Julia Boorstin: Powerful Questions, Odds-Defying Success Secrets, & How Women Lead

This week Andrew talks with CNBC’s Senior Media & Tech Correspondent Julia Boorstin. In 2000, Julia landed a job as a reporter at Fortune Magazine to cover the business community — without a single economics or accounting class on her college transcript. Since then, she’s had a powerful impact on the business media world. Julia has been an on-air reporter for CNBC since 2006 and has interviewed many of the world’s most powerful executives & entrepreneurs. Julia is also the author of the book “When Women Lead: What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, & What We Can Learn From Them”. Her book is a deep dive on what Julia calls “odds-defying leadership” female leaders utilize to power some of the world’s most innovative & successful companies. In this conversation, Andrew & Julia explore her career & actionable lessons on high-impact leadership, the power of asking questions, turning your “outsider” perspective into an advantage, & so much more.  This conversation is a roadmap all of us can utilize to achieve more success in any personal or professional endeavor.  Show Highlights: (0:00) - Intro (2:41) - Julia’s childhood (3:05) - Growth through challenges (5:08) - “Everyone is interesting if you ask the right questions” (7:50) - Early career (11:44) - Research process & organizing ideas (15:15) - Power of apprenticeship opportunities (19:06) - Julia’s book and research process (21:02) - Challenges for women raising venture capital (24:33) - Leadership lessons from top-performing execs (27:41) - How Katrina Lake became a “talent magnet” (31:36) - Vulnerability (33:47) - Gratitude & patience (36:17) - Growth mindset ** Follow Andrew On Social Media ** Twitter/X: @andrewhmoses Instagram: @AndrewMoses123 Sign up for e-mails to keep up with Andrew"s podcast at everybodypullsthetarp.com/newsletter