Leading in 2026
Noah Kagan Presents
Noah Kagan
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
It's New Year's Eve, and I've been taking stock of everything 2025 threw my way and what I want 2026 to look like. There were plenty of ups and downs, but what didn't work has forced me to rethink how I lead.
In this episode, I talk honestly about what's changing at AppSumo, what I've learned by getting closer to the work again, and why leadership right now looks very different than it did.
In this conversation you'll enjoy 3 BIG things:
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Setting goals that actually change your behavior
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Going easier on yourself when things don't work out
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Resetting direction when you've drifted
Enjoy these 3 things plus many nuggets along the way.
My book Million Dollar Weekend is for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start something without overthinking it. I break the process down into simple steps you can actually do in a weekend.
I also send emails with my unfiltered thoughts on business, money, and life. People seem to like them. You can sign up at noahkagan.com and join 350k+ readers getting the good stuff each month.
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| 0:00.0 | What is up, you sexy bastards? |
| 0:04.4 | It is your boy Dose, aka Rabbi Can't Lose, aka Noah Kagan. |
| 0:09.8 | Coming in Tranquilo over in Austin, Texas. |
| 0:14.8 | I'm out here in my sweatpants and clothes. |
| 0:17.9 | It is a mild 43 degrees, and for my European sisters and brothers, it's around |
| 0:23.5 | dosi 12 centigratos. What a year. You know, it's coming on the end of the year. I was able to |
| 0:30.3 | hit one podcast every single month, and that was my goal for this year. In today's episode, |
| 0:36.9 | I'm going to talk about past year and what I'm thinking about for the |
| 0:39.9 | upcoming year. |
| 0:41.8 | I want to know how your year was too. |
| 0:44.3 | Let me know. |
| 0:44.9 | Talk it out loud. |
| 0:45.7 | Send it over to me and some tweet stuff. |
| 0:48.2 | I wanted to give a shout out to my boy Jason Sanderson. |
| 0:50.8 | He is the podcast editor. |
| 0:52.5 | And I had the goal for one episode a year, one episode a month. |
| 0:55.8 | And we hit, it was down to the wire almost every single time. Down to the wire. |
| 1:01.4 | The Kanye West song. As much as I hate Connie, I got to give a shout out. His old albums, |
| 1:06.3 | guys got some musical talent. I think he's back to liking Jewish people. And so it's like, |
| 1:10.4 | I'm cool with him now. |
| 1:11.8 | But more importantly, you know, the year always seems fast and you forget how slow the days are. |
| 1:19.4 | And overall this year, for me, I'm just getting to get into it, I was on kind of a sabbatical for most of the year. |
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