What's up everyone? Welcome back to another episode of Founders Journal, my personal diary made public for the world. I'm Alex Lieberman, co-founder and executive chairman of Morning Brew.

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I've probably heard the following saying a thousand times in my life.

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

It's one of those things that's so overused you don't know who the original author of the quote is.

And while the saying has truth to it I always

just understood it as something that was obvious but that I didn't really feel or

notice in my day-to-day life. But then I came to a realization while building Morning Brew that completely altered my view on the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people.

After selling Morning Brew, I realized a few things.

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