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The UNTOLD Emotional Struggles of History’s Most Powerful Men | Ron Chernow (PT. 1)

2025/6/18
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Ryan Holiday: 我认为格兰特、华盛顿和洛克菲勒在某种程度上都是斯多葛主义者，能够掌控自己。激情需要警惕，汉密尔顿则与他们相反，他不太能控制自己。斯多葛主义并非消极的哲学，而是积极进取的。革命者天生充满激情，但需要自我约束。 Ron Chernow: 汉密尔顿和吐温不善于自我控制，这使得他们更适合传记写作，因为更有戏剧性。华盛顿的平静和自制是后天习得的，并非天生。他意识到，为了领导他人，他必须先掌控自己。否认过去会付出代价，童年经历会影响我们的基本情绪，试图压抑情绪会让你更加脆弱。华盛顿、格兰特和洛克菲勒的书籍是成功的指南。

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This chapter introduces Ron Chernow, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, and explores his work on biographies of prominent historical figures. It highlights how these men's personal struggles and emotional management shaped their lives and legacies, emphasizing the importance of biographies in understanding history.
  • Ron Chernow's biographies have reshaped our understanding of American greatness.
  • Chernow's work explores the intersection of brilliance and emotional control.
  • The chapter introduces the concept of using biographies to understand the strategies and habits that led to success and wisdom.

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Brilliance without emotional control is often a recipe for destruction. In this episode, Ryan sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow, whose acclaimed biographies on Alexander Hamilton), George Washington), Ulysses S. Grant), John D. Rockefeller), and most recently, Mark Twain) have reshaped our understanding of American greatness. Ron and Ryan talk about how these men’s deepest personal struggles and their ability to manage emotion became the defining factor in their lives and legacies.

Ron Chernow is the prizewinning author of seven previous books and the recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal. His first book, The House of Morgan, won the National Book Award, Washington: A Life) won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, and Alexander Hamilton)—the inspiration for the Broadway musical—won the George Washington Book Prize. He has twice been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and is one of only three living biographers to have won the Gold Medal for Biography of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Ron’s latest book is on the fascinating and complex life of American writer Mark Twain). 

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