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    The document summarizes key lessons from The Art of War by Sun Tzu that can be applied to business. It discusses three main lessons: 1) Only engage in battles you know you can win by assessing your strengths and weaknesses vs. competitors; 2) Deceive competitors to make them do what you want through strategies like masking strengths and surprising with multiple attacks; 3) Lead your team like a single unit with clear communication and by keeping teams small before adding complexity. The summary advocates applying these ancient military strategy principles to gain an advantage in modern business competitions and challenges.

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    The document summarizes key lessons from The Art of War by Sun Tzu that can be applied to business. It discusses three main lessons: 1) Only engage in battles you know you can win by assessing your strengths and weaknesses vs. competitors; 2) Deceive competitors to make them do what you want through strategies like masking strengths and surprising with multiple attacks; 3) Lead your team like a single unit with clear communication and by keeping teams small before adding complexity. The summary advocates applying these ancient military strategy principles to gain an advantage in modern business competitions and challenges.

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    The summary discusses 3 main lessons from The Art of War: only enter battles you know you can win, deceive your competitors to impose your will on them, and lead your team as if leading a single person by the hand.

    The 3 main lessons from The Art of War discussed are: only enter battles you know you can win, deceive your competitors to impose your will on them, and lead your team as if leading a single person by the hand.

    Appsumo is given as an example of a business that appears like a small 'mom-and-pop' storefront but is actually an $10 million per year business.

    The Art Of War Summary

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    1-Sentence-Summary: The Art Of War has been considered the definitive text
    on military strategy and warfare ever since being written in ancient China
    around 500 BC, inspiring businesses, athletes, and of course generals to beat
    their opponents and competition the right way until today.

    Read in: 4 minutes

    Favorite quote from the author:

    Here’s a great promotion tip: Whenever you create something, where you
    draw inspiration from someone else, let them know. For example, I always
    tweet at the authors of the books I read and write about here, to let them
    know I wrote something about their work. Sometimes, they share it.

    I’m afraid that won’t be possible today because the author of this book died
    500 BC. His name is Sun Tzu, and he was a Chinese general, philosopher
    and military strategist. His book, The Art Of War, is the most influential
    strategy text in all of East Asia. It is divided into 13 chapters, each dedicated
    to a different aspect of warfare.

    The reason it’s been so popular all around the world is that most of the
    lessons can be translated directly to other, competitive fields, like sports or
    business. In order to make it more actionable, we’ll look at it in a business
    context.

    Here are 3 lessons from Master Sun Tzu:

    1. Only enter battles you know you can win.


    2. Deceive your competition to make them do what you want.
    3. Lead your team as if you were leading a single man by the hand.
    1/4
    Are your mental faculties sharpened? Let’s win the battle of business!

    Lesson 1: Only enter battles you know you can win.


    Winners know when to fight and when not to fight. Losers always fight and
    thus often end up losing.

    Fools enter battles and then start thinking about how to win. Strategists
    know how they’re going to win before they even start to battle.

    Have you ever thought about the fact that the most skillful fighters often
    avoid battles and that that’s why they’re never defeated?

    Take Bobby Fischer, for instance. The most brilliant chess player of all time
    instantly retreated, after he won the world championship, not playing
    again for 20 years.

    So if you’re starting a business, look at the industry first. Can you even win
    against your biggest competitors? And if not, is there a different niche you
    can fill?

    Creating a soda brand to compete with Coca-Cola would certainly be an


    effort in vain, given that over 1 billion drinks of the brand are consumed
    every single day.

    But maybe you can create a higher-priced, eco-friendly alternative, that


    targets single mums. That could make a fortune!

    Only enter battles you know you can win.

    Lesson 2: Deceive your competitors to impose your will


    on them.
    Mask strength with weakness, courage with timidity and order with
    disorder, Sun Tzu says.

    A clever army will win not with their bodies, but with their minds .

    Making it seem like you’re miles away when you’re close to the enemies
    base with distractions, or surprise attacking in several places to splinter
    opposing forces are common tactics in the battlefield.

    They’re based on deceit and supposed to make your enemy do what you
    want them to do.

    In business, you can do the same. I’m always baffled to discover insanely
    profitable and dominating businesses, which, on the front-end, appear like
    they’re a mom-and-pop store.

    Take Appsumo, for example. There’s not much to discover, it seems like a
    small daily deal site, right?
    2/4
    Here’s the kicker: Appsumo is an 8-figure business. If you have to count,
    that’s north of $10 million/year. They have over 1 million email subscribers
    and made $1 million in their first year (2010).

    There are endless examples like this one on the web, and this humbleness
    and modesty are a great way to throw off competitors – even if they might
    be your default setting, like Noah’s, who’s the founder.

    Lesson 3: Lead your team as if you were leading a single


    man by the hand.
    Eventually, your business will need a team. And eventually, that team will
    have to grow. But as companies get bigger, they get more complex.

    Every single human adds an infinite amount of feelings, thoughts and ideas
    to the business, and all of those have to be managed.

    When talking about armies, Sun Tzu says:

    “A skilled general leads his army, as if he was leading a single man by the
    hand.”

    Whether you’re managing a big army or a small one, the tools are the
    same: Break them down into smaller groups and then use clear signals
    to steer them into the right direction.

    In business, that means teams should stay small, 3-4 people are often a
    good number to cooperate, before things get too complicated.

    Then you can set clear signals, like sales targets, tools to use, and a daily
    morning briefing, to make sure everyone’s on track.

    Never forget 1-on-1 interaction with everyone on your team, because if you
    treat your employees like family, they’ll be just as loyal.

    The Art Of War Review


    Wow. When I started typing I didn’t know I’d end up here. I have learned a
    ton about business in the past 50 minutes. Yet, this book is about, well,
    war.

    The Art Of War is absolutely staggering. I thought I’d get a kick out of this,
    because I’m a big fan of The War Of Art, and just wanted to see where
    Steven Pressfield came from, regarding the title of his book.

    I didn’t expect the advice to be so practical. Brilliant read. I’m not sure the 7
    blinks cover all of the 13 chapters, but there are definitely lessons from all
    of them in there.

    Let the blinks inspire you and then take the ideas into an entirely different
    field. You’ll be surprised how much you learn.
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    What else can you learn from the blinks?


    The 7 questions any general must ask himself before even thinking
    about waging a war
    Which 5 rules are essential to victory
    What 6 calamities can befall an army if the general is too weak and
    how he and his sovereign must cooperate
    The 3 tactics that’ll help you conserve your resources
    How to adapt to the terrain at hand, like water

    Who would I recommend The Art Of War summary


    to?
    The 21 year old athlete, who wants to go professional in a competitive
    sport, the 37 year old founder, who just came up with his business plan
    and is still in the research phase, and anyone who ever had to lead a team,
    even if it was just in high school.

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