know yourself know your enemy
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Key Takeaway: Sun Tzu's principle that all warfare is based on deception.
Sun Tzu's principle that all warfare is based on deception. Appear weak when strong, appear strong when weak, and never let the enemy know your true position or intent. This principle opens The Art of War and underpins Sun Tzu's entire system. It applies wherever information, positioning, and surprise determine outcomes -- not only in warfare. • The foundation of all strategy • Appear weak when you are strong • Character determines strategy
As Sun Tzu wrote in The Art of War, the classic text of Chinese strategic thought, Sun Tzu's principle that all warfare is based on deception.
— Oriens
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know yourself know your enemy
Sun Tzu's principle that all warfare is based on deception..
all warfare is based on deception
Appear weak when strong, appear strong when weak, and never let the enemy know your true position or intent..
sun tzu know yourself know your enemy meaning
This principle opens The Art of War and underpins Sun Tzu's entire system..
all warfare deception sun tzu
It applies wherever information, positioning, and surprise determine outcomes -- not only in warfare..
appear weak when strong sun tzu
Sun Tzu's principle that all warfare is based on deception..
know yourself know your enemy sun tzu
Appear weak when strong, appear strong when weak, and never let the enemy know your true position or intent..