Rise to Power in a New York Minute

by Marguerite Granat on February 8, 2010

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Have you ever met someone who seemed the most unlikely person to rise to power? This could be someone in the lower ranks of a company who might be new to the organization. This same person beats all odds and rises to the top. I’m still wondering whether people succeed because of luck or skill. Maybe it’s luck or maybe skill or maybe a combination of both. I’ll leave the luck alone and focus on the skills that helped Napoleon Bonaparte do just that.

In a New York minute, Napoleon rose to the top of the most powerful country in Europe and left a mark that is still felt to this day. Read More

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Has anyone taken your ideas verbatim and claimed them as their own?
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