Control Emotions, Judge by Actions, Elevate Yourself Above the Battlefield, Be more like Athena not like Ares, Spiritualize Your Warfare.

Subtly Push Them - To test if they are hiding ;) Let them go ahead further, let them take another step to confirm suspicion.

Cut your eyes from the past and open them for the present.

Let go of all books, techniques, formulas, flashy weapons and become your own strategist.

Adapt to the circumstances.

When faced with new situations, imagine that you know nothing and that you need to learn everything again.

Do this in relationships, break up the stale patterns.

You must stay decisive, aggressive and confident no matter what hits you. Make the mind tougher by exposing it to adversity.

We need to double the resolve - More Confidence. Save the carefulness for the hours of preparation.

Distinguish between small matters and larger issues. Others do the small you take care of the large.

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.

Deeply know the terrain, the spirit of men and the material. Get your mind into making blitz decisions.

Confidence, Fearlessness & Self Reliance - DAILY.

Make your enemy be the opposite of this, Elicit as much emotion as you can in them.

Stake everything on a single throw. Burn the boats.

Lack of Energy = Lack of Challenges, Take Risks, Never Settle Down.

Make yourself look like a paragon of fairness, but never relinquish unity of command.

What leaders are, that, as a rule will the men below them be.

Remote Control - Through Subordinates which you train.

Choose men that fulfill your deficiencies, but be careful not to choose only by resume, but character.

Have Directed Telescopes in every part of the organisation - Basically Direct Info Spies.

Don't make your commands too broad or narrow, deliver them with style.

Fluidity & Decentralization > Centralized Forces, each troop with it's own mini you. Tell them what to do, not how to do it.

Fluid staff structure, learning from doing, mission command.

Find exercises to increase the troops knowledge of and trust of each other. Genghis' Great Hunt.

Structure the team towards the strenghts and weaknesses of the people inside them, understand the zeitgeist as well.

2. Keep their bellies full - Make sure their material needs are met.

3. Lead from the front - Practice what you preach, make them run to keep up with you.

4. Concentrate their ch'i - Aggressive action, inaction breeds selfishness.

5. Play to their emotions - Lower their defenses first, let them bond etc, and then invoke other emotions, a good sense of drama.

6. Reward and Punishment - Make both rare, make the punishment the high standards set. Kindness and warm comments should be rare.

7. 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.

8. Be ruthless with grumblers. - Use your best soldiers to set an example, quickly isolate the naggers/grumblers.

Recruit more on character than resume. Those willing to die for the cause, and preaching your gospel.

Look at the goodwill lost, the fury of the loser, the time it might take, your debts - The costs of war.

Ground yourself - What skills, political advantage, materials etc. are at your disposal?

When you don't economize perfectly, which will happen, do not solider on out of frustration.

Waste as many resources of your enemies' as possible.

Every problem has a solution, Every enemy is vulnerable, a weakness can be a strength, a strength a weakness.

Art of war = Well reasoned and extremely circumspect defense followed by a rapid and audacious attack. - Napoleon

You're a little crazy, you take others down with you etc. Showcase this in a few impressively violent acts.

Remaining disciplined and calm while waiting for disorder to appear amongst the enemy is the art of self-possession.

Retreat can only be temporary, at some point you have to engage in combat. Otherwise you lost.

Using offensive strategies aims at creating so much friction in the strategy of the enemy that they collapse.

What are your goals? What skills and talents do you posses? Visualize your destiny in glorious detail.

This action will advance me toward my goal, this one will lead me nowhere. - THINK

Forgetting Our Objectives is the most frequent act of stupidity.

Specific, Detailed, Focused Goals. - Clearly Visualize Them. They must be based in Reality. It must have grandeur.

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.

Dig Deep, Do not Take Appearances for Reality, Sever Them as they start to sprout not too late, preemptive action.

When something goes wrong, look at the policy that caused it.

Controlling your emotions, doesn't mean repressing them, but using them to their best effect. - Plan ahead as best you can, when time comes to move, MOVE.

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.

Slow Slow Quick Quick - Find their weakness, prepare yourself, let them lower their guard and then strike.

The less a thing is foreseen the more fright it causes.

Only speed beats speed. Start out slow, lull them in, then attack quickly.

Controlling the overall direction and framing of the battle, anything they do will play into your hands.

Recognize the struggle for control in all aspects of life, don't be blinded by those lying they are not interested in control. You must master moving the other side like pieces on a chess board.

Determining peoples moods, the pace at which they move, the stakes involved - You will find that anything people do fits into the dynamic you created.

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.

Meaning you make them fight on your terms, what's being fought over, who is involved etc.

