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CHAPTER 3 -STRATEGY OF ATTACK – Part 2

Strategy - The science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations. A plan, method, or series of maneuvers or strategems for obtaining a specific goal or result.

Attack – To begin hostilities against; start an offensive against. To set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with.

Previous Posts On Appraisals, Doing Battle and Strategy of Attack

While each one of these posts is designed to be read separately and independently of each other, it would be useful if you read the previous posts on Appraisals and Doing Battle, which can be found by clicking here.

Moving Forward – A Quote From Sun Tzu

And so the superior military cuts down strategy. Its inferior cuts down alliances. Its inferior cuts down the military. The worst attacks walled cities.

What Does This Quote Mean?

To me, it is suggesting that one should conquer their enemies; their opponents, in the least offensive way possible. If you can cut down their strategy, you can defeat them that way. If you can cut down alliances with others, that still works, but it is a step or two lower. The worst is to simply attack and kill everyone in your way.

THAT IS WHAT SUN TZU MEANT BY ATTACKING WALLED CITIES.

Think about it. Who is behind walled cities (and I’m not trying to be sexist here, so please accept my apologies).

Behind the walled cities we will find: The elderly; the infirm; the people who have no one to defend them; the weak; the poor; to be honest, the whatever.

It does NOT matter who is actually behind the defensive walls. THAT is not the point. The point is that when a society (even if they are your opponent) decides that someone / something needs to be defended, that is obviously their weakest point.

NOW, HERE IS THE QUESTION – Do you go for the jugular where you totally obliterate your enemy, OR, do you simply attack to the point where you defeat your enemy, BUT they are still alive.

THAT is the interesting question.

Suz Tzu obviously believed that you should kill and obliterate as little as possible. After MANY years of contemplation, I agree with him.

RECOMMENDED READING:

Laws of Positioning #4 – Position Yourself To Be Balanced

Laws of Positioning #14 – Position Yourself To Be Conscious

Laws of Positioning #60 – Position Yourself To Be A Leader

Laws of Positioning #97 – Position Yourself To Be A Visionary

Why Do I Agree?

It’s simple. Because, as I have grown wiser, I realize that we ALL want the same things. We want to be in control of our destinies AND we want to make sure our children are protected.

SIMPLE STUFF. WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING, SO WHY DO WE FIGHT ???

IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, ALL CONFLICT WOULD IMMEDIATELY CEASE IN THIS WORLD – I WISH YOU WELL, BUT I HAVE TO KEEP ACTING UNTIL SUCH TIME AS YOU GET THERE.

Applying These Ideas To Real Life

Just because Sun Tzu and The Art of War puts things in a military context, it does not mean they won’t apply equally as well in real life situations.

Think about the business world. Sometimes the battle goes to the swiftest. Other times, it goes to the one who simply holds on the longest and waits for all their enemies / opponents to drop away.

SIMPLE POINT – We need to work together to build up and create, NOT destroy. Destruction is the ultimate bad thing that can happen. IF, IF, IF, we can all figure out how to live together, AND TO WORK TOGETHER, the world will be a better place.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow, we will talk more about strategy of attack, ALL OF WHICH IS LEADING UP TO HOW I THINK WE CAN ALL MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

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