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So This Is My Why

A podcast featuring inspiring people about their journey to discovering and living their "WHY" or purpose in life. With your host & producer, Ling Yah, we deep dive into everything from finances to dealing with doubts and setbacks, and how to forge an unconventional career from ground zero! Expect to hear from entrepreneurs, artists, journalists, musicians, Hollywood actresses, VC founders and more. Visit www.sothisismywhy.com for more details!

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57:49

Ep 122 Part 2: I Am NOT Your Father! | Peter Yong aka...

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2023/07/01

What does it take to build a 7-figure YouTube business on personal finance?Peter Yong aka Mr Money TV spills the tea on STIMY Episode 122 Part 2.That includes telling us:Why he tells all his staff, "I am not your father!"Why he hires 5, works 10 & pays 8;How he creates a moat around himself;How he's built his personal brand;Why his staff actively tell him to NOT hire more staff!Why his entire team knows the financials behind Mr Money TV;Working for free & getting equity?!His

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Ep 122 Part 1: The Replacement Son Who Refuses to...

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2023/06/25

Hey STIMIES!It’s time to meet the Replacement Son who refuses to drive a Porsche: Peter Yong aka Mr Money TV.One of Malaysia’s most beloved personal finance YouTubers with 153k subscribers!It’s one thing to start another YouTube channel; quite another to turn it into a thriving 7-figure business in Southeast Asia, but Peter has done just that. And today, we dive deep & personal, touching on things like how:🔥 Peter was born to be a replacement son, which severely affected his confidence &

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Ep 121: I'm OK, Man! | Dr Ong Kian Ming (Former...

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2023/06/18

❓What is it like becoming a Deputy Minister in a government that’s never been in power before?❓What was the relationship really like between Malaysia’s then Prime Minister & Deputy Prime Minister, Mahathir & Anuar?❓How does one pick a constituency and why even politics in the first place when you can make good money as a BCG consultant?If you haven’t already guessed it, today’s STIMY guest is Dr Ong Kian Ming aka imokman.He went from being a BCG consultant to a lecturer and policy analyst at

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Ep 120: 40 Secs to Win & The Power of Psychotic...

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2023/06/11

Apolo Ohno has won 8 Olympic medals & 21 World Championship medals, which makes him the most decorated US Winter Olympian in history!He was the state champion swimmer at age 13 & national speed skating champion at age 14, but it was short track speed skating that really caught his eye.Because to him, they were like Superman!After 6 months of training, Apolo won the 1997 US Championships. He was a shoo-in for the 1998 Winter Olympics but then... Apolo grew complacent. He self-sabotaged &

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Ep 119: Building a Global Media Empire | Justin Byam...

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2023/05/21

Entrepreneurs must be ruthless, obsessive and willing to cut corners.Something that Justin Byam Shaw, Chairman of ESI Media, would know.He co-owns (alongside Evgeny Lebedev) the Evening Standard & the Independent, and also co-founded the Felix Project - one of the biggest food redistribution charities in the UK!If you've ever been in London, you'll notice the Evening Standard lying around Tube stations. It's a 100% free quality newspaper and I'd always wondered - what does it

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Ep 118: The Uncharismatic Leader We All NEED | Chen...

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2023/04/25

Not everyone has to be a Steve Jobs.The charismatic, big picture, visionary leader that everyone gravitates towards.We also have (and need) those who execute.Who double down on the nitty gritty and ensure that things actually get done. And wellWhich brings me to today's STIMY guest: Chen Chow Yeoh.Speak to anyone in the Southeast Asian startup scene and they'll likely have heard of Chen Chow and have a tremendous amount of respect for him.He's an OG in the space:Co-Founder of Fave - one

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Ep 117: From an Intervention by the Pope to...

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2023/04/16

Former US Congressman Barney Frank has been described by the New York Times as "one of the people most responsible for overhauling financial regulation after the 2008 economic crisis".Little surprise, given that this acerbic politician was:🔥 Member of the US House of Representatives (1981 - 2013)🔥 Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (2007 - 2011); and🔥 Lead co-sponsor of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act - which introduced the greatest Wall Street reform in history.He hit the

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Ep 116: The EPIC Life in Building Homes in 3 days?! |...

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2023/04/09

John-Son Oei’s EPIC social enterprise was born out of guilt.This former Rain oppa lookalike (time to check out his photos! 😏) knew the importance of giving back. Wanted to give back. But never did. And it wasn’t as though he hadn’t dabbled many things in his life prior to graduation: He’d worked retail with Polo Ralph Lauren, did video production, was a fitness instructor & a Marshall at Camp 5 (rock climbing) and even modeled (yes, you really want to see his photo now, don’t you? 😉). Yet

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Ep 115: The Most Powerful Woman in the Room | Lydia...

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2023/04/02

Lydia Fenet is the most powerful woman in the room.She has sold over $1 billion dollars for nonprofits globally alongside Elton John, Jason Bourne (aka Matt Bourne), Bruce Springsteen & every other big-name superstar you can think of.In 2018, she became Christie's Global Managing Director of Strategic Partnerships and has also:Been named one of New York’s most influential women by Gotham magazine;Appeared in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair and Town & Country;Published 2 books (her

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Ep 114: Confessions of a former opium addict & secret...

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2023/03/26

Alvin Chiong's father was an opium addict.And as for Alvin:Age 7: Alvin's mother abandoned the familyAge 9: Started sniffing glue & joined the secret society to avoid being bulliedAge 14: Left school to follow his leader Age 18: Became hooked on heroin & couldn't hold down a job.Things came to a head in Thailand, where Alvin realised he needed to change his life around. But opium addiction, while a choice, is not so easy to kick.And it took many, many halfway houses &

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Ep 113: How Do You Build a 200,000+ community in 3...

