The Art of War by Sun Tzu

We Don't Know Yet

• Written in the 6th century by an impressive Chinese general, Sun Tzu writes the most impressive military strategy book to date.
• Not only a book about war, but more a cleverly written tale of human psychology. Knowing people and knowing yourself promotes maximum results.
• There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare

Things to Consider

5 Dangerous Faults of a General
Recklessness - leads to destruction
Cowardice - leads to capture
Hasty temper - provoked by insults
Delicacy of honor - which is sensitive to shame
Over solicitude for his men - which exposes him to worry and trouble

Know yourself, know thy enemy

Exploit enemy weaknesses, avoid his strengths
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Warfare is based on deception, elusiveness.

• Don’t show your hand too early, but when you do strike and strike fast.
• The battle is won in the mind long before it is won on the field.

Proper Pre-Planning

• Study the well being of your men, be a skillful tactician
• Walk into familiarity
• Plan for the best, expect the worst

Get up early, soldier spirit is high in the morning, by noonday its has begun to flag and in the evening his mind is only on returning to camp

Invest in great people!

WINNING

• He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
• He will win who knows how to handle superior and inferior forces.
• He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
• He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
• He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.