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Good training and equipment more valuable than a large workforce - lessons from Boadicea

Victoria Dmochowski

The BBC has published some life lessons worth learning from Boadicea – One of them is that a well-trained and well-equipped team is better than simply having a large workforce (e.g. her huge army did not overpower the disciplined Romans).

Have you learnt any other useful work tips from historical figures?

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  • St Augustine had a good quote I used to have on my wall: "Pray as if everything depends on God; then work as if everything depends on you."

    But as far as historical life lessons go, I always turn to Henry VII, who ended a civil war, tamed a rebellious aristocracy, established a national court system and built up a massive cash reserve and gets called "the boring king" because he declined to do anything more notable than channel his energy into efficiently managing his kingdom.

    Would that I could be a leader as boring as Henry.
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  • St Augustine had a good quote I used to have on my wall: "Pray as if everything depends on God; then work as if everything depends on you."

    But as far as historical life lessons go, I always turn to Henry VII, who ended a civil war, tamed a rebellious aristocracy, established a national court system and built up a massive cash reserve and gets called "the boring king" because he declined to do anything more notable than channel his energy into efficiently managing his kingdom.

    Would that I could be a leader as boring as Henry.
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