Should one ask: 'how do I cope with a well-ordered enemy host about to…

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Should one ask: 'how do I cope with a well-ordered enemy host about to attack me?' I reply: seize something he cherishes and he will conform to your desires. ✨ Sun-tzu, Gerald A Michaelson (2001). Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules, p.129, Simon and Schuster
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Should one ask: 'how do I cope with a well-ordered enemy host about to attack me?' I reply: seize something he cherishes and he will conform to your desires. ✨ Sun-tzu, Gerald A Michaelson (2001). Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules, p.129, Simon and Schuster

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