Sun Tzu DailyOne strategy. One minute.

Home / Today / Make the crooked path straight.

Today’s Sun Tzu
“After collecting an army, comes tactical manoeuvring, than which there is nothing more difficult. The difficulty consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War · Chapter 7: Maneuvering
Make the crooked path straight.
What it means

The hard part is converting indirect routes and bad luck into advantage; reframing is the skill.

Use it todayTake one setback this week and convert it into a position of gain.
Today’s questionWhat misfortune can I turn into an advantage right now?
#reframing#adaptability#ingenuity
XFacebookWhatsAppShare today’s Sun Tzu

Related Sun Tzu lessons

“All warfare is based on deception.”
Sun Tzu · Chapter 1: Laying Plans
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.”
Sun Tzu · Chapter 3: Attack by Stratagem
“The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand.”
Sun Tzu · Chapter 1: Laying Plans
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”
Sun Tzu · Chapter 4: Tactical Dispositions

← Back to today’s Sun Tzu