The Serendipity of Success: Lorenzo Thione [Gaingels]

Follow your interests, even if the path is nonlinear.Lorenzo is the Managing Director of Gaingels and a co-founding chairman of StartOut, two of the leading groups dedicated to support and elevate LGBTQ+ leaders in the venture startup ecosystem.In this episode, Lorenzo shares his fascinating career path full of unexpected opportunities, benefits of building strong relationships, how he measures success beyond money, and psychology-backed insights on growth mindset shifts that helped him turn unexpected opportunities into massive growth moments.Lorenzo's wisdom will open your mind to new possibilities and empower you to bring your truest self to everything you do.- - -On the growth mindset podcast with Sam Webster Harris, we explore the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement. Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create.Through a process of honest self-reflection of what is holding us back and what is driving us forward, we can lose the ego and build awareness of how to be the best we can be.- - -Connect with Lorenzo:Gaingels (https://gaingels.com/)StartOut (https://startout.org/)Allegiance (https://allegiancemusical.com/)LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorenzothione/)Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lorenzosfnyc)Twitter (https://twitter.com/thione)Connect with Sam:Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive ThinkingWatch the pod - YouTube (Growth Mindset)Twitter - @samjamharrisInstagram - @SamJam.zenYoutube - @Samjam- - -Show: Growth Mindset, psychology of self-improvementEpisode: The Serendipity of SuccessChapters:0:00Defeating the Fear of Failure01:30 Be Open to Unexpected Opportunities and Follow Your Interests03:24 Importance of Being More Present and Living Authentically12:59 Framework of Learning and Evaluating Opportunities 19:19 Lorenzo's Pillars in Helping Companies He Invests In26:53 Kindest Thing28:18 Maintain Work-Life Balance Through Routines30:37 Don't Rigidly Plan - Be Ready to Adapt.31:40 Send Off Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/growth-mindset-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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