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“Humble words and increased preparations are signs that the enemy is about to advance. Violent language and driving forward indicate that he will retreat.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War · Chapter 9: The Army on the March
Words invert the intent.
What it means

What is said often contradicts what is about to happen; watch the preparation, distrust the rhetoric.

Use it todayIgnore the loud words; watch the quiet preparation.
Today’s questionAm I believing the words instead of the preparations?
#signals#deception#reading
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