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2023/03/19

Everyone wants to start a community while Bryan Pham (with his co-founder, Maggie Chui) has grown a global community from 0 to 200,000+ in 3 years! 😱 #casualBest of all?It started as a “screw you” moment. 😅In all seriousness, Bryan is the founder of Asian Hustle Network (“AHN”), AHNF & AHN Ventures. And has had quite the unconventional journey:😮Bryan’s parents fled the Vietnam War & taught him that investments and business were taboo😮He worked as a software engineer & realised that

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SPECIAL: Questions from the Audience with Eric Sim...

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2023/03/17

We've heard from Eric Sim all week.In Part 1, we learned about his journey from working at his father's prawn noodle hawker stall to becoming the Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank.In Part 2, Eric explains why he left it all behind, the importance of building a portfolio career, why LinkedIn & his secret to building a 2.9 million following on LinkedIn!In today's special episode, we asked Eric questions that came from YOU, the STIMY listeners!YOUR Questions to Eric:1:10

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Ep 112 Part 2: How to Gain 2.9 MILLION LinkedIn...

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2023/03/15

Eric had the world at his feet.He had gone from selling prawn noodles at his father's hawker stall in Singapore to becoming the Managing Director of UBS Investment Bank.So why did he throw it all away? 😱What comes after all that?For Eric, a lot more.He was constantly learning skills & combining them in unique ways. From learning to sail to video editing and becoming LinkedIn's top influencer in both Singapore and China thanks to his 2.9 MILLION followers.In this Part 2, we dive into

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Ep 112.1: Confessions of a hawker's son turned MD of...

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2023/03/13

How does a shy boy with no social skills, who failed his mathematics & went to school smelling of prawns every day... become the Managing Director of UBS?Just ask Eric Sim.The truth is:❌ Eric didn't just fail his maths.He also failed his English Literature & History papers and had to work at his father's prawn noodle shop before going to school.❌ He bombed his first job in FX Sales role at DBS Bank.❌ He failed all his job interviews in London (which he attended wearing a chicken

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Ep 111: Building the hottest Southeast Asian Tech...

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2023/03/05

Amanda Cua is the founder of Backscoop: the hottest newsletter covering all things in the Southeast Asian startup industry.She’s only 20 years old but:Backscoop has already crossed 10,000 subscribers;Has attracted funding from Buko Ventures;Been featured on CNN; andHas moderated a Wild Digital firechat with Jaeson Ma of 88Rising & OP3N.All this - with no college degree.Who said COVID-19 pandemic projects can’t go far? 😉But if you listen to this STIMY episode, you’ll soon realise that Backscoop

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54:14

Ep 110 Part 2: Where the hell is everybody?! | Ian...

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2023/03/01

Welcome to Part 2 of Ian Lee's episode.In Part 2, we talked all about how we should measure our lives. How Ian Lee pivoted from art to design then investment banking and consulting. How cancer changed his life. Why we shouldn’t make 10 year long-term plans and instead, pursue the things that interest us most in 12-18 month increments & so much more!This episode, deals with all things web3.From going into banking to being tasked with finding out about bitcoin, how he ended up being the Head

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52:09

Ep 110.1: How do you measure your life? | Ian Lee...

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2023/02/25

Ian Lee is the co-founder of Syndicate: a decentralised investing protocol & social network by the likes of A16Z, IDEO, Kleiner Perkins, Uniswap, Coinbase, Opensea, circle & Ledger. He is also the former founding member of IDEO Colab and Head of crypto & blockchain at Citi.But before all that, he was an artist. Then a designer. Before pivoting into marketing & advertising, investment banking and finally, consulting.Where he ended up being diagnosed with cancer. His world shrunk into

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42:46

Ep 109: From a £1.75 billion purchase of Lehman...

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2023/02/12

If you want to hear from someone who: ❓Helped purchase Lehman Brothers (US) for £1.75 billion;❓Built out the equity practice in Europe for Barclays Capital;❓Worked for Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of the UK; and❓Now works as the General Counsel in a web3 company that builds core blockchain infrastructure?Then STIMY’s latest episode with Chrissy Hill, General Counsel at Parity Technologies, is not one you want to miss! Chrissy shares her journey from South Carolina into the web3 space, and

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54:34

Ep 108: How To Build a 4.4 million YouTube following...

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2023/01/22

It’s cool to be a YouTuber these days.But how do you go pro?What’s your life like?And how much do you earn?!To answer this over the Chinese New Year (hope everyone is feasting well!), we’ve got Gerald Sebastian - co-founder of Kok Bisa, which with 4.4 million subscribers makes them one of the biggest YouTubers in Asia!In this episode, we learn how Gerald ended up being a full-time YouTuber, how they’ve built Kok Bisa, the kind of content that goes viral, their monetisation strategy & so much

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Ep 107: The Story Behind the Story - How a CNN...

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2023/01/16

Michelle Toh is every Asian parents' dream child.She's ambitious.Has a strong sense of self.And will do whatever it takes to succeed - including cold pitching South China Morning Post & landing an internship in her teens!Her initial dream was to be in fashion (she's worked at/for Elite Model Management, Hearst Magazines & HuffPost too). Then she pivoted and ended up becoming:😮 the Hong Kong Editor of Fortune; and😮 writer & reporter at CNN BusinessWhere she has: 🔥 hunted

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