"Fail early, fail often, fail forward.... It's always a little bit frustrating to me when people have a negative relationship with failure. Failure is a massive part of being able to be successful. You have to get comfortable with failure. You have to actually seek failure. Failure is where all the lessons are. You know, when you go to the gym and you work out, you're actually seeking failure, you want to take your muscles to the point where you get to failure because that's where the adaptation is, that's where the growth is. Successful people fail a lot. They fail a whole lot more than they succeed, but they extract the lessons from the failure, and they use the energy, and they use the wisdom, to come around to the next phase of success. You gotta take a shot. You have to live at the edge of your capabilities. You gotta live where you're almost certain you're gonna fail. That's the reason for practice, practice is controlled failure.... Failure helps you recognize the areas where you need to evolve. So fail early, fail often, fail forward."
— Will Smith
"As much as anything, the trajectory of (Francis Ford) Coppola’s career has been
determined by failure. I won’t go too deeply into his 1982 film, One from the Heart,
other than to say it was a musical released in the age of punk, a love
story released in the age of cynicism. In it, Coppola tried to capture
the magic of theater, his first love. It’s not reality you expect from
theater. It’s something else, something better. Another world.
Artificial. Houses of marzipan. Colors too bright, lines too sharp. You
look into it as you look into a jewel box. But people did not want
lyricism in the early 1980s. They wanted grit. What’s more, Coppola had
seemingly learned the wrong lessons from his experience. As the producer
of American Graffiti, he had wanted to fund the thing and own it outright but was dissuaded. It went on to become one of the great moneymakers. Then Apocalypse Now, which had been written off by critics, was a great success. Which is partly why F.F.C. put his own money up for One from the Heart
and then persisted through all the criticism from industry types. He
was over-extended by the time it flopped, having borrowed millions from
Chase Manhattan Bank. 'It was this dismal failure and I was on the hook
for all of it,' he told me. 'I was going into bankruptcy, and everyone
took such glee because they’re always predicting this profound failure,
which was supposed to be Apocalypse. Apocalypse dodged the bullet somehow, so, when I made One from the Heart,
it was like giving your opponent in Ping-Pong the perfect ball to
smash. I was wiped out and only able to hang on by making a deal with
Chase to pay off $22 million in 10 years. That meant I had to do a movie
every year, and it changed my life. All those movies, Peggy Sue Got Married, The Outsiders, Dracula, and ultimately Godfather III, was me paying off the Chase Manhattan Bank.'"
— Rich Cohen, Vanity Fair
"I’m not afraid to fail. I’m not afraid to fall over and make a mistake. That often cripples people at the onset of getting into anything. The first time I picked up a DJ decks I was horrible, still am, but I'm not afraid of that, I'm not afraid of that feeling. It actually propels me and works quite the opposite."
— Idris Elba, actor, producer, musician, DJ
Monday, June 25, 2018
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Tracy Morgan was asked...
... "Did you learn something in the recovery process that hadn't occurred to you before? His answer: "Yeah: People care. People care a lot, that's what I learned. People care. There's so much negativity in the world that sometimes you feel like you could give up, and I had people who took care of me after the accident, and they never let me go. I feel it nowadays when I'm in the streets, when people say, 'We love you. We miss you. We pray for you. We are so thankful that you're on your feet.'"
In 2014, Morgan – best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock – was in a limo bus when it was rear-ended by a Wal-Mart tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike. The crash killed comedy writer James McNair. Morgan was badly injured and in a coma for two weeks.
In 2014, Morgan – best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock – was in a limo bus when it was rear-ended by a Wal-Mart tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike. The crash killed comedy writer James McNair. Morgan was badly injured and in a coma for two weeks.
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Retro M 'n' m – 2007-2008 – #3
November 2007
Little Megan is the sweetest thing ever. Unless she’s angry. Which is a bit too often. And she always takes her socks off. Like I could build a snow fort, and put her in it, and immediately she would set about grunting and trying to remove her boots and socks. This would be especially difficult with mittens on, but she is remarkably stubborn and ingenious and I wouldn't bet against her.
