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Volume Two (27 articles) of our Art of War Playbook. The Playbook is the culmination of over a decade of work breaking down
Sun Tzu's principles into a series of step-by-step processes by
the multiple award-winning author and internationally recognized
Art of War expert, Gary Gagliardi. This first part of the Playbook focuses on Sun Tzu's concepts for understanding and
evaluating strategic positions.
Unlike most of Gagliardi's other books on The Art of War, this
work does not follow the original work's structure, line by line
and verse by verse. Instead, it explains the concepts described
in a manner more familiar to modern readers. The original Art
of War was originally written more like a book on math, in
abstract formulations, for military generals who understood the
philosophical concepts of ancient China. Our Art of War Playbook is written for today's reader with enough descriptive
material so that Sun Tzu's ideas can actually be used in
everyday competition. It puts Sun Tzu's ideas into everyday,
practical language as a book of instruction.
These articles are written in standard format including 1) the
Sun Tzu verse, 2) the genera principle in more modern terms, 3)
the situation to which the rule is applied or which necessitates
the rule, 4) the opportunity created or exploited by the
concept, 5) the list of specific Art of War Methodsbreaking down
the general principle into a series of actionable steps, and 7)
an illustration of the application of each of those step to a
specific competitive arena, i.e. sales, politics, small
business, etc. Methods are written generically to apply to every
competitive arena (business, personal life, career, sports,
relationships, etc.) with each specific illustrations drawn from
one of these areas.
A number identifies where each article appears in Playbook
Structure. For example, the article 2.1.3 Strategic Deception is
the third article in the first section of the second book in the
nine volumes of the Art of War Playbook. In our on-line version,
this links are live, clicking on them brings you to the article
itself. We provide them because the interconnection of concepts
is useful important in learning Sun Tzu's system.
Because of its size and detail, the Playbook is published in
nine volumes. This is the second volume. The topics covered in
this volume are listed below:
Playbook Overview
About Developing Perspective
2.0.0 Developing Perspective
2.1 Information Value
2.1.1 Information Limits
2.1.2 Leveraging Uncertainty
2.1.3 Strategic Deception
2.1.4 Surprise
2.2 Information Gathering
2.2.1 Personal Relationships
2.2.2 Mental Models
2.2.3 Standard Terminology
2.3 Personal Interactions
2.3.1 Action and Reaction
2.3.2 Reaction Unpredictability
2.3.3 Likely Reactions
2.3.4 Using Questions
2.3.5 Infinite Loops
2.3.6 Promises and Threats
2.4 Contact Networks 3
2.4.1 Ground Perspective 8
2.4.2 Climate Perspective 3
2.4.3 Command Perspective 8
2.4.4 Methods Perspective 3
2.4.5 Mission Perspective 8
2.5 The Big Picture 3
2.6 Knowledge Leverage 8
2.7 Information Secrecy 3
The Nine Parts of the Playbook cover the following topics:
1. Comparing Positions,
2. Developing Perspective,
3. Identifying Opportunities,
4. Leveraging Probability,
5. Minimizing Mistakes,
6. Responding To Situations,
7. Creating Momentum,
8. Winning Rewards, and
9. Defending Vulnerabilities.
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