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33 Strategies of War - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Focus on your greater goal, YOUR DESTINY.
        
        Specific, Detailed, Focused Goals. - Clearly Visualize Them. They must be based in Reality. It must have grandeur.
      - Widen Your Perspective
        
        See things from the enemy' point of view. Ground yourself in objectivity. Have a keen eye for the politics of the situation. Being Political = Understanding People, Seeing Through Their Eyes.
      - Sever The Roots
        
        Dig Deep, Do not Take Appearances for Reality, Sever Them as they start to sprout not too late, preemptive action.
      - Take The Indirect Route To Your Goal
        
        The first step of the campaign should always be merely a setup.
        
        War is almost always about the pursuit of a policy that cannot be realized in any other way than through force.
        
        When something goes wrong, look at the policy that caused it.
  - - - Get trust, mirror him, be his twin, when the day comes, destroy him.
      - The trick is to have a friendly front, pose as a friend, act as a spy. Look at their eyes, let them open up.
      - You need to know how much fight people have in them.
      - Always have multiple spies, make them be friends rather than just 'employees'.
      - Your knowledge must be timely, not just deep, as the enemy changes and adapts.
      - Be formless & Inscrutable. Do not allow them to read you. Throw them fake signals.
  - - - Blitzkrieg, keeping them defensive and reactive will destroy morale.
    - - Meaning you make them fight on your terms, what's being fought over, who is involved etc.
    - - Make sure they cannot execute their strategy and frustrate them so that they make mistakes. You bait them into traps, you give them no time.
    - - You let them think they are in control, move with the energy but choose the direction. Best way to control the aggressive and the passive aggressive.
  - - - Money, Popularity, Skillful maneuvering, some other advantage.
  - - - Your division is temporary, strategic and controlled.
  - - - You have to find free space, you must have an unfettered mind.
    - - Give them options - All of them bad, problems can be solved, dilemmas not.
    - - Create multiple paths (branches) using detailed analysis.
    - - This disorder is good for you, debilitating for the enemy. Be hard to read.
  - - - Always be a warrior in negotiations.
  - - - To go too far is as bad to fall short.
        
        Either do not attempt it or carry it through to the end.
      - The only real ending is DEATH, everything else is just a TRANSITION.
      - You must end things WELL. Plan past the end, the aftermath.
        
        It is always best to end with energy and flair, on a high note. At the peak of enjoyment and liveliness.
      - See defeat as something that makes you stronger, don't apologize too much, see it as something to improve upon. Stand tall, don't be bitter or defensive.
        
        If defeat is inevitable go down SWINGING.
        
        End on a note of mystery and doubt ;)
    - - If the answers seem vague, the win alluring and failure somewhat dangerous - You are likely gambling.
        
        End such conflict quickly, with a strong violent blow to win, or cut your losses. Short Term Defeat > Long Term Disaster. Wisdom is knowing when to end.
- - - - It's good to blend into the social camouflage, to not call attention to yourself. Being able to blend into the environment to conceal your activity.
    - - People get used to your pattern, then hit them with something different for a surprise. Once deceived they will think you will change the tactic, just repeat it. :)
    - - Sending troops to multiple points to disperse their army.
    - - When passing this kind of information, you want to keep the person passing it out of the loop, give them truths with it as well.
    - - Present a weak front. - In politics show virtue, honesty, uprightness. Don't appear to be a hypocrite.
        
        Show to the world the opposite of what you plan on doing.
    - - Where truth and falsehood, good and bad all merge into one. And It's impossible to get one's bearings straight.
  - - - Stuff they've read or heard isn't stuff they'd experienced which determines their actions and reactions.
    - - A nice dance of the two - Hypnotization of ordinary + Extraordinary surprise.
    - - Act crazy, do something random.
      - There is a higher price to pay for slavishly conforming to the average. Imitate no one, operate according to your own ideas.
    - - Challenge your own ideas and mind - Break old habits, act in a way contrary to how you have operated in the past
  - - - Enter action under the cover of helping someones interests, while advancing yours.
    - - Look who can best advance your interests at the moment.
      - A variation is to play the central position.
      - Divide and conquer other alliances.
      - Look for tangible benefits from the alliance, don't be fooled by emotions, good looks, charm.
  - - - They must die by their own sword and it must seem that way to everyone.
    - - To the ones with the feeling of intellectual superiority - Make a mockery by quoting their words and ideas back at them in slightly grotesque form.
  - - - Let them connect the dots on their own - Use socratic thinking.
        
        Silence, Innuendo, Loaded Details, Deliberate Blunders - Make people feel like they are included in the idea.
- - - - Your only principle should be to have no principles.
        
        When faced with new situations, imagine that you know nothing and that you need to learn everything again.
      - Erase the memory of the last War - Even if you won.
        
        Keep the mind moving - The childlike mind.
        
        Absorb the spirit of the times - See the trends, adapt, change your style, avoid pitfalls.
        
        Reverse Course - Put yourself into a new situation, unusual circumstance or start over.
        
        Do this in relationships, break up the stale patterns.
  - - - To attain this - Expose yourself to conflict, Face Your Fears, Have a sense of Honor and Dignity, Be Self Reliant, Expand Your Number of Skills, Trust Yourself More and Others Less.
        
        Distinguish between small matters and larger issues. Others do the small you take care of the large.
        
        Detach yourself when encountering fools, give them a bone some times, but don't waste energy stay cheerful in the face of fools.
        
        Focus on small tasks that you're good at when feeling any kind of fear, learn to control your imagination at intense moments.
        
        Unintimidate Yourself - See the person not the myth, they're mortal, just like you.
        
        Develop your intuition. Act QUICKLY - Life loves SPEED.
        
        Deeply know the terrain, the spirit of men and the material. Get your mind into making blitz decisions.
      - Confidence, Fearlessness & Self Reliance - DAILY.
  - - - Stake everything on a single throw. Burn the boats.
      - Act before you are ready.
      - Enter new waters.
      - Make it "You against the world"
      - Keep yourself restless and unsatisfied.
        
        Lack of Energy = Lack of Challenges, Take Risks, Never Settle Down.
- - - - Look for enemies you can beat, do not focus on those who have nothing to lose they will trade their whole lives to take you down.
        
        When you don't economize perfectly, which will happen, do not solider on out of frustration.
- - - - What leaders are, that, as a rule will the men below them be.
  - - - Structure the team towards the strenghts and weaknesses of the people inside them, understand the zeitgeist as well.
  - - - Unite your troops around a cause, make them fight for an idea. Progressive, for the future, spiritual with a common enemy.
        
        Recruit more on character than resume. Those willing to die for the cause, and preaching your gospel.
      - Keep their bellies full - Make sure their material needs are met.
      - Lead from the front - Practice what you preach, make them run to keep up with you.
      - Concentrate their ch'i - Aggressive action, inaction breeds selfishness.
      - Play to their emotions - Lower their defenses first, let them bond etc, and then invoke other emotions, a good sense of drama.
      - Reward and Punishment - Make both rare, make the punishment the high standards set. Kindness and warm comments should be rare.
      - Build the group myth. - Brand the group, start with small battles that they can win, slowly let them build their confidence. Create slogans, symbols that fit the myth.
      - Be ruthless with grumblers. - Use your best soldiers to set an example, quickly isolate the naggers/grumblers.