The Greats

Nic Munoz
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Studying the greats of history

  1. Sep 29

    Why Elon Is Literally Napoleon

    Elon Musk is Literally Napoleon. In his own words: "Napoleon was incredible. If they see their general on the battlefield, they will be more motivated. I learned that by reading about Napoleon." I have read thousands of pages on both Elon and Napoleon and I am convinced that Elon Musk is literally Napoleon. They think the same way. They work the same way. Their organizations are structured the same way. This episode goes over 13 similarities between Elon Musk and Napoleon Bonaparte, split into three sections (their mindset, their work habits, and their organization). These similarities are often what makes them great, and are applicable for founders, CEOs, and operators. Subscribe for a weekly newsletter: https://www.nicmunoz.com/s/blog Join My Book Club: https://www.skool.com/thegreats VIDEO CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:42 Both Are Outsiders 05:55 Both Study The Greats Of History 13:03 Both Treat Business Like War 16:42 Both Think Like A Physicist 21:24 Both Work 100+ Hours Per Week Minimum 25:51 Both Compartmentalize Their Work 28:29 Both Sleep Around The Work 31:25 Both Lead From The Front 34:38 Both Were Obsessed With The Minutiae 40:02 Both Use A Corps System 45:11 Both Believe In The Meritocracy Culture 48:34 Both Had Extremely Tight Communication Lines 53:09 Both Set A High Standard For Excellence Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nic.munoz Twitter: https://x.com/nic_munoz To Sponsor An Episode: https://nicmunoz.substack.com/p/sponsor-the-podcast

  2. Sep 22

    How Napoleon Works

    Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the greatest workaholics in history. John D. Rockefeller himself said that if Napoleon had applied himself to commerce and industry he would have been the greatest businessman the world has ever known. This episode extracts the 15 work habits that let him conquer Europe and maps them onto modern founders, CEOs, and operators. Especially in the age of AI where you need skills like dictation and speed in order to win, this video is especially worth watching.Check out Fitnexa's SomniPods 3 here and get $10 off: https://go.fitnexa.com/x8jEadSubscribe for a weekly newsletter: https://www.nicmunoz.com/s/blog Join My Book Club: https://www.skool.com/thegreatsbookclubVIDEO CHAPTERS00:00 Intro00:39 Compartmentalization05:56 Sleep Around The Work08:50 Dictation At All Hours13:16 The Correspondence Machine18:51 Eat Little Food21:42 Complete Concentration25:06 Create Systems29:16 Speed, Speed, Speed32:16 Constantly Asking For More35:12 Boundless, Boundless Energy39:46 Never Leave The Scene Of Action42:39 Be In The Weeds45:18 Remedy By Extreme47:50 Allow For Flexibility49:59 Study The GreatsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nic.munozX/Twitter: https://x.com/nic_munozOUR SPONSORS•A big thank you to @FitnexaAI and the Somnipods3 for making this video possible! Use PROMO CODE: NICMUNOZ10 for 10$ off your purchase.To sponsor a future episode, visit https://nicmunoz.substack.com/p/sponsor-the-podcast

