Draft:Joe Polish
 | Review waiting, please be patient.
This may take 8 weeks or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 2,970 pending submissions waiting for review.
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
Reviewer tools
|
| Submission declined on 16 September 2025 by Pegnawl (talk). This submission reads more like an essay than an encyclopedia article. Submissions should summarise information in secondary, reliable sources and not contain opinions or original research. Please write about the topic from a neutral point of view in an encyclopedic manner.
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
This draft has been resubmitted and is currently awaiting re-review. |  |
Comment: Content is weakly sourced, and also not written to WP:MOS. Suggest you reduce uncited bullets, set into prose. Prose should be expanded. Pegnawl (talk) 00:47, 16 September 2025 (UTC)
Joe Polish (born February 4, 1968) is an American author and businessman. He has established his career in promoting learning in marketing and addiction recovery advocacy.[1] Polish founded Piranha Marketing, Genius Network, and Genius Recovery, making him a popular individual among entrepreneurs.[according to whom?]
Early life and education
[edit]Brought up in America, Polish has been open about the personal vices that defined his youth, primarily his addiction.[2] After beginning at community college in Arizona, he gave up formal schooling and started his own business in the the carpet cleaning industry.[3] This is where he began to develop his marketing strategies that helped him enhance his own business by creating advertising and sales campaigns.[4][5]
Career
[edit]Piranha Marketing
[edit]In the 1990s, Polish founded Piranha Marketing with the aim of assisting small service businesses in promoting themselves better.[6][7]
Genius Network
[edit]Polish established Genius Network in 1998, an organization whose purpose is to connect entrepreneurs and help them collaborate and grow.[8][9] The network operates through different levels of memberships, and holds an annual conference with business individuals and intellectual leaders globally. Those attendees have included Tony Robbins[10], Richard Branson, Tim Ferriss, and Arianna Huffington.[3][11]
In the book Millionaire Success Habits, the author Dean Graziosi mentions he participated in Genius Network and Joe had assisted him in "improving his marketing skills". [12]
Genius Recovery
[edit]In 2018, Polish established Genius Recovery, a 501(c)(3) organization focused on addiction recovery, education and promoting awareness. The organization achieves this through education initiatives, media ventures, and advocacy.[13][14]
Podcasts and media
[edit]Polish has created and co-hosted a number of business-centered podcasts: The Joe Polish Show, I Love Marketing (with Dean Jackson), The Genius Network Podcast, and 10xTalk (with Dan Sullivan).
These shows include interviews with business owners, marketers, and authors, debating personal growth and business success.
Publications
[edit]Polish has written or co-written a variety of books. The latest one has been What's In It For Them?, which focuses on relationship-building, trust and rapport.[15] There is also his book called Life Gives to the Giver, that discusses the concept of fundamental dominos in different areas of someone's life.[16] He has also co-written books about addiction recovery such as The Miracle Morning for Addiction Recovery, written with Hal Elrod; and Understanding Addiction and Recovery, written with Anna David, which is an addiction psychology study.
Documentaries and films
[edit]There are two documentaries that have featured Joe Polish's life and advocacy work. One of them is Connected: The Joe Polish Story (2018). This movie documents Polish's journey from addiction to his business achievement.[2] The second documentary is Black Star, which is a short film co-produced with Jon Butcher and Akira Chan. This is focused on how art has a healing effect and helps stop the vicious cycle of addiction.[17]
Philanthropy
[edit]Joe Polish's philanthropic activities extend beyond Genius Recovery and include several mental health organizations, youth development initiatives, and addiction-based nonprofits.
References
[edit]- ^ Bennett, Sam (2024-06-18). The 15-Minute Method: The Surprisingly Simple Art of Getting It Done. New World Library. ISBN 978-1-60868-907-1.
- ^ a b "How One Man Is Changing the Global Addiction Conversation | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
- ^ a b Warrillow, John (February 5, 2015). The Automatic Customer: Creating a Subscription Business in Any Industry. Penguin Books Limited. pp. Chapter 5. ISBN 9780241971871.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Kennedy, Dan S. (2022-09-06). The Best of No B.S.: The Ultimate No Holds Barred Anthology. Entrepreneur Press. ISBN 978-1-61308-458-8.
- ^ Kennedy, Dan S.; Zagula, Matt (2012-07-12). No B.S. Trust Based Marketing: The Ultimate Guide to Creating Trust in an Understandibly Un-trusting World. Entrepreneur Press. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-61308-176-1.
- ^ Kennedy, Dan S. (2006-04-19). The Ultimate Marketing Plan: Find Your Hook. Communicate Your Message. Make Your Mark. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-60550-834-4.
- ^ Kurtz, Brian (2022). Overdeliver: Build a Business for a Lifetime Playing the Long Game in Direct Response Marketing. Hay House. ISBN 9781788177559.
- ^ Hardy, Dr Benjamin (2019-06-03). Cambia tu entorno, cambia tu vida: La fuerza de voluntad ya no es suficiente (in sp). Editorial Sirio S.a. ISBN 978-84-17399-91-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Thompson, Desiree Leigh (2021-03-01). Healing Worthlessness: Coming Into Self-Love as a Trauma Survivor. FriesenPress. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-5255-5615-9.
- ^ "Rich Cleaner Podcast : Insights from Tony Robbins at the 2017 Genius Network Annual Event". richcleaner.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
- ^ David, Anna (2017-03-21). "Is Genius Network Just a Genius Scam?". HuffPost. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
- ^ Graziosi, Dean (2019-01-15). Millionaire Success Habits: The Gateway to Wealth & Prosperity. Hay House, Inc. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-4019-5708-7.
- ^ Hardy, Benjamin (2020-06-16). Personality Isn't Permanent: Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story. Penguin. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-593-08332-1.
- ^ Sullivan, Dan; Hardy, Dr Benjamin (2020-10-20). Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork. Hay House, Inc. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-4019-6058-2.
- ^ Allred, David S. (2024-01-30). IT'S ALL THE SAME: STOP LOOKING FOR THE SECRET AND BE YOUR OWN GURU. Ethos Collective. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-63680-243-5.
- ^ PhD, Michael Breus (2024-12-03). Sleep Drink Breathe: Simple Daily Habits for Profound Long-Term Health. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-57643-7.
- ^ "| ILLUMINATE Film Festival | Sedona, Arizona". illuminatefilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2025-09-08.