"Napoleon’s Corporal" Topic
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Tango01 | 15 Jun 2019 10:10 p.m. PST |
"One of the most fascinating aspects of his wartime strategy involves something that is now referred to as Napoleon's Corporal. The story goes that during the battle planning stages Napoleon would have one of his lowly corporals shine his boots, with the understanding that he knew the corporal would be listening in on his conversation with the rest of his commanders. Following the brief he gave to the other leaders in his army Napoleon would look to the corporal and ask him if the plans made sense. If he answered "yes" then they would go forward with the plans. But if he did not understand them then Napoleon and his staff would make changes or draft new plans. I love this idea of being able to explain your strategy in a way that anyone can understand it. The best piece of advice I received before I started writing my book was to imagine that my grandmother came to me and wanted to know ten things about investing that she could understand and that she needs to understand. Starting from that premise was a great way to ensure that my message was simplified even though I was covering some potentially complex topics…." Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Brechtel198 | 17 Jun 2019 1:50 p.m. PST |
I don't believe that Napoleon considered anyone a 'lowly' corporal. |
Tango01 | 17 Jun 2019 3:14 p.m. PST |
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