sim unleashed the power of small actions to achieve big success! 

Episode highlights: 

03:09 Eric’s bartending stint and his iconic ‘coke & bourbon’ story 

06:18 What it was like growing up in a low income family as the son of a prawn noodle shop owner 

11:20 His journey towards overcoming his inferiority complex 

15:57: Eric’s most defining Failure and what he learnt from that 

19:18 The right ‘moves’ Eric made to attract step-up opportunities in his banking career 

28:35 How to develop a successful career portfolio

33:23 His inspiration behind ‘Small Actions’ 

35:30 What it means to become the CEO of your life 

41:27 Eric’s secret sauce on creating content on Linkedin

You can connect with Eric here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simeric/

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