Hidden Genius: The Secret Ways of Thinking That Power the World's Most Successful People

What distinguishes the truly exceptional from the merely great?

After five years of writing The Profile, Polina Marinova Pompliano has studied thousands of the most successful and interesting people in the world and examined how they reason their way through problems, unleash their creativity, and perform under extreme pressure.

The highest performers don’t use tricks or hacks to achieve greatness. They use mental frameworks that fundamentally change the way they see the world. They’ve learned how to unlock their hidden genius in order to reach their full potential.

This book will help you do the same. After learning from the world’s most successful people featured inside, you will have a mental toolkit to help you tackle thorny problems, navigate relationships, and use creativity and resilience in times of uncertainty.

Polina Marinova Pompliano is the founder of The Profile, a modern media company devoted to the art of the longform profile. Each week, she dissects the lives, decisions, and inner wiring of the world’s most successful founders, investors, athletes, and cultural leaders. Previously, she spent five years at Fortune, where she wrote more than 1,300 articles and became a trusted voice among prominent investors and entrepreneurs. As the author and editor of Term Sheet, the magazine’s industry-defining dealmaking newsletter, she interviewed some of the most influential power players in business, including Melinda Gates, Richard Branson, Chamath Palihapitiya, and Alexis Ohanian.

Today, her work reaches millions of readers who turn to The Profile for ambitious storytelling about ambition itself. She is the author of Hidden Genius.