Thus the army will have food enough for its needs”.
“Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy. This works brilliantly when you are dealing with another person individually and you want them to lose social power by forcing them to start an argument and losing it. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him.
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Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable when using our forces, we must seem inactive when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away when far away, we must make him believe we are near.ĭon’t think of this literally as having a bunch of spear or sword-armed man ready to assault our enemies think that when you can make a move to get power in an organization or over someone then you mustn’t show it until the deed is done.įor example, if you have a great idea on how to start your own business and leave your firm, would you really divulge that to your current employers? Would you tell them that you’ve made a plan on how to compete and out-perform them in the next three years? Of course not you would seem dependent on the job that they offer you until you drop out of work, and even then you would try to make them think your business is struggling, until the time when you would have more market share than them. This is very effective when applied in that if you are fully honest with your business/political opponent(s), then you will be crushed because you will have lost the upper hand since your moves surprise no one. What the book has to offerĪnd adaptation I might add, having read the book. Granted, the book sometimes has material that only applies to ancient warfare, but it is still a worthy book and those passages not only offer historically interesting material, but they also shape the mentality of the reader into a more strategic one. Since the above definition means war can apply to pretty much anything (business and politics being the best examples), war becomes an extremely important field of study.Īdded to this is the fact that the book has quotations that apply universally to any day and age and in many fields. The above quotation (alongside knowledge of evolutionary biology and of social interactions) illustrates the importance of understanding war and its various forms.
Why would I read a book about how war should have been waged 2000 years ago? On Amazon, in the review comments one said “this book is recommended for all MBA students,” which made me think about its relevance in today’s world and in the contemporary survival of the fittest jungle competitive business environment. The book is more than 2000 years old and the fact that it is still read and widely appreciated today makes it all the more respectable. I have recently finished reading The Art of War by Sun Tzu. War is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.
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