Meggie had a good Thanksgiving. I didn’t really pay attention to anyone else.
Michael asked Sara, “Are humans going to get extinct soon?” He is bright, perceptive, and inquisitive. And he’s more of a scientist than a cynic, by the way; I know it was a question born of curiosity more than fear or fatalism. Obviously. He’s four years old. He’s still an optimist! I’m kidding. I love him.
December 2007
Michael’s favorite song right now is “Thunderstruck.” Yes, ACDC. Attaboy!
The other night, after I delivered an especially spirited Christmas prayer, Michael asked me, “Daddy, is God real?” I said, “Yes, I believe God is real.” He must’ve sensed my answer wasn’t a slam-dunk affirmative. He clarified his question, “I mean, does God walk on two legs?” Oh. I smiled and said, "Sure, I think God can exist in many forms. In fact, maybe God walks on two legs inside all of us, and don't forget the reason we celebrate Christmas,"... but Michael interrupted me, very excited, “Or does God fly?!” It's important to remember that kids aren't theologians. We chatted about the possibilities, but mostly I told Michael we’ll discuss God more when he gets older, and he’ll arrive at his own thoughts and beliefs on the matter, and in the meantime we should love one another and be grateful for everything God has given us.
January 2008
Oh my sweet Megan. She’s a little chatterbox now and her voice is music. As long as she’s happy. That’s Megan as Bruce Banner. Megan as the Hulk is... unpleasant. She screams. She throws things, or knocks them over. She’s pretty combustible. But usually she’s a sweetheart. She gets less irritated now that he has more words to express herself; overall, she seems less frustrated. But being a toddler can’t be that bad. Consider the perks like naps and comfy pajamas. Megan seems more inquisitive now, too. She asks, “What ya workin’, Daddy?” Or, “What ya lookin’?” Or, if she hears a loud truck outside or an airplane overhead, she says, “I her dat!” She kind of looks around suspiciously, cautiously. When she says, “Pease, Daddy?” it’s hard to say no.
Michael and I play the “I love you more than…” game once in a while. I say, “Michael, I love you more than all the Blue Whales.” This is a good one, of course, because Michael informed me that Blue Whales are the biggest animals in the world! Last night, however, I tried something different: I said, “Michael, I love you so much that when you were born, I cried, I was SO happy, I cried like crazy, more than you did in the first hour of your life, the first hour I could see you and hold you.” I thought maybe I’d only confused Michael, but he said, “Daddy, I know you were the guy who made me come out of Mommy’s tummy.” I said, “How do you know that?” He said, “Because I saw pictures.” Ah yes, pictures from the hospital. I explained that doctors were involved too. Then I changed the subject.
Megan is the cutest thing ever, but her diapers are very stinky. At least she warns us now, “I’m poopy, I got poopy out of my bottom.” Okay, Sweetheart, gimme a minute to prepare myself...
Meggie’s a good talker now but she doesn’t always make sense. Yesterday, we had this exchange:
Meggie: I took my socks off, Daddy.
Daddy: I know, Honey. Why do you always do that?
Meggie: Because it’s cold outside.
I went to the bookstore with the kids last weekend. I explained – to Michael mostly – that the three of us would stay together. That meant, to avoid separating, we might look at books Meggie likes first, then books Michael likes, then books that Daddy likes. Michael was frustrated by this, “Well, uh, well, I don't like princesses and I am allowed to NOT look at a princess book if Meggie finds one!” Fair enough. I agreed that was perfectly fine.
Michael has seen and read how animals kill each other, how they hunt, fight, protect their young, and so on. He knows killer whales and sharks attack seals; he knows lions and cheetahs run down all kinds of prey. So I wasn't too surprised when I heard him narrating dialogue between two plastic dinosaur toys like this: “Hi, I’m a Protoceratops and I’m going to kill you now, Lambeosaurus!” I told Michael to go easy on the “I’m going to kill you!” storylines. I emphasized how it’s especially not nice to use language like that in stories about people. Maybe they just fight and wrestle or something. Of course, the next play-story I heard Michael narrating went like this: “Watch out Brachiosaurus! Here comes T-Rex to make you not alive anymore!”
