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Napoleon Never Slept: How Great Leaders Leverage Emotional Energy QUOTES

1 " The outsider sees details as meaningless, or doesn’t see the details at all. That is what makes most of us outsiders. "

― Randall Collins , Napoleon Never Slept: How Great Leaders Leverage Emotional Energy

2 " (Jobs sardonically said that the charity world was a good place for Bill Gates, since he didn’t have anything really creative to do with his time.) "

― Randall Collins , Napoleon Never Slept: How Great Leaders Leverage Emotional Energy

3 " Roman armies could move faster than the Gauls, especially over long distances, because of two advantages: superior engineering and better discipline. The Romans were not stopped by natural obstacles, because their engineers could quickly improvise a bridge across a river. The Gauls were taken by surprise because they regarded high mountain passes as impassable during winter, but Caesar’s soldiers, who were more like construction workers than soldiers, worked in teams to clear away deep snow. Gauls liked fighting but they thought the dirty work of building roads and fortifications was beneath their dignity as warriors. Romans did everything they were asked because their troops were highly disciplined. Roman soldiers knew that the faster they did these routine tasks, the more surely they would win, even against armies much bigger than themselves. "

― Randall Collins , Napoleon Never Slept: How Great Leaders Leverage Emotional Energy