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Chapter Eight
Variation of Tactics
Consider Tactical Options
Understand the mission, gather resources, and concentrate the offensive.
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Do not tarry where an advantage cannot be gained.
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Form alliances where necessary.
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When limited options are available, resort to strategy.
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Fight when there is no alternative.
There are:
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Business opportunities we should not follow.
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Competitors we should not attack.
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Accounts with whom we should not do business.
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Positions where we cannot win.
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Instructions we should not follow.
Advantages alone are not enough.
Whether at the advantage or the disadvantage, always keep in mind what would be done in the opposite state.
To gain the advantage, consider what the opponent would do to gain the advantage.
Use attorneys and others to make trouble for our opponent.

Prepare Adequate Defenses
Do not rely on the opponent not attacking, but rather expect that he will and prepare accordingly.
Avoid the Faults of Leadership
Bravery can lead to recklessness and destruction.
Being overly cautious leads to cowardice and defeat.
Anger leads to temper with vulnerability to insults.
Delicate honor leads to sensitivity and bad reactions.
Worry leads to oversolicitude and blunders.

 
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