Hello friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Helena Pompliano, she's a writer,

entrepreneur and an author, known for her insights into the habits of history's highest performers.

Deconstructing the habits and mindsets of the world's most successful people

gives us an insight into how to expedite success and avoid pitfalls.

Presumably, the people who have made it to the top have found effective ways of operating

that we can all use in our daily lives, and today we get to go through some of the most useful.

Expect to learn the best way to channel creativity and inspiration, the secret to building

mental toughness, whether there is such a thing as taking too much responsibility for your actions,

the best way to write and tell a story, the keys to being an effective leader,

what you should do to get better at taking risks, and much more.

Helena writes a fantastic sub-stack, and on it she covers the most famous and most successful

people from history, which means she's got an incredibly broad view, and I love the fact that

the stories from history make you feel a little bit less caught up in the chaos and this

modern media versions of the way that we talk about people. It feels a lot more slow and pedestrian

and well cemented and well-foundationed, so yes, lots and lots to take away from today.

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