It's time for the Art of War. 

THESIS - Thus it is said that the one who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be endangered in a hundred engagements. 

The person who is violently self-aware and intimately familiar with their problems and why they are the way they are will always win. 

1. Warfare is the greatest affair of state. (Will Durant - How a Nation Eats)

     The basis of life and death

     The way (Tao) to survival or extinction

     It must be thoroughly pondered and analyzed

2. Warfare is the Way (Tao) of deception - Tell Danny Roulier story about Football

3. Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence

     Highest realization of warfare is to attack the enemy's plans

     Next, their alliances

     Next, their army

     Next, their fortified cities

4. In antiquity, those who excelled in warfare FIRST made themselves unconquerable in order to await the moment when the enemy could be conquered. 
     The ancients who excelled in warfare excelled in beating the easy to beat (Army tactics)

     Victory was about minimizing and eliminating errors. Not acts of heroism

     If you are to excel at warfare (life) you must first establish yourself

     Winners define victory then attack. Losers attack hoping to attain victory

     The combat of the victorious is like the sudden release of pent-up torrent down 1000-fathom gorge

5. Thus one who excels at warfare (life/business) seeks victory through strategic configuration of power, not from reliance on men. 

6. In combat, the most difficult thing to do is turning adversity into advantage.

7. LOVE AND LEADERSHIP - When the general regards his troops as young children, they will advance into the deepest valleys with him. When he regards the troops as his beloved children, they will be willing to die with him. 

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