Christina Wallace isn't trying to convince you to leave the safe, traditional path - she just knows that it's just as risky as anything else. What she does suggest is to treat your life as a portfolio of your interests, skills, and passions so your options - for joy, satisfaction, success and liquidity - can be diversified. That's exactly what she did as a classically trained musician, math prodigy, entrepreneur, author and now Harvard Business School lecturer and Broadway producer, and it is her recipe for success in her book "The Portfolio Life: How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build a Life Bigger than Your Business Card." In this episode of The Breadwinners, host Rachael Lowell talks to Christina about her lifelong love of math, how Broadway is like a startup, why storytelling is innately human, and when exactly that straight track can turn into spaghetti.

SHOW NOTES

https://christinawallace.com
https://www.nvpbroadway.com

Social:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinawallace
https://www.instagram.com/cmwalla

Croutons:

"Christina Wallace on Success Beyond a Single Lane" https://www.thewiesuite.com/post/christina-wallace-on-success-beyond-a-single-lane

"The only way to future-proof your career? Be more than one thing"
https://www.fastcompany.com/91371963/the-only-way-to-future-proof-your-career-be-more-than-one-thing-future-proof-career-advice

"Gwyneth Paltrow Helps Turn Astronomer’s Infamy on Its Head"nytimes.com/2025/07/28/style/gwyneth-paltrow-astronomer-spokesperson-coldplay-scandal.html

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"The Breadwinners" Season 7 is a joint production between Reworking Leadership and The Smart Friends Network, generously supported by Ruth Ann Harnisch.

"The Breadwinners" was founded by Rachael Lowell and Jennifer Owens in 2019.

Host: Rachael Lowell
Executive Producers: Rachael Lowell, Rachel Sklar
Audio Engineer: Ron Passaro
Original Music: "Perfect" by Hannah Bakke
Rick Snell: Guitar
Cesar Moreno: Banjo
Nyssa Grant: Fiddle
Erik Alvar: Bass
Justin D. Cook: Keyboard, Percussion, and Orchestration
Vocals: Hannah Bakke, Cassidy Stoner
Hannah Bakke: Music and Lyrics

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