How to Take Over the World
HTTOTW tells the stories and analyzes the lives of the greatest men and women to ever live. By examining their strategies, tactics, mindset, and work habits, How to Take Over the World helps you understand the great ones, so that you can follow in their footsteps.
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April 25, 2020
Thomas Edison (Part 1)
How did Thomas Edison rise from obscure origins in a frontier town in Michigan to become the most famous man of his age and one o…
Aug. 6, 2019
Mini-Episode: How Steve Jobs Got What He Wanted
This is the first-ever HTTOTW short. These 3-minute in-between-isodes will run during weeks when there isn't a new full episode. …
Jan. 16, 2018
Vladimir Putin (Part 1)
The first of two parts examining the life of Vladimir Putin
Dec. 29, 2017
Steve Jobs (Part 1)
The life and strategies of one of the most successful businessmen of all time
Recent Episodes
How to Raise a Genius: Laszlo Polgar
Sept. 17, 2021
Is there a formula for genius? One man thinks that he has found it - and he used it to raise all three of his daughters to be world champion chess players. On this episode, I talk about the life of Laszlo Polgar, his trainin…
Mini-Episode: Just Work
Aug. 17, 2021
This week's mini-episode has two stories and two quotes that all focus on a single theme: Just work.
Philip the Great: Endnotes
July 20, 2021
All my endnotes on Philip II of Macedon, including: * Who was greater, Philip or Alexander? * Why Athens really took over the world * Other ways to take over the world. * Why being Philip would have been a lot of fun. * Shou…
Philip the Great
July 13, 2021
Philip II of Macedon is best known as the father of Alexander the Great. But was he an even greater conqueror than his more famous son? On this episode, we explore the life and lessons of one of the greatest conquerors and s…
Mansa Musa
July 28, 2020
Mansa Musa was possibly the richest man of all time, but there was something that mattered much more to him. Find out what it was and how he achieved it, on this episode of How to Take Over the World. Special thanks to resea…
Frederick Douglass
July 3, 2020
Slave. Runaway. Abolitionist. Orator. Statesman. Legend. On this episode, we explore how Frederick Douglass was able to go from the most challenging of beginnings to playing an integral role in the abolition of slavery in Th…
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