10 lessons from Napoleon about 10 lessons from Napoleon
I keep noticing articles or posts with titles like “N lessons from Napoleon on X”, where N is usually 10, and X has values of “productivity”, “life”, “career”, “management”, vague things like that.
I was so inspired by seeing these valuable lessons, that I wrote Career and life lessons from meatloaf as an homage.
Here’s 10 “Lessons from Napoleon” posts to prove that taking lessons from meatloaf isn’t all that odd.
- Napoleon Bonaparte, the Master of Productivity
- Learn Napoleon’s Secret To Success: Stop Multitasking
- 11 Leadership Lessons From Napoleon
- Napoleon’s Rules: Life and Career Lessons from Bonaparte
- The 5 Biggest Lessons from the Napoleonic Wars
- 7 Modern Leadership Lessons from History [from Napoleon Bonaparte]
- Self-Help Lessons from Napoleon Bonaparte
- 34 Life Lessons From Napoleon Bonaparte
- 15 Lessons In Success From The Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte
- Email Lessons from Napoleon Bonaparte
Values of N are 5, 7, 11, 15 and 34. Apparently 10 lessons from some historical figure are out of fashion these days.
I have a big problem with this category of article: it’s crap. Napoleon didn’t care about productivity, or self help or multitasking. He probably didn’t even know those concepts. All of the above articles are just a modern reading of a historical figure’s life, with a thin veneer of wishful thinking.