If you don’t understand why Napoleon is so revered. Read this.
> Graduates military school at 16
> Ranked 42nd out of 58, considered average at best.
> General at 26 after being promoted over 500 senior officers. After being in the field.
> Conquers most of Europe before 35.
> Wins 44 of 51 major battles against larger, better-equipped armies.
> Discovers the Rosetta Stone during his Egyptian campaign, unlocking 3,000 years of lost history.
> Brings 167 scientists and scholars on military campaigns because conquest without knowledge is pointless.
> Invents food canning to feed his armies on the move.
> Creates the Napoleonic Code
> Still the foundation of law in 70+ countries today. > Rebuilds France’s entire education system, establishing the baccalauréat exam and lycée system still used now.
> Founds the Bank of France.
> Standardizes weights and measures across Europe.
> Reads a book every 3 days his entire adult life. > Dictates to four secretaries simultaneously while in the bath.
> Sleeps 4 hours a night in 15-minute power naps, waking instantly to make decisions.
> Overthrows the government at 30.
> Crowns himself emperor at Notre Dame at 35 because waiting for the Pope to do it was too slow
> grabs the crown mid-ceremony and does it himself.
> Occasionally goes undercover as a peasant to walk the streets and hear what people really think of him.
> Sells Louisiana to Jefferson—828,000 square miles for $15 million, doubling the size of America in history’s greatest land deal. In order to beat the British. Knows America will be an empire.
> Gets exiled to Elba in 1814.
> while a prisoner completely transform its infrastructure.
> Escapes with 1,000 men.
> Returns to France. The king sends an army to stop him. Napoleon walks up alone, opens his coat
> and says “If you wish to kill your emperor, here I am.” The entire army defects on the spot without a shot fired.
> Overthrows the government AGAIN. Rules for 100 more days before Waterloo ends it.
> Dies at 51 with more done than most would accomplish in 500 years.
reading and watching self help is all an illusion of productivity you put yourself to.
learn by doing, you either fail or succeed but you atleast end up doing something and generate an output, can always sharp the sword once its forged.