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“There are five ways of attacking with fire: burn soldiers, burn stores, burn baggage-trains, burn arsenals, and hurl dropping fire amongst the enemy.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War · Chapter 12: The Attack by Fire
Know the five levers of fire.
What it means

Fire has five distinct targets; pick the one that strikes the real weakness, not just the visible one.

Use it todayChoose the precise lever that hits the opponent's real weakness.
Today’s questionAm I using the obvious lever instead of the one that truly hurts?
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