Alex was crushing it early in his career, ending up on Wall Street after getting a combined JD/MBA. But after a few years, he went looking for his next mountain, aiming his ambition at the tech sector. He ended up co-founding LiveOak, a company he eventually sold in 2020. After that, he struggled to determine what was next and finally decided to walk away from more than a million dollars. Now he's embracing non-doing, reconnecting with his passions, and figuring out what's next.
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āTIMESTAMPS
- (01:08) - The scripts Alex grew up with
- (10:26) - Law School & Business School
- (23:01) - Wall Street, Banking & The Pride in suffering
- (31:15) - Tech Start-ups, coffee meetings and friendlessness
- (56:39) - Exiting his tech company & "Total Work"
- (01:14:44) - His Sabbatical, Finding Work Worth Doing & The American Mind
- (01:21:25) - Forgotten Hobbies, Borders & The Love for The Present
- (01:29:22) - Closing remarks
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