Little Megan is the sweetest thing ever. Unless she’s angry. Which is a bit too often. And she always takes her socks off. Like I could build a snow fort, and put her in it, and immediately she would set about grunting and trying to remove her boots and socks. This would be especially difficult with mittens on, but she is remarkably stubborn and ingenious and I wouldn't bet against her.
Meggie had a good Thanksgiving. I didn’t really pay attention to anyone else.
Michael asked Sara, “Are humans going to get extinct soon?” He is bright, perceptive, and inquisitive. And he’s more of a scientist than a cynic, by the way; I know it was a question born of curiosity more than fear or fatalism. Obviously. He’s four years old. He’s still an optimist! I’m kidding. I love him.
December 2007
Michael’s favorite song right now is “Thunderstruck.” Yes, ACDC. Attaboy!
The other night, after I delivered an especially spirited Christmas prayer, Michael asked me, “Daddy, is God real?” I said, “Yes, I believe God is real.” He must’ve sensed my answer wasn’t a slam-dunk affirmative. He clarified his question, “I mean, does God walk on two legs?” Oh. I smiled and said, "Sure, I think God can exist in many forms. In fact, maybe God walks on two legs inside all of us, and don't forget the reason we celebrate Christmas,"... but Michael interrupted me, very excited, “Or does God fly?!” It's important to remember that kids aren't theologians. We chatted about the possibilities, but mostly I told Michael we’ll discuss God more when he gets older, and he’ll arrive at his own thoughts and beliefs on the matter, and in the meantime we should love one another and be grateful for everything God has given us.
January 2008
Oh my sweet Megan. She’s a little chatterbox now and her voice is music. As long as she’s happy. That’s Megan as Bruce Banner. Megan as the Hulk is... unpleasant. She screams. She throws things, or knocks them over. She’s pretty combustible. But usually she’s a sweetheart. She gets less irritated now that he has more words to express herself; overall, she seems less frustrated. But being a toddler can’t be that bad. Consider the perks like naps and comfy pajamas. Megan seems more inquisitive now, too. She asks, “What ya workin’, Daddy?” Or, “What ya lookin’?” Or, if she hears a loud truck outside or an airplane overhead, she says, “I her dat!” She kind of looks around suspiciously, cautiously. When she says, “Pease, Daddy?” it’s hard to say no.
Michael and I play the “I love you more than…” game once in a while. I say, “Michael, I love you more than all the Blue Whales.” This is a good one, of course, because Michael informed me that Blue Whales are the biggest animals in the world! Last night, however, I tried something different: I said, “Michael, I love you so much that when you were born, I cried, I was SO happy, I cried like crazy, more than you did in the first hour of your life, the first hour I could see you and hold you.” I thought maybe I’d only confused Michael, but he said, “Daddy, I know you were the guy who made me come out of Mommy’s tummy.” I said, “How do you know that?” He said, “Because I saw pictures.” Ah yes, pictures from the hospital. I explained that doctors were involved too. Then I changed the subject.
Megan is the cutest thing ever, but her diapers are very stinky. At least she warns us now, “I’m poopy, I got poopy out of my bottom.” Okay, Sweetheart, gimme a minute to prepare myself...
Meggie’s a good talker now but she doesn’t always make sense. Yesterday, we had this exchange:
Meggie: I took my socks off, Daddy.
Daddy: I know, Honey. Why do you always do that?
Meggie: Because it’s cold outside.
I went to the bookstore with the kids last weekend. I explained – to Michael mostly – that the three of us would stay together. That meant, to avoid separating, we might look at books Meggie likes first, then books Michael likes, then books that Daddy likes. Michael was frustrated by this, “Well, uh, well, I don't like princesses and I am allowed to NOT look at a princess book if Meggie finds one!” Fair enough. I agreed that was perfectly fine.
