The chapter explores the speaker's decision to step down as CEO and transition to the role of chairman within the company, highlighting the emotional aftermath and inner reflections that followed. They discuss struggles with identity, motivation, and self-worth outside of the CEO role, sharing candidly about personal challenges and self-doubt. The chapter also touches on the speaker's experience in a post-exit founder group and consuming self-help content to cope with the transition.
Episode 129: On today’s episode I discuss my decision to step down as CEO of Morning Brew. I chat about going from a Chapter 1 to a Chapter 2 CEO, the emotional journey after stepping down, and climbing out of the trough of sorrows.
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