Mindset Mastery with Sheldon Gilbert: Lead to Succeed 137

Episode Summary:

In the complex journey of life, our experiences, choices, and outcomes are intricately woven by a force often underestimated yet profoundly influential: mindset. How we perceive the world, interpret challenges, and approach opportunities shapes not just our daily existence, but the very trajectory of our entire lives. In this episode, our guest Sheldon Gilbert will share how developing the right mindset at a young age changed his life.

Sheldon founded Kura Labs to create new pathways for ensuring employment in the tech economy for people from underserved communities. Kura Labs is a non-profit vocational academy that offers free training and job placement in the high-demand sectors of devops/SRE, cloud infrastructure computing and cybersecurity at Fortune 1000 employer partners.

Sheldon is also the Founder and CEO of Proclivity Systems. Proclivity builds and operates electronic marketplaces for secure trading of digital assets in real-time such as data and media. Beginning first in e-commerce, Proclivity has since developed the largest electronic ad marketplace in the pharmaceutical industry and extended its expertise in autonomous trading systems and secure computation in other industries.

Key Talking Points of the Episode: (Note: timestamps follow the audio recording)

[02:25] How Sheldon got to where he is today.

[08:30] Why Sheldon launched a non-profit vocational academy.

[19:05] The problem of being underserved, in Sheldon's opinion.

[24:04] Sheldon's insights on essential qualities beyond industry skills for job seekers.

[29:23] How Sheldon developed the mindset of marrying the future form of employment with purpose and lifestyle at the age of 21.

[36:16] Sheldon’s biggest mistake and how he grew from it.

[38:46] Rapid-fire question

[41:14] Sheldon’s final life lesson.

Standout Quote from the Episode:

“No higher is always better than bad higher.”

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