Both the worst and the very best of the excellent achievers had the belief in themselves and the resilience. One of these was none other than Genghis Khan. There are.
In Mongolia a youngster, called Temujin, was born in 1162 clutching a blood clot – a sign that he was destined to be a warrior. Signs like these encouraged Temujin to believe in his skill despite early defeats. We, also, need to think in fate, power and our own skill.
Temujin came to rule out the biggest land empire. It had been four times the size of this empire of Alexander the Great and twice the size of the Roman Empire. But victory came after failure.
Was the son of a warrior warrior chief in Mongolia. When he was nine his father has been poisoned by a rival tribe. Temujin commented:”From this day I’d never be a child .”
His tribe was more than an elongated household unless they forged links They had been in danger. His tribe enlarged with Borte through marriage.
But even an alliance with the clan of Borte did not make him secure. Mongolia’s tribes were secured in a spiral of vendettas. There was only 1 law about the steppes:”Take what you would like.”
Temujin’s father had been feuded with by the Merkit tribe. Temujin was at risk and his new wife was vulnerable. The scene has been set for his first failure.
The spouse of Temujin was stolen by the Merkit’s on a cassette. Temujin neglected to shield his wife and also prevent her capture. He was confronted with escaping or staying and dying and accepting defeat. Temujin escaped:
“They had taken my spouse. I understood what I needed to do. Only a fool fights a battle he knows he cannot win”
His wife had to submit to her captor or die. She filed. Temujin might have been beaten in a skirmish from the Merkit however he was not defeated. He made plans to receive his wife back and take his revenge.
He could rely upon his blood brotherJamuka:”I’d only 1 friend I could trust.” But he needed assistance. He and Jamuka searched the support of a khan who had been when the blood god of Temujin’s father:”I told him he had been a father to me. A man who seeks power requires buddies who have power.”
The khan approved him. Temujin was thrilled:”My energy had been increased by earth and heaven.” Understood the value of assistance.
He now went searching for his wife at the Merkit Circle, then rescued her and took his revenge:”We left the Merkits pay for their deed. We ruined their families and emptied their breasts”
Temujin was barely 20 and he had eliminated among the great tribes of Mongolia, spared his wife and had turned his first failure. He had also begun to build his power base.
Borta gave birth to his son nine months later. There was some uncertainty as to who was the father by treating him but defeat turned into success. His functional strategy helped him throughout his life.
There was pressure between Jamuka and Temujin who in the first days shared this tribe’s leadership. They disagreed over the way you value the worth of a man. Both were sons of aristocrats. But only Temujin had suffered adversity.
After his father was murdered Temujin experienced betrayal by his people:”Our tribe left us. Men are loyal only to a strong leader. We left us. We had no friends but our very own shadows. We suffered and from hardship I grew strong. I cared only for the power in a person’s heart. A warrior does not win a conflict by virtue of his birth.”
Temujin rewarded loyalty and ability alone. Subuday, Among his most musicians, was humble herdsman’s son. Jamuka believed high rank should be allowed for aristocrats His blood brother had been throwing out the older ways. The gulf widened between these.
A shaman stated that Temujin and his sons would rule the world This is a critical moment for Jamuka who wished to move away from their homeland’s whole surface. Temujin realised that disunity would follow.It did.
Two years later the men of Jamuka ambushed Temujin’s tribe. It was a enormous defeat. Again the future world conqueror had neglected.
“My army was faked, outnumbered and outwitted; the ground had been filled with the blood of my warriors” Temujin understood how to confront reality and acknowledge his duty however, the worst thing was to come.
Jamuka had them thrown alive into a cauldron of hot water and lined up the generals of his blood brother.
When Temujin learned of this atrocity he swore a vow:”By the power of paradise, I swore to get my vengeance. Never again would I be conquered nor my true demons dishonoured.”
He advised his warriors:”They say that the Mongols are descended from the wolf. Like the wolf we are famous for our ferocity and courage but to acquire a battle we must fight fiercely not as human warriors but as parts of a whole”
Temujin educated his warriors in 1204 and to a high quality rode west in search of his blood brother and his army.
Jamuka was the first to confront an army that conquered much of the earth’s surface. Temujin’s men advanced rescue their battle cries. He utilized commanded and subject, teamwork approaches to conquer Jamuka.
Arrows were released after which”my own cavalry attacked without mercy.” Each strategy has been planned. One squadron fled luring Jamuka’s men .
Jamuka saw his army destroyed and ran. His men lay like”felled logs from the woods.” He chased through the winter of 1204. He reappeared escorted by two of his generals who anticipated a reward.
Temujin gave Jamuka that the opportunity to rejoin him and rewarded the two generals with departure for their disloyalty with their khan. However, Jamuka understood there could only be a single ruler he just asked for a noble death in which none of his blood would be shed. Brother’s final wish was given his blood by temujin. Two warriors bent him backward over several logs breaking his spine. Both early failures had been revenged. Defeat had been turned into success.
Temujin was declared ruler In 1206 at age 44. A new title was produced to honor him that supposed”Ruler of all men” i.e. Genghis Khan. It was declared that:”Those who hear him shall obey him.”
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