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 ** Follow Andrew On Social Media ** Twitter: @andrewhmoses Instagram: @AndrewMoses123 Sign up for e-mails to keep up with Andrew"s podcast at everybodypullsthetarp.com/newsletter