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Napoleon BonaparteLearn Leadership Lessons From The Greatest Military Commander

LeadershipLessons


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Winning the business war depends

upon many factors: a good leader,focus in creating a plan, flexibility inadjusting your according to results,good people to implement it whohave the proper skills and equipment,and the ability to motivate and managepeople. All of equal importance, people

are a little more important, because,as every general knows, it's the troopsThat bring in the victory. Studying greatleaders is one way we can understandthe fundamentals. Here are 10 leadershiplessons from Napoleon :


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This idea seems strongly counterintuitive but depends a lot on what kind of a success youre after.The hint of truth that I see here is the fact that delivering nothing is actually a bit overrated. A half-assed effort on making things happen often looks worse than completely dismissing the task. But Ihave to agree that there is great power just in the promise itself.

Lesson # 1 : Aiming high is the key.


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If you wish to be a success in the world,promise everything, deliver nothing.


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Being a good leader, you will work with people with enormous amounts of skills and abilities. Ifeel the leader should be the least able person of the team. But the good leader is the person

who shows the opportunity and directs the ability to where its needed.

Lesson # 2 : Lead the team to where its needed


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Ability is nothing without opportunity.


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The greatness of the team is dependent on the amount of balls they have on their effort. The factualevidence seems to indicate that most teams eventually get real on their vision. Reality is whatbrings great ideas to mediocrity. But there is an easy way out and that is not accepting the reality.A good reason to do something is that people tell you it cant be done.

Lesson # 3 : Do the impossible thing


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When small men attempt great enterprises, they always endby reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.


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This is a fact. Still few people act accordingly. Irrelevant things and chores keep stealing the timeof people. People work without knowing why. No money in the world can buy back your wastedtime. It should be criminal to make people do work that they wouldnt do gladly even without pay.

Lesson # 4 : Respect your time


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There is one kind of robber whom the

law does not strike at, and who stealswhat is most precious to men: time.


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Anger is the emotion most likely to hijack reason, both when you experience it and when you pass it on,verbally and/or nonverbally. It's toxic, contaminates the field, and accomplishes the opposite of whatyou want. Most likely to occur in times of stress, it reduces or eliminates the ability to think clearly, makegood decisions, and function productively.

Lesson # 5 : Manage your anger


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"A [leader] is always wrong who speaks in anger."


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People watch to see if you say what you mean and mean what you say. This means followingthe spirit of the law, not just the letter of the law. Showing up and acting like you're working v.

actually getting the work done. Your ability to perceive this quality in employees, to model it,

and to generate it in others makes the difference.

Lesson # 6 : Deliver what you promise


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"Nothing goes well in a

system in which words

are in contradiction to

facts. The best policy issimplicity and truth."


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When you look someone in the eye, it acknowledges their existence. Speaking to the eyes enablesyou to perceive how the other person is reacting to what you're saying. No physician would tellsomeone they have cancer over the phone, and only the most callous of bosses would firesomeone in an email. Become aware of your eye contact methods, and work to improve them.

Lesson # 7 : Improve your eye contact


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"A [leader] must speak to the eyes.It does well with the people."

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Every field has deadlines to be met and that it's when you are most observed. Just staying thereand remaining calm and confident wins points. Lowering yourself to apply labels or tie bows helps.Before the battle the general makes it a point to be present. You, as the leader, know that nothingis accomplished alone. It's the leader who sets the norm for the office.

Lesson # 8 : You need help from others


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"None but indolent [leaders]grow fat in their palaces."

L # 9 R t th t


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There's not a person in the world who doesn't respond to being respected, not being treated withrespect, but being respected. It's something you have to live, regardless of the person's positionin the hierarchy.

Lesson # 9 : Respect the team


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"Respect the people you deliver."

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Understanding people (which means of their emotions) will allow you to predict outcomes. Whatwill work for one person won't work for another, what works in one situation won't work in another,and the best of plans must be constantly adjusted for reality. It requires a deep understanding ofpeople and how they operate, your greatest challenge as a leader.

Lesson # 10 : Know your people


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Ten people who speak make more noisethan ten thousand who are silent.

Napoleon Bonaparte is great in that he created a solid powerful government courts of law


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Napoleon Bonaparte is great in that he created a solid powerful government, courts of law,schools, which forms the basis for our living till today. While Napoleon is known for his militaryvictories, his enduring popularity, however, is only due to his everlasting contributions as anorganizer, administrator and manager of the French state. Apply his lessons to your life!!!


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Thank You Very Much

Sompong Yusoontorn

To do all that one is able to do, is

to be a man; to do all that onewould like to do, is to be a god.

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