#strategy

Bravery without forethought, causes a man to fight blindly and desperately like a mad bull.  Such an opponent, must not be encountered with brute force, but may be lured into an ambush and slain. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

Doing nothing requires effort. Over time, that effort is greater than the effort necessary to improve, or move somewhere better. The trick is to redirect energy. ↗

— Max McKeown

#improvement #inertia #leadership #strategy #age

If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

Whether in an advantageous position or a disadvantageous one, the opposite state should be always present to your mind. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

If your opponent is of choleric temper,  seek to irritate him.  Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

Be a surfer. Watch the ocean. Figure out where the big waves are breaking and adjust accordingly. ↗

— 37 Signals

#philosophy #strategy #technology #business

... all too often, a successful new business model becomes the business model for companies not creative enough to invent their own. [2002] p.46 ↗

— Gary Hamel

#creativity #strategy #business

All I had done was to improve on their strategy, and it was the beginning of a very important lesson in life - that anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you're both engaged in the same business - you know they're doing something that you aren't. ↗

— Malcolm X

#business-advice #strategy #business

The two studied one another for what seemed hours, neither saying a word. Jaden’s first inclination was to yell and demand his freedom, but something held him back. Here was a new man, and a new set of mind games. He waited for the old man to speak first and introduce himself, as Dalton had upon their first formal meeting. The stranger remained silent. ↗

— Courtney Kirchoff

#mind-games #nemesis #strategy #freedom

To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #victory #art