The profound success of ancient texts, like Sun Tzu’s — Art of War, Lao Tzu’s — Tao Te Ching, Marcus Aurelius’s — Meditations, and others, is their teachings are relevant regardless of the scale and context of a given situation. For example, the well known quote from the Art of War: “know your enemy and… Continue Reading
situational awareness
What is your decisive terrain?
“See what a lot of land these fellows hold, of which Vicksburg is the key! The war can never be brought to a close until that key is in our pocket…We can take all the northern ports of the Confederacy, and they can [still] defy us from Vicksburg.” — Abraham Lincoln, Incidents and Anecdotes of… Continue Reading
In strategy, how you move is the second most important thing
One of the most focused upon elements of Strategy is Game Play; which can be viewed as “how you move”, but one of the things I’ve been learning recently is that movement, like many things, depends on space in order to exist. Game Play (Movement) Game Play relates to the steps we need to take… Continue Reading