  3. Aug 25

    Everything We Know About Alexander The Great Is WRONG

    Jeanne Reames is one of the most knowledgeable living historians of Alexander the Great. She teaches Macedonian history and spends her career separating the man from the myth he spent his life building. In this conversation she explains why almost everything we “know” about Alexander arrives three hundred years late, filtered through Roman writers with their own agendas, and why the earliest surviving source is farther from his death than we are from George Washington.Alexander was already managing his image in his own lifetime. He dragged Aristotle’s nephew Callisthenes on campaign as an embedded historian and understood marketing better than his father. The real Alexander was a control freak who wore what John Keegan called the mask of command: he presented the version of himself he needed his army to follow across thousands of miles. Great commanders, Reames argues, are miniature psychologists. They read the opponent. That is how a young king used Philip’s army, the sarissa phalanx, and the hammer-and-anvil to win nearly every battle he fought, and why the further he got from home, the more that gift failed him.The episode is also a study in what made a Macedonian king different from a tyrant: sacred charisma, daily sacrifice, an oath with the army, and a job that was religious as much as military. Reames walks through Philip’s astonishing reconstruction of Macedon, Alexander’s childhood among the companions, the Bucephalus story without Plutarch’s Hollywood line, and why Alexander competed with Heracles more than Achilles. The point is not to worship a conqueror. It is to see how a 20 year old held a throne, rebuilt a kingdom, and then turned it into an empire before he was 33.Check out Fitnexa's SomniPods 3 here and get $10 off: https://go.fitnexa.com/x8jEadSubscribe for a weekly newsletter: https://www.nicmunoz.com/s/blog 📸Instagram:   / nic.munoz  📝X/Twitter: https://x.com/nic_munozVIDEO CHAPTERS0:00 Intro0:37 Myth vs. Reality & Alexander’s Self-Marketing7:12 The Mask of Command & the Real Alexander12:48 Philip II, the Sarissa & the Army Alexander Inherited25:11 Bucephalus & What the Horse Story Reveals38:41 Sacred Charisma: What Makes a King, Not a Tyrant43:46 Sacrifices, Libations & the King’s Religious Role47:09 Heracles vs. Achilles & Who Alexander Actually Emulated1:01:18 Frontline Leadership1:07:04 Arrogance, Destiny & Marketing Himself1:09:09 What Alexander Read: the Iliad, Euripides & Memory1:13:47 Siege Engines, Puzzle-Solving & Tyre1:25:32 Entering Babylon & Choosing a Capital1:29:25 Myths, Honor & How the Ancients Thought1:39:44 “History Is a Set of Lies Agreed Upon”1:40:06 The Two Deaths of Alexander📜JOIN MY COMMUNITY- The Biography Societyhttps://www.skool.com/thebiographysoc...📄OUR SPONSORS•A big thank you to @FitnexaAI and the Somnipods3 for making this video possible! Use PROMO CODE: NICMUNOZ10 for 10$ off your purchase.To sponsor a future episode, visit https://nicmunoz.substack.com/p/spons...

  4. Aug 21

    Pursuing A Craft To Perfection | Alex Honnold

    Alex Honnold free soloed the Northwest Face of Half Dome, Moonlight Buttress, El Sendero Luminoso, and El Capitan. No one else has soloed El Cap. This video looks at how he did it by treating climbing the way a samurai treats combat: complete devotion to the craft. Honnold put it simply: “For me, it’s all about performance. The thing is, anybody can be happy and cozy. Nothing good happens in the world by being happy and cozy. It’s about being a warrior.” The same mentality shows up in Rockefeller, Napoleon, Tesla, Da Vinci and anyone else who refused to treat their work as a hobby.Check out Fitnexa's SomniPods 3 here and get $10 off: https://go.fitnexa.com/x8jEadSubscribe for a weekly newsletter: https://www.nicmunoz.com/s/blog 📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nic.munoz📝X/Twitter: https://x.com/nic_munoz📻Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7D4b74TWxPDisewnx8aAYzVIDEO CHAPTERS00:00 Intro01:22 The Modern Day Samurai04:27 Stage One: The Calling11:40 Stage Two: The Forging16:30 Stage Three: The Execution📜JOIN MY COMMUNITY- The Biography Societyhttps://www.skool.com/thebiographysociety📄OUR SPONSORS•A big thank you to @FitnexaAI and the Somnipods3 for making this video possible! Use PROMO CODE: NICMUNOZ10 for 10$ off your purchase.To sponsor a future episode, visit https://nicmunoz.substack.com/p/sponsor-the-podcast #Fitnexa #SomniPods3 #SleepEarbuds

  5. Aug 14

    How Philip Of Macedon Leads

    Philip Of Macedon is one of the most under rated greats in all of history. He is the foundation of Alexander The Great, and the man who took Macedon from farmers to soldiers. In this video I go over his blueprint for leadership that you can apply at your company, or your work, or your life. Subscribe for a weekly newsletter: https://www.nicmunoz.com/s/blog 📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nic.munoz 📝X/Twitter: https://x.com/nic_munoz VIDEO CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:56 Be Able To Inspire 10:06 Be An Innovator 13:52 Constant Drilling 16:33 Superb Diplomat 📜JOIN MY COMMUNITY- The Biography Societyhttps://www.skool.com/thebiographysociety To sponsor a future episode, visit https://nicmunoz.substack.com/p/sponsor-the-podcast

