Lessons from History’s Greatest Leaders & Conquerors | Ben Wilson
Oct 14, 2026 · 1:11:18
Ben Wilson, creator of the How To Take Over The World podcast, joins David Senra to argue that history's greatest leaders — Napoleon, Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, Joan of Arc, Walt Disney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John D. Rockefeller and Brigham Young — share the same traits: vision, communication, focus, obsession and sincere belief. He traces Edison's 'hustle' obsession at 21, explains how breaking trade-offs drive breakthroughs — the Wright brothers abandoning lift for control, Jobs cutting the iPod's features — and how Arnold applied one playbook across four domains. Wilson also details his stage-4 neuroendocrine cancer: chemo finished, tarlatamab next, a possible custom mRNA vaccine, and living for one year or twenty at once. Senra closes with a plea for help via Ben's GoFundMe.