Blitzkrieg, keeping them defensive and reactive will destroy morale.

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.

One who is excellent at warfare compels men and is not compelled by others.

Find that one thing that they rely on - Their Source of Power, strike there.

Money, Popularity, Skillful maneuvering, some other advantage.

If your enemies are individuals - What is their psychology, what makes them tick, what is the structure of their thinking and priorities?

Divide them, strike fast at their center of gravity, do not allow them to communicate and come together, if they do make sure they are unable to coordiante.

Your division is temporary, strategic and controlled.

The Flank is the path to power - Caesar using Kindness against Pompey.

Hit them frontally - As a fake move, then hit their flank.

Use charm, persuasions, humor, flattery, gifts etc. To Disarm and take their attention to the front. Then hit their flank (Subtly Implanting an idea)

Beware of occupying an opponents flank at the expense of your own.

Surrounding them, unpredictable attacks, tight noose.

Luring the enemies into an encirclement trap - Always make sure they feel like they are in control.

This strategy should only be used if you're pretty sure you can execute it.

Create multiple paths (branches) using detailed analysis.

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.

This disorder is good for you, debilitating for the enemy. Be hard to read.

Let your opponent commit itself, then show the contrast between you and them, after they change, point out their inconsistencies.

When weak use it to buy time, when strong take as much as possible but give a little back to show generosity.

You must carefully analyze what leverage you have, be well prepared.

Because what I know what I want and what the others are capable of I am completely prepared - Meternich.

People are only nice and generous because it suits them.

The goal is to satisfy your own interests, but prevent the other side from feeling wronged.

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.

Either do not attempt it or carry it through to the end.

The only real ending is DEATH, everything else is just a TRANSITION.

It is always best to end with energy and flair, on a high note. At the peak of enjoyment and liveliness.

Control Peoples Perceptions of Reality and you control them.

We Filter reality through our emotions and preconceptions. - Incorporate things that are visibly true.

Show to the world the opposite of what you plan on doing.

Sending troops to multiple points to disperse their army.

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. :)

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.

Where truth and falsehood, good and bad all merge into one. And It's impossible to get one's bearings straight.

If you become known as a deceiver, become honest and straightforward for a while.

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.

• Challenge your own ideas and mind - Break old habits, act in a way contrary to how you have operated in the past

No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.

There is a higher price to pay for slavishly conforming to the average. Imitate no one, operate according to your own ideas.

I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.

It is a world of angles not angels, where we speak of moral principles but act on power principles, where we are always moral and our enemies immoral.

Use strong words, speak in black and white. It is hard to get people to fight for the grey area.

You must always attack first in the moral region, point out hypocrisies and always be the liberator if attacking.

Live up to your words and actions in public to defend against such attacks, to do the dirty work use an agent and prep a good moral defence.

Be elusive, small cells, living off of the enemy. - Draw the enemy out slowly. Finish them off by letting them die themselves or increasing aggression.

Enter action under the cover of helping someones interests, while advancing yours.

Look who can best advance your interests at the moment.

Look for tangible benefits from the alliance, don't be fooled by emotions, good looks, charm.

Rivals have the seeds of self destruction, get them to feel defensive and inferior.

They must die by their own sword and it must seem that way to everyone.

Give Vague Advice to Place Your Position - Gamesmanship

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.

We often give rivals the means of our own destruction

People hate confrontation and try to avoid it, they experience a big fear of loss, thus becoming passive aggressive, remember this.

Break your big idea into small components - Nothing is more therapeutic than action.

Take a larger bite than usual, give a bit back - Builds generosity.

Bring people to a childlike state - Get them to feel emotions, put them into dazzling them with images, symbols and sensory cues.

Silence, Innuendo, Loaded Details, Deliberate Blunders - Make people feel like they are included in the idea.

Deeds and results do not lie - Applying this as a barometer to communication yours and others.

Failure to communicate is the fault of an unstrategic communicator.

When people talk in generalities - 'Liberty', 'Justice' etc. Be suspicious. - Pay Attention to the Form in Which People Express Themselves - Do Not Take Whats Said at Face Value

Join a group, but your only alliance remains with yourself. Destroy them from within.

Penetrate the center either in thought or in action.

Keep the number of your conspirators low, don't give out more than necessary info, and don't let the date be known shortly before the start. Don't change plans when announced. Have enough to get the implementation working, too little and nothing gets done even if successful.

Counter also with Aggressive Passivity - Show a mean front but stay calm

Counter it by cutting them off fully or Doing the Same to them.

Victory is gained not by the number killed but number frightened.

Counter by rallying for unity, deploying intelligence and cutting the funds of the terrorists.