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Six Principles for Self-Mastery: The Napoleon Way
Organizations everywhere tout project management as a key driver for success. But good project management principles are beneficial to each and every one of us in everything we do. Agile project management approaches are as much about leadership as they are about tools and techniques.
The premise is simple. Whether we’re writing a book, producing a film or planning a vacation, we are trying to achieve at least one objective, usually more. And, at its core, project management is the art of leading others to successfully achieve objectives. Bet before we lead others, we must lead ourselves. Luckily, the same principles apply.
I am, of course, in the project management field. But it wasn’t until I began writing a book on project management that I realized that, in the process of developing and writing the book, I was personally using the same project management principles I was writing about. It was truly life imitating art. It also dawned on me that the same principles apply to the achievement of any endeavor in life.
The Importance of Principles
During the research I had done for my book, Napoleon on Project Management, I discovered that Napoleon Bonaparte’s considerable accomplishments were due to what I call “Napoleon’s Six Winning Principles.” These principles are:
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