What's up everyone? This is Alex Lieberman, co-founder and executive chairman of Morning Brew.

Welcome back to Founders Journal, my personal audio diary where I give you the business builder,

the tools you need to think better in order to build better,

whether that's building a business, a team, or a new product.

This week on Founders Journal, we're doing things a little differently.

We're dropping our first mini-series all about how to accelerate your career.

And instead of just one episode, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday this week,

we're giving you two. A new show you won't want to miss, plus a classic episode you maybe haven't heard before.

Put it all together and you're getting a mini curriculum on taking your career to the next level.

This episode was originally released earlier this year, but in case you hadn't heard it yet,

or even if you have, give it a listen and get ready to level up your job skills.

You can't wait to find out what you think. So this past weekend, I was reflecting on my journey in media.

And one thing I thought about was how I went from being a total novice to an expert in the space in just a few years.

It made me think deeper about learning broadly, and what the process is that I went through to learn about media,

but also what I go through to learn about anything new.

In a world of information abundance and limited time, it is more important than ever to understand how to go about learning in an efficient and effective way.

In this episode, I'm going to map out my process for going down the proverbial rabbit hole,

a process you can use for learning anything new. Let's hop into it.

I think about the process of learning like test taking in college.

There are two types of students, the memorizer and the understander.

The memorizer is the student who studies past tests and their answers.

The understander is the student who studies the textbook and reflects on its principles so that no matter what test is put in front of them,

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