  6. Aug 11

    How To Work Like A Top CEO

    Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jensen Huang are some of the greatest CEO's in the world. I read all of their biographies to find out how they work. In this video I go over the 10 work habits that I see repeated in all of their lives. Welcome to work-maxxing 101. Check out Fitnexa's SomniPods 3 here and get $10 off: https://go.fitnexa.com/x8jEad Subscribe for a weekly newsletter: https://www.nicmunoz.com/s/blog 📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nic.munoz 📝X/Twitter: https://x.com/nic_munoz VIDEO CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:24 Super Human Work Ethic 05:04 Fast Iteration 08:29 A Sense Of Urgency 14:49 Take Large Risks 18:50 A Focus On A-Players 22:57 Build A High Intensity Culture 25:04 Operate At The Bottleneck 27:02 Use Fear As Fuel 29:16 Study The Greats 31:07 Constant Repeating Of Vision 📜JOIN MY COMMUNITY- The Biography Societyhttps://www.skool.com/thebiographysociety 📄OUR SPONSORS •A big thank you to @FitnexaAI and the Somnipods3 for making this video possible! Use PROMO CODE: NICMUNOZ10 for 10$ off your purchase. To sponsor a future episode, visit https://nicmunoz.substack.com/p/sponsor-the-podcast

  7. Aug 7

    Why Napoleon, Caesar, and Hamilton all broke the same rules of power — Ben Wilson

    Ben Wilson has been one of my heroes for years. He has been the inspiration for the channel, and my personal inspiration to study the greats. It was truly a blessing and honor to get to interview him.In this episode we talk about five leaders in history who were able to sway the masses. We talk about Napoleon, Caesar, and Hamilton along with two more characters. This conversation is a masterclass in persuasion, public speaking, and aura.Subscribe for a weekly newsletter: https://www.nicmunoz.com/s/blog 📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nic.munoz📝X/Twitter: https://x.com/nic_munoz🎞️Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicmunoz/VIDEO CHAPTERS00:00 Intro01:32 Leader No.143:48 Leader No.21:02:28 Leader No.31:22:18 Leader No.41:49:40 Leader No.5📜JOIN MY COMMUNITY- The Biography Societyhttps://www.skool.com/thebiographysocietyTo sponsor a future episode, visit https://nicmunoz.substack.com/p/sponsor-the-podcast

  8. Aug 4

    How Rockefeller Leads

    John D. Rockefeller led Standard Oil into one of the largest monopolies in history. What most people don't talk about though, is how brilliant Rockefeller was as a leader. He stuck with a few simple maxims that allowed him to conquer the oil industry, so in this video I go over Rockefeller's 10 leadership principles so that you can apply them in your business and your life.Subscribe for a weekly newsletter: https://www.nicmunoz.com/s/blog 📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nic.munoz📝X/Twitter: https://x.com/nic_munoz🎞️Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicmunoz/📻Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7D4b74TWxPDisewnx8aAYzVIDEO CHAPTERS00:00 Intro01:17 Fight On The Frontlines04:02 Business Is War07:34 Quiet Confidence14:08 Work With The Best18:06 Hiring Practices23:07 The Enemy Effect25:52 Build A Strong Character27:55 Make ‘Perfect’ The Standard30:09 Belief In The Product📜JOIN MY COMMUNITY- The Biography Societyhttps://www.skool.com/thebiographysociety📄OUR SPONSORS•Brilliant, Check out courses in science, computer science, and mathematics on Brilliant! Start learning for free at https://brilliant.org/nicmunoz and get a 30-day free trial plus 20% off a premium subscription, which includes daily unlimited access!To sponsor a future episode, visit https://nicmunoz.substack.com/p/sponsor-the-podcast

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Studying the greats of history

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  • Creator
    Nic Munoz
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Nic Munoz
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    The Greats

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