How To Lead Like History’s Top 1%

The greatest leaders in history. Alexander, Napoleon, Caesar. They won because they followed a few timeless principles that show up again and again, in history. I spent the last month reading the lives of the greatest military leaders in history. This episode goes over 15 timeless leadership principles you can apply in your work and in your life.

Books from this episode: Barry Strauss's Masters of Command, Philip Freeman's Alexander the Great, Hannibal, and Julius Caesar, Emil Ludwig's Napoleon Biography, Andrew Roberts's Napoleon: A Life, and The Military Maxims of Napoleon.

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VIDEO CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:37 Build Loyalty By Sharing Hardship
08:45 Be At The Point Of Collapse Yourself
13:32 March Inside The Enemy's Decision Cycle
17:23 Arrive Where Arrival Is Impossible
21:48 Mass Everything On The Hinge
24:04 Win With Quality When You Cannot Win With Mass
28:02 Do Not Pause After The Win
30:38 Inspect The Actual Units Yourself
33:28 Never Accept The Fight They Designed
37:42 Drill The Motion Until It's Boring
40:26 Complete Meritocracy
43:21 Structure Your Speeches To Inspire
48:06 Become More Than Human
51:37 Make Your Personal Risk Visible
54:54 Be Lucky

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