Monthly Archives: August 2019

Sun Tzu’s The Art of War: Chapter 03 Attack by Stratagem

Posted on August 5, 2019 by flybrand1976

Screens 148 – 191 Tzu has laid out the use of war in the first chapter, the necessity to focus on victory in the second chapter, and now lays out the fundamentals of strategy.  Strategy is framed as knowing the … Continue reading →

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Sun Tzu’s The Art of War: Chapter 02 Waging War

Posted on August 4, 2019 by flybrand1976

This is a short chapter.  Tzu has established in the last chapter how war is to be framed, and now he discusses how war is to be waged.  The goal is not to be in the battle long – the … Continue reading →

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Sun Tzu’s The Art of War: Chapter 01 Laying Plans

Posted on August 3, 2019 by flybrand1976

This book is stylistically similar Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People – but the topics could not be more different.  Both authors provide advice – but Carnegie is persuading and cajoling, whereas Sun Tzu deals with situations when … Continue reading →

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How to Win Friends and Influence People: Carnegie’s Persuasion with Winning Writing

Posted on August 2, 2019 by flybrand1976

Carnegie has a distinctive writing style.  I can feel him smiling as he types each word.  Reading his history on Wikipedia it’s easy to imagine him presenting this material time and again, then finally realizing that his notes are worthy … Continue reading →

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How to Win Friends and Influence People: Carnegie’s 12 Ways to Win People to Your Way of Thinking from Part 3

Posted on August 1, 2019 by flybrand1976

PART THREE How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking 10.3.01: You Can’t Win an Argument Pages 143 – 150. PRINCIPLE 1 The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it. “As wise old … Continue reading →

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