Polina Marinova Pompliano: Studying The World’s Most Successful People & Businesses

This week Andrew talks with journalist & author Polina Marinova Pompliano. Polina spent 5 years at Fortune where she wrote over 1,300 articles — and served as author & editor of Term Sheet, Fortune’s industry-leading newsletter on venture capital, private equity, and corporate dealmaking. Today, Polina is the founder of The Profile, a media company that features longform profiles of successful people and companies. She is also the author of the new book “Hidden Genius: The Secret Ways of Thinking That Power The World’s Most Successful People”. In this conversation, Andrew & Polina dive deep into her favorite findings from years of studying top performers  — and explore how all of us can apply these lessons to our own lives. 

Show Highlights:

(0:00) - Intro
(2:45) - Learning through stories
(4:54) - Learning through people
(5:17) - Consuming well-rounded content
(7:21) - Lessons from author Danielle Steele
(10:50) - Learning instead of idolizing
(14:01) - Polina’s decision to leave Fortune
(15:26) - Building a powerful personal brand
(17:32) - Betting on yourself
(21:35) - Creating moments of elective hardship
(25:14) - Leadership lessons from Spotify’s Daniel Ek
(29:13) - Business of Taylor Swift
(29:59) - Doing things that don’t scale
(31:26) - “Slow bake” vs microwave growth
(33:04) - Who Polina would like to write a biography on
(34:41) - Building a legacy
(36:13) - Lessons Polina models for her daughter
(37:41) - Creating trust

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