Book Review: 6 things that I learned from "The Art of War"

One of the books I recently read is called "The Art of War".

As violent as the name sounds, the book is about a war between the medieval Chinese kingdoms of Wu and Chu. In fact, the author of the book Sun Tzu was the war general of Wu himself.

But, the contents of this book can be applied to many other competitive fields than just war.

Divided among 13 chapters, the Art of War tells you all about the military genius of Sun Tzu. His wisdom, tactical excellence, and his ability to know his opponent's next move are all mentioned in this 500BC masterpiece.

There is no doubt why this book was a standard military text in China for more centuries.

But as much as I'd like to praise Sun Tzu for this incredible masterpiece, there are also some really important lessons that this book has taught me.

And I wanna share those Lessons with you!

In the 13 chapters this book has, there are 6 important lessons that will help you win every battle in your life.

And Beware, because these lessons may change your life forever.

These are -

1. Avoid what is weak and strike at what is strong.
2. Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. And the only way to do it is to know your enemy well.
3. If you know your enemy's weaknesses and how to exploit them, you will never lose.
4. If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
5. It's more important to outthink the enemy than to outfight him.
6. All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when we are far away, we must make him believe we are near.

These lessons - if you see close enough - are not only limited to warfare or fights but to many aspects of real life.

These lessons can be used for business, sports, or any kind of competition.

In fact, that's what's going on now!

Many inspiring businesses, top athletes, politicians, and successful people have used these principles to win over their rivals and opponents.

And maybe, that's what you should do as well!

"The Art Of War" is a great book.

And it is a "must-read" for entrepreneurs, athletes, or even job seekers.

And that's all I've got for you in this post here.

I'd like to end here with another one of Sun Tzu's quotes mentioned in the book.

"Winning warriors win first, then they go to war. Losing warriors go to war first, then they think of winning"