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Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” Parts 8-13

SOME DEMANDING friends are complaining about my weekly “piecemeal” postings of Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” and went on to point out that I failed to post Part 8 last week.
Okay it’s good to know that there are people actually closely monitoring my posts so maybe I’ll give in to their whim.  (Truth is, [...]

Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War,” Part 7: Maneuvering

 
WE ARE HALFWAY THERE!  Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” manuscript has 13 parts and this is the seventh.
Here are the first six parts for your quick reference:
Part 1:  Laying Plans
Part 2:  Waging War
Part 3:  Attack by Stratagem
Part 4:  Tactical Dispositions
Part 5:  Energy
Part 6:  Weak Points and Strong

Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War,” Part 6: Weak Points and Strong

HERE IS PART 6 of the Sun Tzu manuscript.  Just seven more parts to go!
To review the first five parts, click on these links:
 
Part 1  |  Part 2  |  Part 3  |  Part 4  |  Part 5
 
Part 6: Weak Points and Strong
1. Sun Tzu said: Whoever is first in the field and awaits [...]

Book Summary: How to Win Friends and Influence People

THERE ARE TWO things I love best with Dale Carnegie’s books:
 

They are timeless; and
They are written using common, simple words and easy to understand concepts.

 
“How to Win Friends and Influence People” is the first of the three timeless and bestselling books by Dale Carnegie.
I made a summary of “How to Win Friends and Influence People” [...]

Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, Part 3: Attack by Stratagem

 
THIS IS MY THIRD installment of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War manuscript.
The first two parts have been posted in the past two weeks and can be accessed from these links:
Part 1:  Laying Plans
Part 2:  Waging War
The complete text of Part 3 is as follows.

Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, Part I: Laying Plans

 

I’VE ALWAYS BEEN intrigued and impressed by Sun Tzu’s famous work that’s why when I found the complete text of The Art of War (in English, of course) a couple of years ago, I kept it in my computer archive ever since.  You’ll never know when it will come in handy as a reference material.
Now that [...]