Simon W Chan Blog
Simon Chan was born and raised in New York City and currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife Kelly.
After graduating from Stuyvesant High School, Simon attended an Ivy League university and graduated from Columbia College on the Dean’s List in 1995. He is a huge sports fan and after college, was able to get the perfect “dream job” working at the NBA. (National Basketball Association). In his sports career, Simon has attended over 200 NBA Games live including 6 NBA All-Star Games and 4 NBA Finals. In 2002, Simon Chan became a certified NBA Player Agent and had his first client. He was just like “Jerry Maguire.”
Even though the money from his “dream job” was good, it soon started to get old. Simon was tired of coming home at 10:30pm after scouting, recruiting and entertaining new clients. Approaching 30, Simon had reached an age where he was looking to settle down with his girlfriend. He wasn’t lacking the income but he did lack the time and quality of life to enjoy his time.
The NBA job brought back memories of Simon’s childhood. His dad was a successful doctor with his own medical practice and they were well off and lived in a big house with 3 luxury cars. But Simon’s most memorable moments as a kid was when he got to play baseball with his father. Simon had always loved sports and dreamed to play for the New York Yankees. His heroes were Craig Nettles, Ron Guidry and Don Mattingly. All he wanted to do was play baseball and going to Yankees Stadium. One day, his father suddenly stopped playing baseball with him because he was too busy at his medical practice and the hospitals. Simon still remembers that day because he will never forget the disappointment. The nice house and the luxury cars mean nothing to a 10 year old. All he wanted to do was play baseball with his father. Baseball was Simon’s dream and his life.
Looking back, Simon is very grateful for his father and how he did his best to raise the family. But as a 10 year old, Simon did not understand why seeing patients is more important than playing baseball with your son. Wasn’t baseball more fun?! Simon was bitter at his father and one of his goals growing up was that when he has a family, he wants to be able to spend time with them. Unfortunately in 2003, with his busy “dream job”, Simon saw himself going down the same path as his dad did. At the age of 30, Simon Chan realized that something had to change.
After reading the books Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and Multiple Streams of Income by Robert G. Allen, Simon realized the significance of 2 things – Time and Passive Income. Time is our biggest asset and since we are all on this earth for a limited time, we need to take action immediately. Passive Income is income that keeps coming in even if you are NOT working.
Passive Income is working smarter so that you have money and more importantly, the time to enjoy the money. Simon realized that his NBA job would never provide him both time and money. Only a business could allow Simon to do that. After much research and planning, Simon ventured out and became an entrepreneur in Nov. 2003 and launched his own business.
Today, Simon’s business has allowed him to help thousands of people across 3 different continents as he has coached and provided opportunities to those in need.
3 areas where Simon Chan and his team of consultants have played the biggest impact is helping others increase their personal wealth, creating more personal time for people to enjoy life and improving their health conditions.
In return, Simon’s consulting business has provided him an income stream that continues to flow even when he is no longer working. It has allowed him to travel to 11 countries and establish new relationships and friends.
Simon reflects, “The income and the lifestyle is great but the MOST rewarding things about this business is NOT the money; but the ability to have a positive impact of the lives that I have come across.”
“If you want to be successful in business, it is easy. Just follow this advice that I learned from best-selling author/motivational speaker, Zig Ziglar, “If you help enough people get what they want in life, you will get everything you want in life.”
