IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

• How exceptional people think.
• Five mental models that are the common denominators for success across nearly every discipline.
• How to run a Maker vs Manager schedule and a whole lot more.

TRANSCRIPT

Trey Lockerbie (00:02):
In today’s episode, I sit down with Polina Pompliano. Polina is the founder and author of The Profile, which is a newsletter that profiles highly successful individuals in business, science, storytelling, sports, and more. In this episode, we dig deep into how exceptional people think, five mental models that are the common denominators for success across nearly every discipline, how to run a Maker versus Manager schedule, and a whole lot more. I’m a big believer that investing is primarily about temperament and psychology. It’s important to add these tools to your investing tool belt. Polina has a wealth of knowledge from her many experiences interviewing everyone from Melinda Gates to Jeff Jordan, and more. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Polina Pompliano.

Intro (00:50):
You are listening to The Investor’s Podcast, where we study the financial markets and read the books that influence self-made billionaires the most. We keep you informed and prepared for the unexpected.

Trey Lockerbie (01:10):
Welcome to The Investor’s Podcast. I’m your host, Trey Lockerbie, and today I have with me, Polina Pompliano. Welcome to the show.

Polina Pompliano (01:18):
Thank you, Trey. I’m so excited to be here.

Trey Lockerbie (01:21):
Well, I’m really excited to talk to you, Polina, because I am a big believer in the saying success leaves clues. You’re one of the people I follow most closely to learn about how exceptional people think. If you can determine how successful people think, I think it greatly improves the chances that you yourself will be successful. Beyond that, I’m a big believer that in investing, mindset is so important. I think there are a few topics that you’ve covered in your newsletter that apply to investors. But before we dig in all that, you have a really interesting background that I wanted to touch on, because, at one point, you became an editor at Forbes. How did you come to get that position?

Polina Pompliano (02:01):
Basically, I graduated from the University of Georgia in 2013 with a degree in journalism. I always thought that I would be this great big-time journalist, and then reality hit me when I graduated in 2013 and nobody wanted to hire me, so I had no job. Then I started freelancing from my mom’s couch. I was the stereotype, and I freelanced for about a year, working at both USA Today and CNN because I was young. They were like, “Can you do social media?” I was like, “I guess so.” I did social media, wrote a few articles here and there, but nothing big, and then I moved to New York, or to the media startup called Ozy.

Polina Pompliano (02:42):
At the time, I didn’t know what a startup was at all. But luckily, I was so early that they were just raising their first round of capital. I got to see that process from within. I was there for six months, and then I went to join Fortune Magazine in 2014, which I thought was my dream job. I was like, “Oh, business, journalism. They broke Enron.” It was everything that I thought was what I wanted to do in journalism, but I started as a … What was it? My official title was audience engagement editor, which meant do their Twitter and Facebook. Then I realized that it was a small team.

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