#294 Napoleon

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David Senra

Technology, Business, History, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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What I learned from reading Napoleon: A Concise Biography by David Bell. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes ---- Follow Founders Podcast on YouTube ---- Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best ! [3:00] He could think quicker and along more individual and original lines than any of them. [4:00] John D: The Founding Father of the Rockefellers by David Freeman Hawke. (Founders #254) [4:14] Miami meetup with Shane Parrish [7:31] His life was enormously important, endlessly fascinating, and connected to some of the most controversial and constantly reinterpreted events in the world history. [8:37] Paul Johnson’s books: Churchill by Paul Johnson. (Founders #225) Mozart: A Life by Paul Johnson. (Founders #240) Socrates: A Man for Our Times by Paul Johnson. (Founders #252) [10:54] Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle by Paul Johnson. (Founders #226) [12:20] He knew the importance of actively crafting his image in all available media. [15:08] Napoleon found comfort and companionship in books [17:02] The revolution was overturning age old hierarchies and giving worldwide prominence to previously obscure figures. [17:24] Napoleon was ruthless. [18:36] Only after that battle did I believe myself to be a superior man. And did the ambition come to me of executing the great things, which so far had been occupying my thoughts only as a fantastic dream. [20:00] Many are the historical opportunities that have been lost for lack of talent or vision. In Napoleon's case, the man met his hour. [20:13] He could see in a moment how to maneuver everything for maximum effect. [21:03] Napoleon was a man of stone and iron. [26:27] Napoleon was something new and the keenest observers understood it. [29:06] I wanted to rule the world, who wouldn't have in my place? [29:26] If papa could see us now. [29:45] Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership by Edward Larson. (Founders #251) [32:15] You might as well send a cow in pursuit of a rabbit. The Indians were accustomed to these woods. [35:30] The Empire was increasingly coming to resemble a skyscraper built in haste without a proper foundation. [35:58] Driven: An Autobiography by Larry Miller. (Founders #168) [39:24] The key to victory was to plan and pursue a war exactly contrary to what the enemy wants. [39:49] Hardcore History Ghosts of the Ostfront series [41:08] The distracted do not beat the focused. [42:36] Success is never permanent. The same person that built the empire, destroyed it. ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes ---- Follow Founders Podcast on YouTube ---- Join my free email newsletter to get my top 10 highlights from every book ---- “I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — Gareth Be like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast ---- Founders Notes gives you the ability to tap into the collective knowledge of history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. Use it to supplement the decisions you make in your work. Get access to Founders Notes here. ---- “I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — Gareth Be like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

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