Sebastian Drezek is a high school senior at The Pennington School. His life mission is to make life multiplanetary and expand the scope of human consciousness beyond the confines of our home planet. Seb is also the Project Lead of SigmaSpeed, a 28.1 foot tall (or 8.5 meter) rocket. Alongside its 500 pound force rocket engine, SigmaSpeed is the tallest rocket ever built by an educational institution and given recent successful tests, is scheduled to launch in late March/early April of 2024.In this episode, we discuss about rocketry, mindsets, how he taught himself rocket science, first principles thinking and challenges faced in the industry among other things.Being a pioneer and driving towards his life mission, today's guest Seb shares lessons learnt and his mindsets on how he approaches his work as the leader of his rocket team.Topics: (00:00) - Intro (01:28) - Our guest's introduction (02:10) - What rocketry means to you (02:50) - What inspired you to start? (03:32) - Walkthrough of process behind founding a rocketry club to conducting successful test missions & explanation of test missions (06:05) - Your life mission (08:44) - Prediction and hopes for the future of space exploration (10:03) - How The Knowledge Society contributed to the value of your dream (11:14) - How did you educate yourself on rocket science? (12:46) - SigmaSpeed: The World's Tallest Rocket Ever Built by an Educational Institution (14:16) - Mindsets learnt while leading your team (17:34) - Challenges faced in the industry (19:28) - Your message to the youth generation (21:58) - Ramping up production and efficiency (23:11) - Balancing work with studies as a young ambitious person building stuff (24:22) - Who inspires you? (25:38) - What are you working on next? (26:46) - Our guest's last question (28:24) - Find onlineHere are his action items: Define whether you're being intentional/unintentional with your time. Learn from other people's mistakes. Make sure you work with people who are at the same or higher dedication level than you are. Be CLEAR right of the bat!We hope you find value in our discussion and learn useful information!—Sebastian:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-drezek-273602261🎥 Edited by Josh🗓️ Recorded on January 25th, 2024Photographs courtesy of The Pennington School Rocketry Club

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