The Danny Miranda Podcast #333: Harley Finkelstein – Shopify President On Mentorship, Anxiety, Loss, MrBeast, & Storytelling
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Mar 24, 2023 AI Snips
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Build Rituals That Manage Anxiety
- Manage anxiety instead of expecting to eliminate it through meditation, running, breathwork, and consistent routines.
- During COVID, Harley increased meditation, researched breathing techniques, and built personal scaffolding for sustained energy.
Turn Pressure Into Preparation
- Channel pressure into preparation rather than trying to remove it.
- Before a major conference, Harley ran, took a colder shower, reviewed metrics, and rehearsed the narrative with Shopify’s CFO.
Moot Court Trains Entrepreneurs To Anticipate
- Law school helped Harley acquire practical entrepreneurial skills, especially argument construction, anticipation, and critical debate.
- Moot court forced him to prepare not only his case, but also the opposing counsel’s likely questions.