What is 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.

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

It's our very first mini-series, and it's all about helping you to accelerate your career.

And instead of just one episode today and Friday, we're giving you two.

A new show you won't want to miss, plus a classic episode you might not have heard before.

You're listening to the classic episode right now, number four in the series,

but make sure you catch today's new episode as well.

All these shows together give you a mini curriculum on taking your career to the next level.

If you miss number one and number two in the series from Monday,

go back and check those out, and we can't wait to find out what you think of this whole new series that we're trying out.

Today, I'm talking about my process for productivity, so let's hop into it.

I have one goal at the start of every day, and that is to do things that I said I was going to do by the end of the day.

There are some days where I feel like I've been in a zone, I've cranked through the things I need to get done,

and I didn't get distracted by social media, slack, and the other things that tend to distract us.

Those days feel great, but there are some days where I never hit my flow,

where as soon as I got working on or began to think about the things that must get done,

all of the things that compete for my attention get in the way.

My goal is to have more of the former than the latter.

And while my system isn't perfect, I do have a system for trying to make that happen for myself,

and I want to share that system with you.

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