A few years back a friend gifted me Sun Tzu’s The Art of War for Managers. I never got around to reading the book until this morning when I started browsing through it. I uncovered these fascinating nuggets of wisdom that piqued my interest.
- Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
- In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
- Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
- The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy’s not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him.
- All warfare is based on deception.
- The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.
- Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot anticipate.
- A leader leads by example, not by force.