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Ben Wilson | QCODE

Anyone who has achieved greatness has, in part, patterned themselves after those who came before. Napoleon learned from Charlemagne, Charlemagne learned from Caesar, and Caesar learned from Alexander the Great. This podcast analyzes the lives of some of the greatest men and women to ever live. By examining their strategies, tactics, mindset, and work habits, How to Take Over the World helps you understand the great ones, so that you can follow in their footsteps.

How to Take Over the World

John Williams is the brilliant composer behind film scores like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, and more. On this episode, we take a look 
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Sources: 
Music By John Williams on Disney Plus
John Williams Always Settles The Score - Vanity Fair
John Williams: The Force Is With Him - uDiscoverMusic
The Force Is Still Strong with John Williams - The New Yorker
An Interview with John Williams - Symphony.org
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Writing, research, and production by Ben Wilson.

John Williams: The Greatest Film Composer of All Time

Lee Kuan Yew took a crowded, dirty, poor port town, and turned it into one of the world's great cities. How was he able to lead such an incredible transformation of Singapore?
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Sources: 
No Man Is An Island: A Portrait of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew by James Minchin
Lee Kuan Yew: The Grandmaster's Insights on China, United States, and the World by Graham Allison, Michael McConnohie, et al.
From Third World to First by Lee Kuan Yew
Singapore: A Modern History by Michael D Barr
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Lee Kuan Yew

Charlemagne was a king, emperor, conqueror, reformer, and the father of a united Europe. On this episode we look at how he forged the Holy Roman Empire and built the foundations of western civilization as we know it.
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Sources: 
Two Lives of Charlemagne by Einhard and Notker
Charlemagne From the Hammer to the Cross by Richard Winston
King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne by Janet Nelson
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Charlemagne

Isaac Newton was one of the great geniuses in human history. He established the basic laws of physics, discovered the laws of gravity, invented calculus, and refined the scientific method. On this episode we take a look at how he was able to accomplish so much by analyzing his strategies, tactics, and work habits.
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Sources: 
Isaac Newton by James Gleick
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Isaac Newton

Top lessons from 100 lessons of How to Take Over the World and more than 100 biographies on the great leaders of history.

Wright's Law

Great Leadership Always Wins

Vision

Demand Excellence

Eat Light (Be Obsessed)

Pain Is Where the Progress Is

Charisma Is In The Eyes

Halley's Law

Set Simple Goals

Two Weeks Can Change Your Life

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Top 10 Lessons from 100 Episodes of How to Take Over the World

The name of Machiavelli is synonymous with deceit, oppression, atrocity, and naked power. But his legacy is much more complicated than that. His thinking shaped the world we live in, and his advice can help anyone get further on their journey to taking over the world.

04:25 - The biography of Niccolo Machiavelli
34:30 - Advice from Machiavelli's works
01:05:30 - How to start a philosophy or movement that takes over the world
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Niccolo Machiavelli

Captain Cook was one of the greatest explorers of all time. And he also lived on of the most adventurous, exciting lives ever. On this episode we break down his discoveries and the strategies that allowed him to accomplish and discover so much.

00:00 - Introduction
09:00 - Early Life
14:00 - Cook in Canada
26:20 - First Voyage
1:14:00 - Second Voyage
1:25:30 - Third Voyage
1:30:00 - Takeaways
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Captain Cook

Today we're talking about Napoleon Bonaparte, the French general, reformer, innovator, and emperor. I explore his life, strategies, tactics, work habits, leadership style, and more.
 
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Napoleon Bonaparte

Today we're talking about Steve Jobs, the innovator, businessman, and technologist who has arguably shaped our world in the 21st century more than any other. I explore his life, strategies, tactics, work habits, leadership style, and more.
 
As always, go to HTTOTW.com to see more of my writing, learn more about the podcast, or sign up for my newsletter. Also, you can follow me on Twitter at @HTTOTW.

Steve Jobs (Part 1)

The second episode on Steve Jobs explores his comeback and extremely successful second act. Again looking at his life, strategies, tactics, work habits, leadership style, and more.
 
As always, go to HTTOTW.com to see more of my writing, learn more about the podcast, or sign up for my newsletter. Also, you can follow me on Twitter at @HTTOTW.

Steve Jobs (Part 2)

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.)

Philip the Great: Endnotes

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