Uncovering the Secrets of Successful Minds with Polina Marinova Pompliano

Polina Marinova Pompliano is the founder of The Profile, a new media company that features longform profiles of successful people and companies each week.Show more

Previously, she spent five years at Fortune where she wrote more than 1,300 articles and earned the trust of prominent investors and entrepreneurs. As the author and editor of Term Sheet, Fortune’s industry-leading dealmaking newsletter, Polina interviewed the industry’s most influential dealmakers including Melinda Gates, Steve Case, Chamath Palihapitiya, Alexis Ohanian, and more.

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Show Summary
Paulina Maridova Pompliano, founder of The Profile and author of Hidden Genius, shares insights from her conversations with remarkably successful people. She found that rather than starting from scratch after failures, successful people build on their experiences and skills. They also know they can reinvent themselves. Like Martha Stewart, who went from homemaker to prison to partnerships with Snoop Dogg, successful people stay relevant by evolving. Done is better than perfect—you learn and improve by putting in the work, not by waiting for perfection.

Chapters:
(00:00) Welcome to Savvy Business Life Unscripted with Christina Rivera
(01:14) Polina Marinova Pompliano, founder of The Profile and author of: Hidden Genius
(08:36) The most successful people know that they can always reinvent themselves
(12:49) Success breeds complacency