THE SIX STRATEGIC MISTAKES
Among Strategies,
There are those that result in Flight,
Those that result in Insubordination,
Those that result in Collapse,
Those that result in Disintegration,
Those that result in Disorder,
Those that result in Desertion.
Among Strategies,
There are those that result in Flight,
Those that result in Insubordination,
Those that result in Collapse,
Those that result in Disintegration,
Those that result in Disorder,
Those that result in Desertion.
Generally, these Six come not from natural catastrophes,
But from the mistakes of leaders.
Flight means:
Other conditions being equal, one confronts another ten times more powerful.
Insubordination means:
The team is strong and the officers are weak.
But from the mistakes of leaders.
Flight means:
Other conditions being equal, one confronts another ten times more powerful.
Insubordination means:
The team is strong and the officers are weak.
Collapse means:
The officers are strong and the team is weak.
Disintegration means:
The senior officers are angry and defiant.
They meet the opponent hatefully and challenge on their own behalf,
Without the knowledge of the leader.
The officers are strong and the team is weak.
Disintegration means:
The senior officers are angry and defiant.
They meet the opponent hatefully and challenge on their own behalf,
Without the knowledge of the leader.
Disorder means:
The leader is weak and undisciplined.
The philosophy is not enlightened by the Tao.
The officers and team have no principles.
The Strategy is deployed indulgently and illogically.
The leader is weak and undisciplined.
The philosophy is not enlightened by the Tao.
The officers and team have no principles.
The Strategy is deployed indulgently and illogically.
Desertion means:
The leader is unable to evaluate the opponent,
So the few engage the numerous
And the weak confrontation the strong;
The Strategy is flat and unfocused.
The leader is unable to evaluate the opponent,
So the few engage the numerous
And the weak confrontation the strong;
The Strategy is flat and unfocused.
Generally, these Six are the Tao of defeat,
It is the leader’s greatest duty to study them carefully.
Sun Tzu
It is the leader’s greatest duty to study them carefully.
Sun Tzu
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