What is up everyone? This is Alex Lieberman, co-founder and CEO of Morning Brew, and welcome back to Founders Journal,

my audio diary made public for the world. Founders Journal gives you the business builder

a backstage pass into building Morning Brew.

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

First of all, I hope you had a great holiday if you celebrated it.

I hope you're having a great break from work.

And on today's episode, I'm talking about business lessons that can be learned

through non-business activities. Let's hop into it.

So I've talked about this in the past, but there are many activities that have nothing

to do with business, but because they teach you a single or multiple universal skills, they make

you a smarter and better business person without forcing it.

And periodically on the show, I'll bring up new and different non-business activities that help you build your business skills

But today's episode specifically is about poker and why I think poker is one of the best

non-business hobbies to build your business acumen. So much so that I believe fundamentals of poker should be a required part of the curriculum in every single business school. So how did this idea of

poker as a business skill builder come up? Well let's step back for a second. Some of you

know aside from just recording a podcast I'm also a voracious

podcast listener, and I was listening to one staple in my podcast lineup, which is Shane Parish's Knowledge Project podcast.

Shane is an amazing guy.

He runs a blog called Farnham Street.

Farnham Street has unbelievable articles on mental models and ways to think more strategically as a professional.

But specifically his podcast, The Knowledge Project Podcast, is an interview style podcast where

Shane interviews some of the smartest most curious

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