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Strategy is the craft of the warrior.
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The martial way of life practiced by warriors is based on excelling others in anything and everything.
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Yet there will be people in the world who think that even if you learn martial arts, this will not prove useful when a real need arises. Regarding that concern, the true science of martial arts means practicing them in such a way that they will be useful at any time, and to teach them in such a way that they will be useful in all things.
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If we look at the world we see arts for sale. Men use equipment to sell their own selves. In this kind of Way of Strategy, both those teaching and those learning the way are concerned with colouring and showing off their technique, trying to hasten the bloom of the flower. They are looking for profit.
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Immature strategy is the cause of grief.
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The teacher is as a needle, the disciple is as thread. You must practice constantly.
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A metaphor about how a good leader should be
The foreman carpenter allots his men work according to their ability. Floor layers, makers of sliding doors, thresholds and lintels, ceilings and so on. Those of poor ability lay the floor joists, and those of lesser ability carve wedges and do such miscellaneous work. If the foreman knows and deploys his men well the finished work will be good. The foreman should take into account the abilities and limitations of his men, circulating among them and asking nothing unreasonable. He should know their morale and spirit, and encourage them when necessary. This is the same as the principle of strategy.
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Knowing the small by way of the great, one goes from the shallow to the deep.
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Unless you really understand others, you can hardly attain your own self-understanding.
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In the practice of every way of life and every kind of work, there is a state of mind called that of the deviant. Even if you strive diligently on your chosen path day after day, if your heart is not in accord with it, then even if you think you are on a good path, from the point of view of the straight and true, this is not a genuine path. If you do not pursue a genuine path to its consummation, then a little bit of crookedness in the mind will later turn into a major warp.
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This is a truth: when you sacrifice your life, you must make fullest use of your weaponry. It is false not to do so, and to die with a weapon yet undrawn.
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Use everything at your disposal
You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything else, for that matter. Too much is the same as not enough. Without imitating anyone else, you should have as much weaponry as suits you. To entertain likes and dislikes is bad for both commanders and soldiers. Pragmatic thinking is essential.
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More than anything to start with you must set your heart on strategy and earnestly stick to the Way.
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This is the way for those who want to learn my strategy:
1. Think of what is right and true.
2. The Way is in training and practice.
3. Become acquainted with every art.
4. Know the principles of all professions.
5. Understand the harm and benefit in everything.
6. Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything.
7. Become aware of what is not obvious.
8. Pay attention even to small matters.
9. Do nothing which is of no use.
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