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.