"I'm starting this podcast because like, I don't know what to do with my life," he says. "It's okay that one of the reasons you want to have a podcast is because you like being Twitter famous or that you like telling your friends in high school that thought you were going to mount too much." He also started his own side hustle called Firebelly Tea during the pandemic and found incredible value for him discovering great green tea. 'The thing that you do develop meaning or grow as you go through the process'
Harley Finkelstein is the President of Shopify.
In this conversation, we spoke about mentorship, loss, and working with MrBeast, what he learned from law school, and the pivotal lessons he learned from his grandmother - who was a Holocaust survivor.
(0:00) Intro
(1:20) Why Is Harley On The Show?
(2:00) Parental Encouragement
(3:40) Seth Godin
(5:37) Mentorship
(10:21) How Harley Manages Anxiety
(14:40) Managing Pressure
(17:55) Law School (& Moot Court)
(21:29) Handling Pain & Loss
(26:10) Pivotal Lessons From Grandmother (Holocaust Survivor)