Strategies for winning the subtle social game of everyday life—from the bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power and The Art of Seduction
Robert Greene’s first two groundbreaking guides, The 48 Laws of Power and The Art of Seduction , espouse profound, timeless lessons from events in history to help readers vanquish an enemy or ensnare an unsuspecting victim. Now, with The 33 Strategies of War , Greene has crafted an important new addition to this ruthlessly unique series. Structured in Greene’s trademark style, The 33 Strategies of War is a brilliant distillation of the strategies of battle that can help us gain mastery in the modern world. It is the I Ching of conflict, the contemporary companion to Sun-tzu’s Art of War .
- "The future belong to groups that are fluid, fast, and nonlinear, your natural tendency as a leader may be to want to control the group, to coordinate its every movement, but that will just tie you to the past and to be slow moving armies of history, It takes strength of character to allow for a marg"
- "In looking back on an unpleasant or disagreeable experience, the thought inevitably occurs to us: if only we had said or done x instead of y, if only we could do ti over, many a general has lost his head in the heat of battle and then, looking back , has thought of the one tactic, the one maneuver, "
- "In the heat of battle, the mind tends to lose its balance, too many things confront you at the same time, unexpected setbacks, doubts and criticisms from your own allies, there's danger of responding emotionally, with fear, depression, or frustration, it is vital to keep your presence of mind, maint"
- "The sense make a more vivid impression on the mind than systematic thought, even the man who planned the operation and now sees it being carried out may well lose confidence in his earlier judgement, war has a way of masking the stage with scenery crudely daubed with fearsome apparitions, once this "
- "Our minds seem rather strong when we are following our routines, but place any of us in an adverse situation and our rationality vanishes, we react to pressure by growing fearful , impatient, confused. under attack , whether by a known enemy or unpredictably by a colleague, our response is dominated"
- "When circumstances scare us, our imagination tend to take over, filling our minds with endless anxieties, you need to gain control of your imagination, something easier said than done, often the best way to calm down and give yourself such control is to force the mind to concentrate on something rel"
- "Put yourself in situations that you have too much to lose, if you cannot to lose, you wont, cut your ties to the past, enter unknown territories where you must depend on your wits and energy to see you through, like you have to fight like hell to get out alive."
- "The secret to motivating people and maintaining their morale is to get them to think less about themselves and more about the group. Involve them in a cause. a crusade against a hated enemy, make them see their survival as tied to the success of the army as a whole. in a group in which people have t"
