The Crazy Ones

Episodes

229
July 14, 2021

The Most Underrated Driver of Success & Happiness

Today, I’ll be talking about a foundational skill that if mastered can drive long-term professional success & personal happiness.
228
July 12, 2021

How To Get Your Shit Together

Today, I’ll be talking about the framework I use to get my shit together.
227
July 9, 2021

The $54 Billion Business No One Really Thinks About.

Today, I’ll be talking about Amazon Web Services, an oft-forgotten but massive money-making machine living inside of Amazon.
226
July 7, 2021

Lessons from Andy Jassy, Amazon’s New CEO

Today, I’ll be talking about Jeff Bezos’ successor as CEO of Amazon and the lessons we can learn from his 24-year ascent at the giant tech company.
225
July 5, 2021

How Elon Musk Thinks Part II

Today, I celebrate the 50th birthday of Elon Musk by breaking the second powerful mental model that he uses to run his businesses: First Principles Thinking
224
July 2, 2021

How Elon Musk Thinks Part I

Today, I celebrate the 50th birthday of Elon Musk by breaking down a powerful mental model he uses to build his businesses: Sum Product Thinking
223
June 30, 2021

How I Quit My Job

Today, I talk about my process for deciding to quit my cushy job in Finance for the uncertainty of building a media business full-time
222
June 28, 2021

Whatever You Do, Don’t Follow Your Passion

Why do we ask ourselves "what are we passionate about?" and how is that helpful?
221
June 25, 2021

Interviewing My Co-Founder

Today I ask Austin Rief about his greatest joy, challenge and screw up while building Morning Brew.
222
June 23, 2021

Apple’s Great Moat

Today, I talk about the power of switching costs and how companies like Apple, Twitter, and Slack create long-term advantages through them.
221
June 21, 2021

6 Steps for Successful Meetings

If you’re a professional, you’re going to be dealing with meetings for the next several decades, so it’s worth taking the time to get good at them.
220
June 18, 2021

4 Lessons From Inside Jeff Bezos's Brain

4 timeless lessons from Amazon’s 1997 letter to shareholders that established the principles for building an empire.
219
June 16, 2021

How NOT To Treat Information Like Sh*t

Today I’m talking about a supercharged strategy for note-taking, because as a builder your lifeblood is information.
218
June 14, 2021

Traction & The Entrepreneurial Operating System

Today I’ll explain how we found the Entrepreneurial Operating System and used it to grow Morning Brew.
217
June 11, 2021

Why Saving Is So Dangerous

Today's episode is about saving money and why that can be a really bad thing in business.
216
June 9, 2021

How to Elevate Your Tribe

Today’s episode is about how you actually go about building a tribe that aligns with your values.
217
June 7, 2021

How to Build Your Tribe

Today, I’m talking about what it means to be part of a tribe and what goes into building your tribe.
214
June 4, 2021

Why & How I Bought Bitcoin

Today I talk about my decision to buy bitcoin, why I bought it, and the considerations I made along the way.
213
June 2, 2021

Fight for Your Customers

Today I’m talking about fighting for every single customer no matter how big your company is.
212
May 31, 2021

The Power of Learning Groups

Today I explain what a learning group is and why I think it can accelerate learning & creative thinking.
211
May 28, 2021

How to Be a Selfless Conversationalist

Today I share how to be short term selfish in conversations in order to be long term selfish...in a good way.
210
May 26, 2021

Hiring Senior Employees

For today’s journal, I want to help you make the right choices when picking senior people at your company.
209
May 24, 2021

My Opinion On Opinions

Today I’m talking about peoples’ opinions and how to help you think through the best way to make them work for you in your career.
208
May 21, 2021

How I Manage Anxiety

Today I’m talking about my anxiety and how I approach living with it in a productive and healthy way.