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Today’s Sun Tzu
“There are not more than two methods of attack — the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of manoeuvres.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War · Chapter 5: Energy
Two methods, endless sequences.
What it means

The whole art is in how direct and indirect lead into each other; study the transition, not the categories.

Use it todayPractice moving from direct to indirect mid-action.
Today’s questionWhere do direct and indirect meet in my own playbook?
#transition#maneuver#combination
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