What's up everyone? 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. This week on Founders Journal,

we're doing things a little differently. We're dropping a miniseries focused on being your best

self. I'm giving you mental models, strategies, and tips to get you in the right mindset before

the new year. That means instead of just one episode, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, this week

we're giving you two. A new show that you won't want to miss plus a classic episode you maybe

haven't heard before. In this classic episode, originally published on October 13th, 2021,

I talk about feeling lost and share how I'm working to find direction as I settle into a new role

at Morning Brew. Let's hop into it. I would be lying if I said the months

since selling Morning Brew as well as moving into my new role from CEO to executive chairman

have been easy and pure euphoria. I've spent weeks worrying, wondering, and thinking.

I've worried if I'm a one trick pony. I've wondered what's next in my life. I've thought about

what gives me energy and fulfillment. And much of this time has felt to be totally honest

directionless. I know what I'm doing within Morning Brew and that direction is clear.

But outside of the day to day, I don't know what I'm working towards. And with this move from

the CEO to the executive chairman role, I've been given time, a fair bit of it. I went from

working, you know, 70 hours a week on Morning Brew to, let's call it 30 to 35 hours a week.

And I see many different directions with what I can do with that newfound time.

I could spend time working on myself going all in on therapy, executive coaching and studying

ways of thinking like Buddhism or stoicism. I could get operational experience to strengthen

a muscle that, candidly, I don't feel like I've adequately built up. And I could do that through

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