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The father-and-son thought experiment models a recurrent historical pattern in which the founder builds the organization and capacity for growth while the successor expands it and receives the visible credit.
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The father-and-son thought experiment models a recurrent historical pattern in which the founder builds the organization and capacity for growth while the successor expands it and receives the visible credit.
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In Jiang's model, the son succeeds not by founding but by aggressive risk-taking, using inherited assets to borrow, expand, and buy competitors.
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The son promotes loyalty and personal friends rather than merit because he cares about obedience and personal glory more than the father's vision.
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Jiang interprets the son's need for glory as insecurity: he must prove that he is greater than the father whose organization made his success possible.
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"how was it possible that Macedon, the kingdom of Macedon would conquer the world and not Sparta or Athens which for most of Greek..."
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"nothing right it's much harder to build something from nothing than this to expand something okay the problem though is that we in society..."
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"Does that make sense? Now the son is very different, okay? So if the father succeeds because he is innovative, why does the son..."
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"Who does he promote? His father promotes talent, who does he promote? Who does he want around him? Exactly, he wants his friends, okay?..."
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"about the personal glory why would the son put personal glory first and first think about his psychology what drives him what does he..."
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"...So the people in Russia believe that they are the true successors to the Roman Empire. And previously, there were two Roms. It was..."
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"...of whom we read that she was Nannus's wife and his successor. She held the land the sultan now commands. That other spirit killed..."
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"...of whom we read that she was Nengis' wife and his successor. She held the land the sultan now commands. That other spirit killed..."
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"...produce lethal weapons or build forts in unacceptable places as their successors did, even when they were acquainted with metallurgy."
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"...Then they fight against the Austrian -Hungary Empire, which is a successor to the Holy Roman Empire."
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"...within the Mongol Empire. And then it will eventually become the successor to the Mongol Empire. All right. So, let's look at the origins..."
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"...people. The Sunnis don't. So why didn't Muhammad just name a successor and avoid the civil wars that were going to erupt after his..."
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Greek culture did not spread because everyone recognized its beauty.
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