How to Take Over the World

This week's mini-episode has two stories and two quotes that all focus on a single theme: Just work.

Source of Arnold Schwarzenegger story: https://www.amazon.com/Arnold-Education-Bodybuilder-Schwarzenegger/dp/0671797484 

Source of Jerry Seinfeld story: https://tim.blog/2020/12/08/jerry-seinfeld/ 

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All my endnotes on Philip II of Macedon, including:

* Who was greater, Philip or Alexander?

* Why Athens really took over the world

* Other ways to take over the world.

* Why being Philip would have been a lot of fun.

* Shout out to my main source for the Philip episodes: Philip and Alexander by Adrian Goldsworthy

(Sorry about the faint scratching noise in the background, I'm on the road and not in my usual home studio.)

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Philip II of Macedon is best known as the father of Alexander the Great. But was he an even greater conqueror than his more famous son? On this episode, we explore the life and lessons of one of the greatest conquerors and statesmen of all time.

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Mansa Musa was possibly the richest man of all time, but there was something that mattered much more to him. Find out what it was and how he achieved it, on this episode of How to Take Over the World.

Special thanks to research assistant Jack Jowers.

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Slave. Runaway. Abolitionist. Orator. Statesman. Legend.

On this episode, we explore how Frederick Douglass was able to go from the most challenging of beginnings to playing an integral role in the abolition of slavery in The United States.

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A short anecdote about the greatest poet of all time, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and why some people might accidentally learn the wrong lesson from his life.

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All of my Edison notes that didn't make it into Part 1 & Part 2, including:

Sources:

Edison by Edmund Morris

The Wizard of Menlo Park by Randall Stross

The Thomas A Edison Papers - Rutgers University

Empires of Light by Jill Jonnes

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How did Thomas Edison rise from obscure origins in a frontier town in Michigan to become the most famous man of his age and one of the greatest inventors of all time? In part 2, we cover Edison's life from his invention of the light bulb to his death.

Sources:

Edison by Edmund Morris

The Wizard of Menlo Park by Randall Stross

The Thomas A Edison Papers - Rutgers University

Empires of Light by Jill Jonnes

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How did Thomas Edison rise from obscure origins in a frontier town in Michigan to become the most famous man of his age and one of the greatest inventors of all time? In part 1, we cover Edison's life from his birth up through his invention of the phonograph.

Sources:

Edison by Edmund Morris

The Wizard of Menlo Park by Randall Stross

The Thomas A Edison Papers - Rutgers University

Empires of Light by Jill Jonnes

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How did a German girl from a family of little note become one of the most powerful people in the world and one of the greatest rulers in Russian history?

On this mini-episode, we explore the life of Catherine the Great and the attributes that defined her life: Ambition and Adaptability.

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