Military Maxims; Investing Axioms

All things are possible to the determined mind.


This book examines effective decision-making for self-made investors, relating successful military strategies to successful investing strategies by recounting Napoleon’s Military Maxims as applied by successful generals or ignored by losing generals, giving the reader the insight and tools to be successful in their own personal investing campaigns.


Military Maxims are integrated with Common Sense Investing Axioms to present a unified investing methodology for the self-directed investor to succeed. Sixteen chapters illustrating historical military engagements: Richmond, Korea, Thermopylae, Gettysburg, Waterloo, Normandy, Trafalgar, Trenton, Midway, and others, all serve to put forward a decision-making foundation for successful, long-term investing. This foundation is further supported by a proposed Business Model Thesis (BMT) along with a companion investor Modus Operandi.


Along with Peter Lynch’s well-known argument that anyone using three percent of their brain can be successful at self-directed investing, the author’s conviction purports that self-directed investors can be successful by using this investing methodology together with public sources of reliable financial information and a reputable discount brokerage firm. This confidence is supported by the author’s financial teaching experience. Registered Financial Advisor practice, and personal, long-term investing experience.


Military Maxims, Investing Axioms demonstrates both Method and Infrastructure as a pathway to empower personal wealth objectives.