Hey everyone, Alex here.

Before we start today's episode, I have one ask of my listeners.

I've been studying the growth playbooks of the biggest podcast in the world

to better understand how I can keep growing Founders Journal. I've looked at things like

how I built this, Tim Ferris' podcast, the Joe Roggan Podcast. And growing a podcast is actually

pretty simple. Obviously you need great content but then the

number one way to grow your show is through show reviews. Reviews take less than 60 seconds

to leave and they make a huge difference for podcasters like myself.

It would mean the world to me if you could head to the Apple Podcast app and leave a review on the

show. My goal is to go from 153 ratings, which I have right now, to 250 ratings in one month. And with your help, I believe we can do it.

Now, time for the episode.

What is up everyone?

This is Alex Lieberman, co-founder and CEO of Morning Brew.

As always, thank you for joining Founders Journal, my personal audio diary made public for the world.

My diary is meant to give you the business builder a backstage pass into building Morning Brew.

I want to help you think better in order to build better. Backstage Pass into Building Morning Brew.

I want to help you think better in order to build better,

whether that's building a business,

building a team, or building a new product.

Building is all about mindset guys.

And one piece of the Builder's mindset is how you navigate your thoughts and your emotions. We all have them and they

drive so many of our decisions in life. Today I'm going to share a personal story, a story about loss.

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