whether an antiviral or antibiotic or a vaccine they are the condition precedent that allows you to think about conquering a disease but in many ways they're just the beginning okay and thenuh one more question so uh I was an office mate with mang for a while in the in the early days and we worked together
Westward taking Southern Russia devastating Eastern Europe in 1242 and scaring the pants off the rest of us conquering Baghdad reaching the Mediterranean in 1260 where the Empire finally juted to a halt in thewest then came another huge
why would you stop um why would you not strengthen your position there Russia has maximalist goals it's holding on to such as um uh conquering the entire Donbas for and for additional regions plus Crimea in eastern Ukraine. So far, they haven't been able to do any of that. They haven't been able to make
Women writing books, I think, bring a different passion. It's less conquering , and it's more communing with nature in ways that I think are really good, and it showed both the tragedy and the triumph that's involved in mountaineering.
So what happens is these explorers and these Rough men who do the raids, they very quickly are good at conquering and then start state building, or conquering and then establishing trade routes and stop being the quote, unquote, "Vikings." So basically, they just... They conquer , and then they start doing the usual instit- build the institutions, start a state, and now they're normal kind of nation,
He had this debilitating fear of public speaking. So the obvious way to approach conquering that fear is, of course, becoming a stand-up comedian. So as a non-comedian, he pretended to be a stand-up comedian for a year to get over his fear of public speaking.
debt. Mafiosi understand this perfectly well, right? But sort of heads of conquering armies, you come in you say, "Alright, I've just conquered you guys," and it's actually important to bear in mind here that there's a famous line from Benjamin Franklin, "There's nothing certain in life but death and taxes." That's not actually true, it's only death.
too, because the book wouldn't have been possible without the help and just amazing work that these guys have done through the years conquering big waves around the world. So I'll start with showing you a pulled back picture of this wave on Cortes, January 2008.
So I think that's key. And we have to dispel the notion of dividing and conquering ourselves.
It started out because I myself had some big holes in my own productivity, and I didn't do things particularly well. And I started to really go on a journey of conquering that for myself, and then started to falling into teaching other people about what I'd learned, and teaching other people on how they could start to develop their own productivity, as well.
And it's not going to work. And that's why the Europeans were so bent on conquering Asia, actually, if you know the history.
This is the story of Alexander and the cup of water. At one point during his long journey eastward conquering the Persian Empire, he found himself in what is today Afghanistan. And Alexander was leading his army northwards through the desert in what is today northern Afghanistan.
And even when I said, yo, dude, you can take over this thing, and you can keep the money, he was like, naw, Yeah, world-conquering . I really learned as a creative person that you erally-- I remember, I was 40 years, and it just hit me.
Himalayas are you writing your history yes many of us are doing so our hosts will find it most beneficial what are you writing about about my people's conquering of the tribes to expand our borders did not your people do the same you know I was a
for our own personal makeover, or for our national gain. And I had gone through a situation where traveling abroad was not about conquering . It was about surrender and humility.
And it works by controlling, posing our real conquering nature.
Then, the second phase becomes the conquering phase.
And this is why I think the original idea of the mind conquering the matter kind of materializes
basically, they just... They conquer , and then they start doing the usual instit- build the institutions, start a state, and now they're normal kind of nation, civilization kind of thing. So this kind of force that is the conquering , raid, violent, intense explorers, it's like a short-lasting thing, a couple of generations at most.
What does it mean to be the best player in the world, literally conquering with global domination?
So the gun is central at one level because the gun is the central implement that is constantly attached to the project of conquering
Now, the Chinese -- the Chinese do not think historically of conquering territory by force
Because there's been cultural exchange for thousands of years, whether it be by war and conquering or just by trade.
- Yeah. Yeah, that... I could not agree more. There are some problems with, - So yeah, so he's done the full- - He's done the thing. Yeah - ... and then the conquering and then-
The lithium-ion battery changed the world, but the future of energy storage won't be about just conquering one element, it'll be about mastering many.
I want to pivot a little bit to touch on the main theme of our talk today, which is turning fear into excitement and conquering
What we call the Roman Republic was the most imperialistic phase of Roman history. Like this is when the Romans did most of their conquering .
But, after that, you have to move on, and in your head, you want to keep conquering new things, you want to keep winning.
But when you do practice them, I think they can probably be the best approach we have to conquering negative thinking.
And you know, often I would go back to London to see my friends, and it'd be like, Oliver's the conquering hero.
And even when I said, yo, dude, you can take over this thing, and you can keep the money, he was like, naw, It's better. It fancies itself as a collective, a giant, world-conquering collective.