Michael has seen and read how animals kill each other, how they hunt, fight, protect their young, and so on. He knows killer whales and sharks attack seals; he knows lions and cheetahs run down all kinds of prey. So I wasn't too surprised when I heard him narrating dialogue between two plastic dinosaur toys like this: “Hi, I’m a Protoceratops and I’m going to kill you now, Lambeosaurus!” I told Michael to go easy on the “I’m going to kill you!” storylines. I emphasized how it’s especially not nice to use language like that in stories about people. Maybe they just fight and wrestle or something. Of course, the next play-story I heard Michael narrating went like this: “Watch out Brachiosaurus! Here comes T-Rex to make you not alive anymore!”
Friday, June 15, 2018
Stuff About Things #24
"I find that most of the time our obsession with what
is wrong just breeds more wrong, more failure. The easiest way to
dissect success is through gratitude, giving thanks for what we DO have,
for what IS working, appreciating the simple things we sometimes take
for granted. We give thanks for these things, and that gratitude
RECIPROCATES, creating more to be thankful for. It's really simple and
it works.... It's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates."
— Matthew McConaughey
"Thinking about solutions is more energizing than thinking about problems."
— Unknown
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."
— Albert Camus
"The noblest art is that of making others happy."
— P. T. Barnum
"All know the way, but few actually walk it."
— Bodhidharma
"Whenever I make a bum decision, I just go out and make another."
— Harry Truman
"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."
— Dalai Lama
"Accept who you are and revel in it."
— Mitch Albom
"Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth."
— Anthony de Mello
"We stumble and fall constantly, even when we are most enlightened."
— Thomas Merton
"The wound is the place where the light enters you."
— Rumi
"Thought can organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it."
— Anthony de Mello
"Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy; my happiness does not lie in you."
— Anthony de Mello
"As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished. No reality fits an ideology. Life is beyond that.... Life only makes sense when you perceive it as mystery and it makes no sense to the conceptualizing mind.... Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.... If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else... an unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong."
— Anthony de Mello
"The search for the truth is more precious than its possession."
— Albert Einstein
"I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking. I am grateful to have played a small role in the conversations that have helped guide this extraordinary nation's destiny."
— Charles Krauthammer
"Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls."
— Rumi
"Burdens are the foundations of ease and bitter things the forerunners of pleasure."
— Rumi
"The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come."
— Joseph Campbell
"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."
— Winston Churchill
"A smooth see never made a skilled sailor."
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
"I am not afraid of storms for I am learning to how to sail my ship."
— Louisa May Alcott
"If you don't risk anything, you risk even more."
— Erica Jong
"People always ask me, 'Where do you find inspiration?' and I think it's a difficult question to answer because - everywhere."
— Kate Spade
"I'm not afraid to look like an idiot."
— Anthony Bourdain
— Matthew McConaughey
"Thinking about solutions is more energizing than thinking about problems."
— Unknown
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."
— Albert Camus
"The noblest art is that of making others happy."
— P. T. Barnum
"All know the way, but few actually walk it."
— Bodhidharma
"Whenever I make a bum decision, I just go out and make another."
— Harry Truman
"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."
— Dalai Lama
"Accept who you are and revel in it."
— Mitch Albom
"Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth."
— Anthony de Mello
"We stumble and fall constantly, even when we are most enlightened."
— Thomas Merton
"The wound is the place where the light enters you."
— Rumi
"Thought can organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it."
— Anthony de Mello
"Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy; my happiness does not lie in you."
— Anthony de Mello
"As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished. No reality fits an ideology. Life is beyond that.... Life only makes sense when you perceive it as mystery and it makes no sense to the conceptualizing mind.... Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.... If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else... an unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong."
— Anthony de Mello
"The search for the truth is more precious than its possession."
— Albert Einstein
"I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking. I am grateful to have played a small role in the conversations that have helped guide this extraordinary nation's destiny."
