The Art of War
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Table of Contents
Sun Tzu (Sun Wu) Bio
Sun Tzu Quotes:
I. LAYING PLANS
II. WAGING WAR
III. ATTACK BY STRATAGEM
IV. TACTICAL DISPOSITIONS
V. ENERGY
VI. WEAK POINTS AND STRONG
VII. MANEUVERING
VIII. VARIATION IN TACTICS
IX. THE ARMY ON THE MARCH
X. TERRAIN
XI. THE NINE SITUATIONS
XII. THE ATTACK BY FIRE
XIII. THE USE OF SPIES
Sun Tzu Quotes:
Swift as the wind
Quiet as the forest
Conquer like the fire
Steady as the mountain
A leader leads by example not by force.
Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
All warfare is based on deception.
To a surrounded enemy, you must leave a way of escape.
If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him.
There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
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The workplace is a battlefield, according to author, speaker and businesswoman Chu. In her latest, she distills The Art of War, Taoist philosopher-general Sun Tzu's international bestseller on the fundamental elements of warfare and business strategy, into a primer and call-to-arms for working women. In vivid battlefield terminology, Chu covers everything from promotions and work attire to dealing with sexual harassment and male chauvinist co-workers. Lessons tend toward a "universal nuggets of wisdom" format; one of the keys Chu advances is "Know Thyself," because "how well you know the world around you is directly proportional to how well you know yourself." Other chapters cover the disposition of winning, conflict strategy, the utility of imagination, techniques for management and "fireproofing yourself." At a time when the ideal of a full, fulfilling work and home life seems more difficult than ever to achieve, Chu's primer on becoming "an effective strategist and warrior" will give doubters cause for reconsideration.
