Studying history can help you become a better, more informed leader. Yet a lot of so-called advice from 'history' out there tends to oversimplify the historical record. History is big and complex; reducing this enormous field to a bunch of digestible soundbites makes it appear small and simple.
So what would happen if we tried to follow historical leadership advice without picking and choosing examples or separating those select tidbits from their original contexts? Would that advice still make sense? In this episode we answer that very question. And we discover that the real lessons of history are deeper, richer, messier and stranger—and far more profound—than some folks would have you believe.
Learn more about this rogue, underdog, Hail Mary pass of a project at findyourselfinhistory.com !
Thanks for listening! To learn more about this history project, check out findyourselfinhistory.com.
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