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Classic Influence Podcast: Timeless Lessons from the Legends of Leadership, Power, Hustle and Grit

Dr. Johnny Welch, M.B.A.

The Classic Influence Podcast explores the timeless lessons learned from the legends of influence, leadership, power, persuasion, charisma, hustle and grit. Whether you work in business or p...

Episodes

20 of 51 episodes

CIP 051. Cultivate Agility to Quickly and Cleverly Adapt: Hannibal's Flaming Demon Scheme to Slip the Guard in the Night

In the fall of 217 B.C., the legendary Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca found himself caught in what appeared to be an inescapable trap....

15:43Apr 11, 2025

CIP 050. Succeed by Sticking It Out: Theodore Roosevelt's Black-Eyed Showdown with White-Faced Kid

In 1883, Theodore Roosevelt was on a Buffalo hunting trip in the rugged and untamed Badlands of Medora, North Dakota, when a couple of cowbo...

12:12Oct 4, 2024

CIP 049. Expect the Unexpectable, Vigorously Guard Against the Negative Expectations Trap: How to Solve Albert Einstein's Unsolvable Problems

In 1939, George Dantzig, a humble graduate student at Berkeley in San Francisco, changed mathematics history when he showed up 10 minutes la...

10:28Sep 9, 2023

CIP 048. Reframe Your Role, Take Whatever Title You Require: Walt Disney Heads to Hollywood in Pursuit of a Fantastic Dream

Walt Disney's ultimate, iconic success belies the years he struggled to make ends meet, often going without food to cover the bills. In this...

17:37Aug 5, 2023

CIP 047. Put Your Name on the Building, Assume the Title and Position You Desire: Steven Spielberg Occupies the Universal Lot

The American film director, producer, and screenwriter Steven Spielberg holds the distinction of being the most commercially successful dire...

09:56Jun 3, 2022

CIP 046. Discover and Destroy Limiting Beliefs: Martin Luther Triggers the Reformation, Forever Altering the Course of History and the Power of Leaders Around the World

Martin Luther changed the course of human history in 1517 when he nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the All Saints' Church. But Luther's b...

11:33Mar 30, 2022

CIP 045. Steel Yourself for Success: Harriet Tubman Takes Command, Leads Her People to the Promise Land

Harriet Tubman was described by one bold abolitionist as "one of the bravest persons on this continent." Another well-known "conductor" on t...

15:45Feb 16, 2022

CIP 044. Exploit the Hidden Power of Simplicity: Alexander the Great Fulfills the Prophecy of the Gordian Knot

A brilliant military strategist and tactician, Alexander the Great stands as one of the greatest figures in history. Alexander was far from...

25:18Dec 16, 2021

CIP 043. Believe Absolutely to Inspire Absolute Belief: Joan of Arc Turns the Tide of the Hundred Years' War

Joan of Arc's story remains one of the most remarkable stories in the long history of military leadership. Consider this singular, striking...

29:55Oct 29, 2021

CIP 042. Win Lasting Influence, Listen for the Underlying Need: Mahatma Gandhi Builds the Bedrock of an Unbreakable Charismatic Bond

After leaving for law school in London at age 18, when Mohandas K. Gandhi finally returned to India in 1915 he was 45. Despite his prolonged...

27:25Aug 31, 2021

CIP 041. Build Habits of Mastery and Self-Control: The Making and Unmaking of The Knights Templar, the Most Formidable Military Order of the Middle Ages

On Christmas Day in 1119 A.D. , countless prayers were finally answered when a French knight known as Hugh of Payns banded together with 8 o...

23:40Aug 4, 2021

CIP 040. Get Leverage, Change the Calculus: The Crafty and Courageous Roma and the Birth of Ancient Rome

Episode Overview: In the 12 century B.C., after the ancient city of Troy fell following the Greek's cunning trick with the Trojan Horse, a n...

16:22Jun 8, 2021

CIP 039. Find Courage Under Fire—Count the Costs, Then Forge Ahead: General George S. Patton's Greatest Nightmare and Moment of Truth

On September 26, 1918, in the midst of World War I, George S. Patton's moment of testing had arrived. Patton was leading a light tank brigad...

11:10Apr 29, 2021

CIP 038. Profit from the Power of Proof: Dale Carnegie's Baby Steps Rise to Blockbuster Success

One cold evening in January 1936, with the world in the midst of the Great Depression, Dale Carnegie addressed a sold-out, standing-room-onl...

19:39Apr 8, 2021

CIP 037. Escalate the Intensity, Increase the Stakes: Orville and Wilbur Wright's Extraordinary Obsession with Flight

On December 17, 1903, a pair of self-taught, visionary American engineers achieved their dream, forever made the world a smaller place, and...

16:10Mar 11, 2021

CIP 036. Own the Need, Achieve the Dream: Abraham Lincoln Assumes Command of the Problem at Hand, and Pilots His Path to the Top

Abraham Lincoln was born to poor Kentucky farmers in 1809. Raised in a one-room, dirt-floor log cabin on the American frontier, Lincoln's ea...

25:29Feb 22, 2021

CIP 035. Take Bold Action (Part 5): Be Bold in Pursuit of Your Aims: The Celebrity Power of Frank Sinatra, and the Daring Don Rickles, Upstart Comedian Extraordinaire

In the 1950s, still at the start of his acting career, and frustrated by the lack of work, Don Rickles began hustling gigs as a standup come...

20:44Jan 29, 2021

CIP 034. Take Bold Action (Part 4): To Achieve the Unbelievable, Back Bold Action with a Bastion and a Base: The Herculean Daring of Bloody Mary's Fight for the Throne

In 1553, Mary Tudor's dying brother, King Edward VI of England, was plotting behind the scenes to remove his half-sister from the line of su...

31:48Jan 7, 2021

CIP 033. Take Bold Action (Part 3): Boldly Strike Out to Accelerate Your Ascent: Theodore Roosevelt Boldly, Brazenly Begins Anew

In early 1898, days after the USS Maine was sunk in Cuba's Havana Harbor, killing some 260 American sailors and marines, Theodore Roosevelt,...

21:34Dec 15, 2020

CIP 032. Take Bold Action (Part 2): Dare to Defy the Established Order, Risk to Skip Ahead: Huey Long Cuts a Barrier-Breaking Path to the Top

A populist champion of the poor, Huey Long grew up during America's Gilded Age, and got involved in politics in the years before the Great D...

12:10Nov 19, 2020