A speaker explains how Napoleon used strategic absence to maintain his power and fame, drawing a parallel to how businesses can scale by controlling what people expect from them rather than trying to do everything at once.
So in the 1800s, Napoleon was obviously a pretty famous dude in France. And he came up with this really interesting thing. He was very famous, and he wanted to stay that way because he liked it. And he would go to the theater, people would ask him how often he went to the theater. And he had this rule in his head where if he did too much, then they would expect him to come and it wouldn't be special.
