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Reading about others that have succeeded is a sure fire way to speed up your path to success, read more.
The fact is that in anything you do, someone has done something like it before and all though this is in many ways sad, it is stupid not to use the vast amounts of knowledge this experience leaves behind.
Biographies, like I write in my article “How to Take Shortcuts in Your Success”, give you a window to this knowledge and a opening to the mind of men and women who have succeeded before you.
Napoleon
He was one of the most notorious men in our history.
During his life he changed the world, for good and for bad, and propelled himself from a rather poor life to emperor of a continent.
The book
In the book by Paul Johnson you will learn about his past, his struggles and how he used reading as his guide to success.
Napoleon himself read all about Ceaser of the Roman Empire and used much of what he learned in his own rise to power.
By reading this book you will yourself find some of the characteristics that made Napoleon so successful, for instance that he never gave up and fought to the bitter end.
He was also extraordinary at seizing opportunities and creating them in places no one else believed it was possible.
Very well written
This is the first book I have read by Paul Johnson but I was very impressed with his style of writing.
He makes the reading easy and although the book was over 200 pages it took me no more than a day to finish.
The only downside
When reading I noticed that Paul Johnson has a very wide knowledge of the world at the time of Napoleon and sometimes expects us to understand more about what was happening in Europe at the time than at least I do.
This made some parts of the book a little complicating as it could be hard to see how it tied together.
He did it well
Luckily the book did not hinge on that knowledge and it was nothing more than a slight inconvenience, the reason to reading the book is to understand Napoleon and learn about his successes, which was shared very well.
A great step towards your success
If you are on a mission to succeed, and I am going to assume you are as you are reading my blog, this book is a wise investment.
It won’t take you long to finish, won’t cost much to buy and the lessons learned can make a huge impact on your future.
My advice is to buy it, read it and learn from it as soon as possible.
Amazon.com
Like usual I recommend Amazon.com
You can find the book here: Napoleon, By Paul Johnson
Your Thoughts
Good luck and let me know what your think about it.
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I don’t normally read biographies daniel, but I see what you mean about getting inspiration. Reading this Napoleon book would also be ‘killing two birds with one stone’; – learn something about a great historical figure, AND use it for self development…..I would prefer to do this, than just read a ‘self hel’ pot boiler.
I’m glad someone else is writing book reviews.
I’ve just finished a post on “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee.
Keep up the good work Daniel.
John
PS. Sorry for typo’s your comment box makes it difficult to double-check.
Hey John,
Thanks for stopping by.
I would never read a biography if I didn’t feel I could directly benefit from it.
That is why I really recommend this book and the one by Paul Johnson about chuschill.
In about 1-2 weeks I’ll publish a review of it as well.
//Daniel
Im a huge fan already, man. Youve done a brilliant job making sure that people understand where youre coming from. And let me tell you, I get it. Great stuff and I cant wait to read more of your blogs. What youve got to say is important and needs to be read.
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It’s funny in places and that makes it both easy and interesting to read, however, much of the information is horribly inaccurate.
He pays no real attention to the poisoning, instead focusses on sordid and gossipy details of his sex life. Not only that, but Johnson’s vehemently anti-Bonapartist, and completely disregards his achievements and looks exclusively at the negatives. Even “Desiree” is a better biography than this.
Good point Lexi,
Johnson does have a lot of short commings in his book, but I do feel he gives you a good image of who Napoleon was.
He has spiced up the story to make it easier to read which of course is negative when writing a biography.