Episode #464: Polina Pompliano – Profiles Of The World’s Greatest Performers, Makers vs. Managers, & Building Trust Through Consistency

Polina: If there’s one thing you can do right now to improve both your personal and professional life, it’s this: Eliminate absolute statements from your vocabulary. Absolute statements are those that assume an idea or a statement is absolutely, undeniably, 100% true. Words like “everyone,” “no one,” “never,” “always,” “love,” and “hate.” T his typ... See more

Creativity: “I can’t get new ideas staring at a blank page. Creativity, for me, requires motion. When you go on a walk, you can turn your world into an idea-generating sensorium, and ideas will spring up from the most unlikely sources. There is one thing that’s absolutely certain about creativity: It’s an active process, not a passive one. The best... See more

Why leaders should write?  It creates clarity of thought.  “I can tell that you’re thinking is sloppy if your writing is sloppy.”

Ryan Hawk: As you read more, become more knowledgeable, and interview more people, you become more reasonable. You live more in the mess — more in the gray and less in the black-and-white, you know

Life/Career advice:  Don’t tie your identity to something that can be taken away from you.

Criticism: “I once heard Kat Cole say that one of the biggest lessons she has learned after years of business experience is to put your ego aside and improve from criticism. She said, “Anytime you’re criticized, assume first that it’s correct.” The act of simply considering that a fraction of the criticism may be accurate will keep you learning, un... See more

What Polina learned from James Clear: When he doesn’t read enough, he doesn’t have the ideas to write about. Reading helps generate ideas. Have a stack of books everywhere in your house and office.