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“Place your army in deadly peril, and it will survive; plunge it into desperate straits, and it will come out safe.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War · Chapter 11: The Nine Situations
Peril can preserve.
What it means

Extreme hazard concentrates the will and prevents the errors of comfort; controlled peril protects.

Use it todayPut the team in calculated peril to sharpen its survival.
Today’s questionAm I keeping things too safe for the team to sharpen?
#pressure#focus#survival
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