Dan Jones

He was unusually unapproachable to many of the people around him in terms of this sort of severe public demeanour. He was not a good time party king like his grandfather, Edward III, who combined warrior and party goer quite effectively. But he was by no means like a weird outlier in his own society. He was just sort of a particular kind of guy within the norms of the world.

had no business having the position i mean that's at least the way i when i got through the book that's kind of the thing i landed on where it's like he actually was meant to do this and succeeded well i think that he would have said the same thing himself you know the the meant to do it thing and a lot of it stems back to this moment when he is 16 years old and is almost killed at the battle of shrewsbury with that arrow in the face i think he comes out of that with um and again this very obvious parallel with modern politics american politics he comes out of that uh that brush with death

had no business having the position i mean that's at least the way i when i got through the book that's kind of the thing i landed on where it's like he actually was meant to do this and succeeded well i think that he would have said the same thing himself you know the the meant to do it thing and a lot of it stems back to this moment when he is 16 years old and is almost killed at the battle of shrewsbury with that arrow in the face i think he comes out of that with um and again this very obvious parallel with modern politics american politics he comes out of that uh that brush with death

had no business having the position i mean that's at least the way i when i got through the book that's kind of the thing i landed on where it's like he actually was meant to do this and succeeded well i think that he would have said the same thing himself you know the the meant to do it thing and a lot of it stems back to this moment when he is 16 years old and is almost killed at the battle of shrewsbury with that arrow in the face i think he comes out of that with um and again this very obvious parallel with modern politics american politics he comes out of that uh that brush with death

really, really convinced that he is, God wants him to succeed. God wants him to do this. And he says it explicitly at later times in his life. After the Battle of Agincourt, the Duke of Orléans has been captured, very dejected about that fact, young man.

really, really convinced that he is, God wants him to succeed. God wants him to do this. And he says it explicitly at later times in his life. After the Battle of Agincourt, the Duke of Orléans has been captured, very dejected about that fact, young man.

really, really convinced that he is, God wants him to succeed. God wants him to do this. And he says it explicitly at later times in his life. After the Battle of Agincourt, the Duke of Orléans has been captured, very dejected about that fact, young man.

Henry sort of puts his arm around his shoulder as he's being led off to a quarter of a century of captivity in England and says to him, look, it's nothing personal. He says, and Henry says, you know, I am just God's scourge. I'm just a vessel for God's work. God wants this to happen. You French are decadent. He sent me to punish you. You've got to understand this.

Henry sort of puts his arm around his shoulder as he's being led off to a quarter of a century of captivity in England and says to him, look, it's nothing personal. He says, and Henry says, you know, I am just God's scourge. I'm just a vessel for God's work. God wants this to happen. You French are decadent. He sent me to punish you. You've got to understand this.

Henry sort of puts his arm around his shoulder as he's being led off to a quarter of a century of captivity in England and says to him, look, it's nothing personal. He says, and Henry says, you know, I am just God's scourge. I'm just a vessel for God's work. God wants this to happen. You French are decadent. He sent me to punish you. You've got to understand this.

And when there are public triumphs to celebrate Henry's victories, it's the same thing. He's like, it's not about me. Don't celebrate me. only recognize that I am a vehicle, a vessel, the tool, the rod of God's will, and it's being executed through me. Now, that is an unusually, if you come across somebody with that psychology, they tend to be very hard to put off their track.

And when there are public triumphs to celebrate Henry's victories, it's the same thing. He's like, it's not about me. Don't celebrate me. only recognize that I am a vehicle, a vessel, the tool, the rod of God's will, and it's being executed through me. Now, that is an unusually, if you come across somebody with that psychology, they tend to be very hard to put off their track.

And when there are public triumphs to celebrate Henry's victories, it's the same thing. He's like, it's not about me. Don't celebrate me. only recognize that I am a vehicle, a vessel, the tool, the rod of God's will, and it's being executed through me. Now, that is an unusually, if you come across somebody with that psychology, they tend to be very hard to put off their track.

God wants me to do it. It's fixity. It's a certainty with which he operates. And it makes, I think for Henry, it makes a lot of this decision, political decision-making really easy because there's not much vacillation. There's like, I know what I'm here to do and I'm going to do it. So, um,

God wants me to do it. It's fixity. It's a certainty with which he operates. And it makes, I think for Henry, it makes a lot of this decision, political decision-making really easy because there's not much vacillation. There's like, I know what I'm here to do and I'm going to do it. So, um,

God wants me to do it. It's fixity. It's a certainty with which he operates. And it makes, I think for Henry, it makes a lot of this decision, political decision-making really easy because there's not much vacillation. There's like, I know what I'm here to do and I'm going to do it. So, um,

That's, yeah, but it is very unusual because human beings, which is what we're talking about, are very often conflicted and flawed and pulled in many directions by many different motivations. And it's rare to find somebody possessed of such extraordinary discipline. Discipline is one of the things that humans struggle most with. It's the basis of the Jocko Willick podcast.

That's, yeah, but it is very unusual because human beings, which is what we're talking about, are very often conflicted and flawed and pulled in many directions by many different motivations. And it's rare to find somebody possessed of such extraordinary discipline. Discipline is one of the things that humans struggle most with. It's the basis of the Jocko Willick podcast.

That's, yeah, but it is very unusual because human beings, which is what we're talking about, are very often conflicted and flawed and pulled in many directions by many different motivations. And it's rare to find somebody possessed of such extraordinary discipline. Discipline is one of the things that humans struggle most with. It's the basis of the Jocko Willick podcast.

I mean, you know, we all really struggle to do the thing. But Henry is a guy who does the thing.