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Founders Notes: The Mind Of Napoleon

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The Mind of Napoleon Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) It is a selection of written and spoken utterances on a variety of subjects, grouped according to broad themes and designed to give the reader an insight into the mind of a man who combined energy of thought and energy of action to an exceptional degree. NOTE Combine energy of thought with energy of action to the extreme Napoleon was a manipulator of things and men. In Napoleon each thought is a step to an action. What Goethe saw in Napoleon was a radiant power of the mind that cut through and dispelled the mists of speculation, stripping all problems down to their simplest elements, discarding all obstacles to action. NOTE Discard all obstacles to action. To his mind inaction was unbearable. Work is my element. I am born and built for work. I have known the limitations of my legs, I have known the limitations of my eyes; I have never been able to know the limitations of my working capacity. NOTE More action It is better to eat than be eaten. Long before he played any political role he had discarded whatever "illusions" might have prevented him from playing it. NOTE We have no limits. Bruce Lee: No limits, only plateaus. He kn

The Mind of Napoleon Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) It is a selection of written and spoken utterances on a variety of subjects, grouped according to broad themes and designed to give the reader an insight into the mind of a man who combined energy of thought and energy of action to an exceptional degree. NOTE Combine energy of thought with energy of action to the extreme Napoleon was a manipulator of things and men. In Napoleon each thought is a step to an action. What Goethe saw in Napoleon was a radiant power of the mind that cut through and dispelled the mists of speculation,…

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