By Kevin Lawrence (www.CoachKevin.com)
What does Alexander the Great have in common with Richard Branson, Michael Dell and Jim Pattison? Alexander the Great lived only 33 years – from 356 to 323 B.C. But in that short time, Alexander forged the greatest contiguous empire the world has ever known, stretching from south-eastern Europe to Egypt, and east as far as India.
At the age of 20, shortly after his father’s death, Alexander arrived in the city of Gordium, a long forgotten city near the site of Ankara, the present day capital of Turkey. Upon arrival, he faced a seemingly insurmountable problem – the famous Gordian Knot – a knot so large, so complex and so tight that for generations no one had ever been able to undo it. It shackled the yoke of an ox cart to a pillar in the square, and the prophesy was: “Whosoever undoes this Gordian Knot will rule over all of Asia.” Download
