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Classic Influence: Timeless Lessons from the Legends

Through a storytelling approach to history’s heroes and today's superstars of success, Classic Influence focuses on the strategic application of the wisdom of history and insights from social science. Listen in as we explore the timeless lessons we can learn from the legends of leadership, the titans of strategy, and the icons of influence and power. Guided by your host, the Harvard and Columbia-trained researcher, author (The Strategist Code), and speaker, Dr. Johnny Welch, M.B.A., you will discover the strategies, tactics, and tools you can use to increase your power and influence to achieve your own most daring dreams and goals.
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Dec 15, 2020

In early 1898, days after the USS Maine was sunk in Cuba’s Havana Harbor, killing some 260 American sailors and marines, Theodore Roosevelt, who was still only the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, began doing all he could to prepare America for war. This included resigning from his desk job at the Navy Department in Washington D.C., and forming the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, known as the “Rough Riders.” What he did next came as quite a surprise to those who knew him, particularly given his extraordinary ambition. In this episode of Classic Influence, we’ll travel back to the period just before the Spanish American War to uncover a few of the key characteristics that contributed to Theodore Roosevelt’s striking success. This episode also reveals Theodore Roosevelt’s proven personal strategy for conquering fear.

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