XVIII BRAVO BEAST

Do you know where your company’s Chairman of the Board is?  If your company is World Wrestling Entertainment, he is lying motionless on the apron of a wrestling ring in Philadelphia, having just been brutalized by a “Superman punch”, thrown by one of his employees—a former Georgia Tech football star named Joe Anoa’i. And things are about to get worse. A few minutes later, after dispatching the current WWE Champion, the Irish brawler Sheamus, that same employee, also known as Roman Reigns, will walk across the ring and casually kick the 70 year-old off the apron to the arena floor. You have to ask yourself: Would your Chairman of the Board go that far for the company? Probably not. But your COB is not Vincent Kennedy McMahon, is he/she?Vince McMahon is not prototypical of anything. He is definitely a one of a kind—or in his case, the third of the same kind, following in the footsteps of both his grandfather (Jess McMahon) and his father (Vincent James McMahon) as a promoter. Vinc...

Hannibal Barca was a military commander of the Carthage army. He led a famous campaign in the second Punic War against the Roman army, where he remained undefeated until the gates of Rome. His most well-known military accomplishment was the battle of Cannae, where he defeated a Roman army double the size of his. A Short Biography Hannibal Barca was born to Hamilcar Barca, the Carthaginian leader in 247 BC. His father was involved in the first Punic War where Carthage was defeated. At a very young age, he vowed he would use fire and steel to destroy the destiny of Rome. At age 25, he began his campaign against the Roman Empire, which would take him away from home for 15 years. In 218 BC, he began his crossing of the Mediterranean. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS6sOZ78l_yU_fp8ARXhgraf6Rz-iPFsCG6tDdYtLA_QeK0VSm2 He landed in modern day Spain and began    is march toward Rome. By the time he reached Gaul, he had about 40,000 foot soldier...

You may remember Valley Forge from Junior High history, but to refresh your memory, it was where the American Revolutionary soldiers wintered in 1777-1778. Conditions were brutally cold. Clothing in tatters. Shoes nonexistent. Many wounded soldiers died from exposure. And those left living had to contend with typhoid, jaundice, dysentery, and pneumonia. George Washington wrote, “To see the soldiers without clothes, without blankets, without shoes…without a hut to cover them…and submitting without a murmur… can scarcely be paralleled.” Approximately 2,500 American soldiers died in Valley Forge that year. Why? Yes, these men loved freedom. But according to historian David McCullough, it was mainly their love for Washington. They would go anywhere with him and do anything for him. In earlier battles, Washington’s two horses were shot out from under him and four bullets passed through his coat. Had the trajectory of any of those bullets been a little different, our history would have ...

If there ever was a most characteristic military leader in history, that was  Julius Caesar . Beyond his undeniable ability for strategy, the roman general outstood because of his personal leadership lessons over his army, to whom he knew how to transmit his vision and wisdom. His troops gave Caesar back the trust he needed for his many victories. From him, we are taking these  valuable lessons that a great leader should know : https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj6zseE-PvXAhVKbrwKHU0gB8sQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldknowledge1.com%2Fbiography%2Fjulius-caesar.php&psig=AOvVaw2bXjRuRTNTqqDWiam5YseH&ust=1512874715250734 Connection with his soldiers Back in Rome, it was said that Caesar knew the names of each and every soldier fighting with him. That personal connection was a chance to win the confidence of his army. A leader doesn’t need to be “best friends” with eve...

It’s become a norm to find that one friend in every group that disses corporations and the entire right-wing and who dreams of a ‘revolution by a common man’ that will overthrow this regimented ‘corrupt’ economic set-up. This person always gets branded a ‘Communist’ and quotes Marx at any chance he gets. Karl Marx was the legendary philosopher, economist, journalist and revolutionary socialist who is remembered for coining the term ‘Communism’ and relaying its very philosophy. Although his concept of Communism has been multi-layered down over the decades, the true definition of Communism will always remain entrenched in our minds and schoolbooks. For Marx, Communism is a philosophy which aims for a world where “all of society, all of economics and all politics are combined into one, perfect, classless, automatic, government-less system based on common ownership of all economic means of production, and social sameness.” Before delving into the highly complicated debate and philos...