— Charles Krauthammer
"Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls."
— Rumi
"Burdens are the foundations of ease and bitter things the forerunners of pleasure."
— Rumi
"The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come."
— Joseph Campbell
"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."
— Winston Churchill
"A smooth see never made a skilled sailor."
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
"I am not afraid of storms for I am learning to how to sail my ship."
— Louisa May Alcott
"If you don't risk anything, you risk even more."
— Erica Jong
"People always ask me, 'Where do you find inspiration?' and I think it's a difficult question to answer because - everywhere."
— Kate Spade
"I'm not afraid to look like an idiot."
— Anthony Bourdain
Monday, June 11, 2018
I miss moments like these...
This isn't me or Meg-Pie. It's a pic I stared at for a long time in a magazine, because not long ago this was me and Meg-Pie; it was a regular occurrence and the best thing ever and I miss it...
Friday, June 8, 2018
Stuff About Things #23
"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."
— Rudyard Kipling
"Loosen the bonds of greed from your hands and neck."
— Rumi
"Conceit is an unusual disease; it makes everyone sick but the one who has it."
— James Dobson
"He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year."
— Leonardo da Vinci
"If you win the rat race, you're still a rat."
— Lily Tomlin
"Fortunate is he who doesn't carry envy as a companion."
— Rumi
"Envy is a defect, worse than any other."
— Rumi
"Envy is ignorance. Imitation is suicide."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Convictions are more dangerous than lies."
— Nietzsche
"We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons."
— George Washington
"We either step forward into growth, or we step back into safety."
— Abraham Maslow
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and it's not the same man."
— Heraclitus, 5th century Greek philosopher
"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."
— Henry Ford
"We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not figures."
— Aristotle
"Wise is a person whose undertakings are free from anxiety about results."
— Krishna, The Bhagavad Gita
"The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
— Calvin Coolidge
"Willpower is the key to success."
— Dan Millman
"We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye."
— Carlos Castaneda
"There is only one way to achieve prosperity. It is to take charge of your mind."
— Eric Butterworth
"Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't."
— Barbara Sher
"Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and life energy toward the light. Without the discipline to practice them, you will tumble constantly backward into darkness."
— Lao Tzu
"Victory belongs to the most persevering."
— Napoleon
"I love men who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress."
— Thomas Paine
"When a problem comes along, you must whip it."
— Devo
— Rudyard Kipling
"Loosen the bonds of greed from your hands and neck."
— Rumi
"Conceit is an unusual disease; it makes everyone sick but the one who has it."
— James Dobson
"He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year."
— Leonardo da Vinci
"If you win the rat race, you're still a rat."
— Lily Tomlin
"Fortunate is he who doesn't carry envy as a companion."
— Rumi
"Envy is a defect, worse than any other."
— Rumi
"Envy is ignorance. Imitation is suicide."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Convictions are more dangerous than lies."
— Nietzsche
"We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons."
— George Washington
"We either step forward into growth, or we step back into safety."
— Abraham Maslow
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and it's not the same man."
— Heraclitus, 5th century Greek philosopher
"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."
— Henry Ford
"We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not figures."
— Aristotle
"Wise is a person whose undertakings are free from anxiety about results."
— Krishna, The Bhagavad Gita
"The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
— Calvin Coolidge
"Willpower is the key to success."
— Dan Millman
"We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye."
— Carlos Castaneda
"There is only one way to achieve prosperity. It is to take charge of your mind."
— Eric Butterworth
"Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't."
— Barbara Sher
"Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and life energy toward the light. Without the discipline to practice them, you will tumble constantly backward into darkness."
— Lao Tzu
"Victory belongs to the most persevering."
— Napoleon
"I love men who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress."
— Thomas Paine
"When a problem comes along, you must whip it."
— Devo
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Michael and I listened to...
