In 2009, this CEO inherited Xerox during the worst recession ever.

Stock crashed 70%. Revenue fell $2.4B. Analysts called it hopeless.

Then she bet $6.4 billion on a company that had nothing to do with copiers.

How she transformed a dying hardware giant into a services empire: She spent $6.4 billion on a company that had nothing to do with copiers.

Wall Street called her crazy.

Board members questioned her judgment.

But Ursula Burns saw something others missed...

This comedian just pulled off the most insane TV stunt ever.

Nathan Fielder secretly trained for 2 years while filming his HBO show.

Then exploited a loophole to fly a Boeing 737 with 150 people on board.

Here's how he achieved what every aviation expert said was impossible: Meet Nathan Fielder.

A socially awkward Canadian comedian born in Vancouver on May 12, 1983.

He attended the same high school as Seth Rogen.

But while Rogen became a confident performer, Fielder remained painfully shy, and this would nearly destroy him:

In 2003, a man amputated his OWN arm with a dull pocketknife.

Trapped for 127 hours beneath an 800-pound boulder.

Aron Ralston drank his own urine and wrote his goodbye message on the wall.

The incredible true story behind the film "127 Hours": 🧵 Aron Ralston's day began like any other.

The experienced hiker ventured into Utah's canyons alone.

He told no one his plans - a critical mistake.

But a 20-second mistake would trap him for the next 127 hours:

For 20 centuries, no American could reach the papal throne:

Until this Chicago mathematician:
• Left Harvard for Peru's dirt roads
• Built an army to back him using 5 languages
• Turned marble halls into weapons

How an outsider conquered Rome's oldest fortress: Robert Francis Prevost wasn't meant for history books.

Born in Chicago (1955) to French and Spanish parents, he seemed destined for a conventional path.

The Villanova math graduate had options.

But he chose something that baffled his peers...

For 15 years, nobody beat Apple's App Store rules.

One gaming studio launched an impossible plan:

• Violated the rules on purpose
• Got banned from 1B iPhones
• Fought for 5 years

The brilliant trap that Epic Games used to destroy Apple's 30% tax and free 1B phones: Meet Epic Games - creators of Fortnite, a game played by 400M people worldwide.

In 2020, they shocked the tech world by deliberately picking a fight with the most valuable company on earth.

Why would anyone provoke a $3 trillion giant with unlimited resources?

The REAL Daredevil wasn't fiction - he was a blind boy named Ben Underwood.

Cancer took his eyes, but his mother refused to accept the darkness.

Using dolphin-like echolocation, he learned to "see" with sound.

Here's how his mother's training plan made the impossible possible:
At 3, Ben Underwood faced an unimaginable fate.

Retinoblastoma had ravaged his eyes.

After aggressive treatments failed, doctors informed Ben's mother they must remove his eyes to save his life.

In recovery, Ben woke terrified - he would never see his mother Aquanetta again...

Ryan Reynolds' "idiotic" $2M gamble on Wrexham AFC shocked the football world.

A team forgotten for years in England's lowest divisions.

3 seasons later: $100,000,000 valuation and 3 historic promotions.

It exposed the brutal truth elite clubs don't want you to know: When Reynolds and McElhenney bought Wrexham in 2021, experts called them crazy.

$2,500,000 for a fifth-tier club outside the Football League for 15 years?

A team with a crumbling stadium and dwindling fans?

This seemed insane... yet it revealed business genius:

Pope Francis died at 88 with one partial lung.

The former bouncer who:
• Took buses as Cardinal
• Washed Muslim women's feet
• Called out "the economy that kills"

His final message to leaders changes everything: Born in Buenos Aires to Italian immigrants, his path was anything but traditional.

Before seminary, he worked as a nightclub bouncer.

At 21, pneumonia required removing part of his right lung.

This challenge would become his greatest strength:

The slave who humiliated Napoleon:

Toussaint Louverture transformed plantation workers into an army that defeated 3 empires.

His forgotten leadership formula remained hidden for centuries—

Until Satya Nadella used it to resurrect Microsoft from the dead:
Toussaint took control of Haiti against formidable odds, confronting France, Britain, and Spain.

Similarly, Microsoft in 2014 faced setbacks like the Nokia acquisition.

What crisis blueprint did both leaders utilize to overcome these challenges?

Marcus Aurelius faced empire-wide plague & economic collapse.

Instead of panicking, he developed a framework in his journal that saved Rome.

Bezos used these Stoic principles during Amazon's darkest hour.

The 3-step method history's greatest leaders use when everything burns:
The Antonine Plague (165-180 CE) devastated the Roman Empire at its peak.

It killed up to 7 million people — nearly 15% of the empire's population.

The treasury emptied as tax revenue dried up.

Entire legions fell, leaving borders vulnerable.

Yet Marcus found a way to stabilize an empire on the brink...

In the Rocky Mountains, buffaloes do something that defies instinct:

Whereas cows flee and suffer for hours, they charge directly into violent storms.

Rory Vaden spotted this pattern and built a $100M empire.

His Paradox Principle exposes the addiction ruining your future:
The buffalo vs. cow metaphor isn't just a cute saying.

It's the foundation of a $100M empire.

When storms approach the Rockies, cows flee eastward in fear. But they're too slow—the storm catches them and they suffer for hours.

Buffalo do something different:

The most powerful wealth advice isn't from Musk, Buffett, or Dalio:

It's just ONE Bible story that saved me from bankruptcy in 2008.

Joseph's "Storehouse Principle" isn't just about money—it's about timing.

This reveals the true purpose of wealth (and may save your life): 🧵
I had to lay off good people during the 2008 economic crisis.

My solo legal practice was collapsing until I found wisdom in an unexpected place:

A 3,000-year-old story about grain storage in the book of Genesis.

This principle changed my relationship with money forever: