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Sixteen Strategies of Zhuge Liang
Governing a country
– Be as “unerring as the North Star”
Ties between the ruler and subjects
– Let respect and loyalty become the only set of links between the ruler and his subjects.
Observing and listening
– Be a
leader with a good strategic understanding of the situation at hand.
Keep your mind on the game and your eye on the target.
Acceptance of advice
– Be receptive and kind to other people’s ideas.
Being perceptive
– Be perceptive of all details (large and small) and make a clear distinction between the attribute of right and wrong.
Managing people
– In order to win people over to your side, educate them.
Selection of people
– Seek the worthy and employ the talented.
Performance evaluation
– Promote the praiseworthy and dismiss the average performers and producers.
Military administration
– Play the game effectively and win by sound strategy development.
Rewards and punishments
– While you reward those who deliver a clean, efficient administration, you should punish those who do not.
On emotion
– Do not make decisions via emotion.
Controlling chaos
– Be careful when handling a chaotic situation.
Education and orders
– Rectify oneself first when issuing orders.
Dealing with difficulties
– Act decisively to eliminate the cause of chaos.
Looking ahead
– Be farsighted and cautious when planning.
Observation
– Commit one’s self to strive only for success.
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The Way of the General
“The
five skills are skill in knowing the disposition and power of enemies,
skill in knowing the ways to advance and withdraw, skill in knowing how
empty or how full countries are, skill in knowing nature’s timing and
human affairs, and skill in knowing the features of terrain.
The four
desires are desire for the extraordinary and unexpected in strategy,
desire for thoroughness in security, desire for calm among the masses,
and desire for unity of hearts and minds.”
— Zhuge Liang
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Managing people
– In order to win people over to your side, educate them.
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Being perceptive
– Be perceptive of all details (large and small) and make a clear distinction between the attribute of right and wrong.
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Acceptance of advice
– Be receptive and kind to other people’s ideas.
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There is no greater weapon than a prepared mind.
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… an enlightened ruler does not worry about people not knowing him; he worries about not knowing people. He worries not about outsiders not knowing insiders, but about insiders not knowing outsiders. He worries not about subordinates not knowing superiors, but about superiors not knowing subordinates. He worries not about the lower classes not knowing the upper classes, but about the upper classes not knowing the lower classes.