... a YouTube documentary about Alexander the Great. We had a longish drive to his soccer game yesterday. Michael asked a good question, "How do they know what happened like two thousand years ago?" I tried to be funny, "That's right, 350 BC was before the internet." I'm too dry for Michael. "Kings, emperors, pharaohs couldn't even tweet." Michael: nothing. So I told him even ancient societies – like the Greeks, Macedonians, Egyptians, Persians – had historians, orators, artists, performers, traditions, rituals, poets, bards, craftsmen, scribes, and, you know, ways of keeping a public record and passing info to future generations. They told stories. They sang songs. Then the documentary explained how Alexander's father's tomb was discovered in 1977. It was undisturbed since antiquity and full of informative artifacts. That's cool shit, dude. Michael agrees. I think. And there was a lot of commentary on the influence of Alexander's parents. I guess parenting, whether good or bad, is impactful.... And, my favorite part: It seems Alexander, the warrior extraordinaire, was also a book-lover.
“Alexander was a boy of incredible intellect. His favorite author was Homer. And he regularly slept with a copy of Homer’s poems at his bedside.”
“Alexander was a boy of incredible intellect. His favorite author was Homer. And he regularly slept with a copy of Homer’s poems at his bedside.”
— History Channel documentary
“Some of Alexander's strongest personality traits formed in
response to his parents. His mother had huge ambitions, and encouraged him to
believe it was his destiny to conquer the Persian Empire. Olympias'
influence instilled a sense of destiny in him, and Plutarch tells how his
ambition ‘kept his spirit serious and lofty in advance of his years.’ However,
his father Philip was Alexander's most immediate and influential role model, as
the young Alexander watched him campaign practically every year, winning
victory after victory while ignoring severe wounds. Alexander's relationship
with his father forged the competitive side of his personality; he had a need
to out-do his father, illustrated by his reckless behavior in battle…. While
Alexander worried that his father would leave him 'no great or brilliant
achievement to be displayed to the world,' he also downplayed his father's
achievements to his companions. According to Plutarch, among Alexander's traits
were a violent temper and rash, impulsive nature, which undoubtedly contributed
to some of his decisions. Although Alexander was stubborn and did not respond
well to orders from his father, he was open to reasoned debate. He had a calmer
side – perceptive, logical, and calculating. He had a great desire for knowledge,
a love for philosophy, and was an avid reader. This was no doubt in part due to
Aristotle's tutelage; Alexander was intelligent and quick to learn. His
intelligent and rational side was amply demonstrated by his ability and success
as a general. He had great self-restraint in 'pleasures of the
body,' in contrast with his lack of self-control with alcohol....
Alexander was erudite and patronized both arts and sciences. However, he
had little interest in sports or the Olympic games (unlike his
father), seeking only the Homeric ideals of honor and glory. He had great charisma and force of personality, characteristics which made
him a great leader. His unique abilities were further demonstrated by the
inability of any of his generals to unite Macedonia and retain the Empire after
his death – only Alexander had the ability to do so…. Aristotle taught
Alexander and his companions about medicine, philosophy, morals, religion,
logic, and art. Under Aristotle's tutelage, Alexander developed a passion for
the works of Homer, and in particular the Iliad; Aristotle gave him
an annotated copy, which Alexander later carried on his campaigns."
— Wikipedia
"Alexander earned the epithet 'the Great' due to his unparalleled success as a military commander. He never lost a battle, despite typically being outnumbered. This was due to his use of terrain, phalanx and cavalry tactics, bold strategy, and the fierce loyalty of his troops.... Alexander also recognized the potential for disunity among his diverse army, which employed various languages and weapons. He overcame this by being personally involved in battle.... He is often ranked among the most influential people in history."
"Alexander earned the epithet 'the Great' due to his unparalleled success as a military commander. He never lost a battle, despite typically being outnumbered. This was due to his use of terrain, phalanx and cavalry tactics, bold strategy, and the fierce loyalty of his troops.... Alexander also recognized the potential for disunity among his diverse army, which employed various languages and weapons. He overcame this by being personally involved in battle.... He is often ranked among the most influential people in history."
— Wikipedia
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