Aug 12, 2018
As I’ve gone deeper and deeper into entrepreneurship and
leaership roles in the past few years, I’ve develoepd an interest
in learning from juxtaposed fields - whether it be sports, the arts
or military strategy. I was just about to get out Having
grown up reading about the likes of Alexander the Great, the Viking
Age and Sun Tzu and having enjoyed novels such as the Iliad and the
Odyssey, I had already started to develop an appreciation for how
military strategy can be applied to reaching your personal and
professional goals.
I was just about to burn a small hole in my pocket buying a number
of military strategy books online when, as I was scanning the shelf
at the Melbourne Airport bookstore on route to Los Angeles a couple
of months ago, I stumbled upon Robert Greene’s 33 Strategies of
War. You might be familiar with Robert Greene from his classic
business and personal development book, the 48 Laws of Power.
The 33 Strategies of War is is described as a "guide to the subtle
social game of everyday life informed by the ... military
principles in war" It is composed of discussions and examples on
offensive and defensive strategies from a wide variety of people
and conditions, applying them to social conflicts such as family
quarrels and business negotiation.
In this book summary, I aim to bring you some of my key take-aways, but please, don’t leave it there, the 33 Strategies of War is a must have for any bookshelf devoted to developing a better understanding of the world and how to best navigate in it to achieve desired outcomes.
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Show Notes
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