A review by stooph
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

"The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to defeat than the greatest wrestler. He warned them that "if you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead.""

Guess this is kickstarting my Mongol Empire hyperfixation 

The fact that the Mongols had nothing to export/trade except knowledge/luxury goods they'd acquired from other conquests - gotta respect

the conclusion saying that mongols vs settlers is like cain vs abel