The Virtuous Mindset

Monica Collings on purpose-led leadership, gender inequality and why male allyship is important.

Did you know that finding your purpose improves your health? 🤔   Research shows that individuals that lead a purposeful life are 2.5x less likely to get dementia later in life. They are also 22% less likely to show the signs for a stroke!   Finding your purpose can be daunting especially when you don’t know what it is. To answer some of these questions, this week, I was joined by one of my mentors and a dear friend of mine, Monica Collings on TVM. In our conversation, we discuss her journey on finding her own purpose, the importance of organisational purpose, gender inequality and male allyship.   This episode was recorded whilst Monica was the CEO of SO Energy. She has since moved on.   Follow Monica on:    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicacollings/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/circles_in_a_circle/?hl=en   Watch the episode on YouTube:   Follow me:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivanishah.x/ [https://www.instagram.com/shivanishah.x/]   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivani-shah-418327149/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivani-shah-418327149/]

Going into business with my father, Lord Stanley Fink and building our industry-spanning investment portfolio together | with Alex Fink

This week, I had the pleasure of welcoming Alexander Fink onto The Virtuous Mindset podcast! Meeting Alex made me think about how important it is to take risks in life and step out of our comfort zones. To give you some context, by the age of 27, Alex ran the global interests rate team at Marex Spectron and was the youngest ever desk head within the company. He could have stayed in his lucrative position in broking and pursued managerial roles within the business but instead, decided to take a leap of faith and together with his father, Lord Stanley Fink, set up the Fink Family investment portfolio. That go-getter mentality served them well, resulting in them building an investment portfolio with up to fifty clients across a range of sectors from property finance, hedge funds, climate tech through e-learning and the life sciences space. Some of these companies have included British Pearl, Bud, Seneca Learning, Curve, Peppy, QV Bioelectronics and Project Etopia to name a few. Alex’s story teaches us that no matter how far we climb up the ranks within a particular company, it’s okay to change paths and oftentimes, that same skillset that you’ve worked hard to develop and refine can be highly applicable and is valuable in other industries, sometimes more so than the industry you originally came from. Thank you, Alex, for coming on-board – it was so lovely to speak with you! Follow Alex on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandermfink/ Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EYjaqGwpEus Follow me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivanishah.x/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivani-shah-418327149/

Dismantling sexist customs and fighting mental health stigma in the South Asian community | #8 with Raj Kaur Khaira

We're beyond excited to welcome our next guest, Raj Kaur Khaira onto the Virtuous Mindset! Aside from being a successful lawyer, and now co-founder and Deputy Global CEO of AutogenAI, Raj is the perfect example of someone who has mastered the art of having several successful side hustles whilst managing a packed work schedule. In our interview together, we delve into Raj’s upbringing and background, her passion for changing sexist customs within the South Asian community through her work with Pink Ladoo Project and South Asian Therapists, along with sharing more details about her two wonderful books: Stories for South Asian SuperGirls and The Night the Reindeer Saved Christmas. Listen to Raj’s episode on ‘The Virtuous Mindset’ now. Follow The Virtuous Mindset on: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-virtuous-mindset/ Follow Raj on: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raj-khaira/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pinkladoo/?hl=en Follow me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivanishah.x/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivani-shah-418327149/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivani-shah-418327149/]

How I set up Europe’s fastest-growing climate tech investor group. | #7 with Mats Stigzelius

In 30 years’, time, will your children and grandchildren, who have to suffer the consequences of climate change, look at you and ask, ‘why you didn’t do more’?   That’s a question that has driven my latest guest, Mats Stigzelius to found various organisations including Terra by Startup bootcamp, Rainmaking Impact (Europe’s fastest growing angel syndicate) and Raspberry, tasked with decarbonising our planet!   Mats is one of the most knowledgeable and talented individuals that I’ve come across in relation to the world of investing. He has this wonderful way of breaking down really complex concepts into digestible bitesize chunks that anyone can understand.   One thing that stood out about Mats for me was when he mentioned that the key to prolonged success is having an infinite purpose (a purpose that extends beyond ourselves). In his case, it’s about sustainability. What is it for you?   In our interview, we delve into:   ·        Mats journey from moving away from the corporate sector to becoming a serial entrepreneur. ·        How Mats and his team determine which companies to invest in versus the ones to avoid ·        What investors need to look out for in terms of red and green flags when it comes to the founder and co-founder relationship. ·        How to diversify your investments and the importance of starting small.   Follow Mats on:    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matsstigzelius/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/matsstigzelius/]   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mats_stigzelius/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/mats_stigzelius/?hl=en]   Watch the episode on YouTube:   Follow me:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivanishah.x/ [https://www.instagram.com/shivanishah.x/]   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivani-shah-418327149/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivani-shah-418327149/]

Why large language models will change our future. | #6 with Sean Williams

Is AI going to improve our lives, steal our jobs, or kill us all? These are some burning questions that so many of us are still trying to figure out in this rapidly changing landscape. Our next guest Sean Williams believes that large language models will change our world. What are large language models? They’re a type of artificial intelligence algorithm that uses deep learning techniques and large data sets to understand, summarise, generate, and predict new content. An example of this would be OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. Sean reminded us of the fact that, until the 2020s, computers couldn’t write. The fact they now can is ground-breaking for us and for civilisation. Sean’s view is that any time a technology speeds up a fundamentally human activity, such as reading, writing or creating images and videos, that changes the world.  Follow Sean on:   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-williams-88336225/ Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/U0pQiBkAKHM Follow me:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivanishah.x/ [https://www.instagram.com/shivanishah.x/] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivani-shah-418327149/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivani-shah-418327149/]