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“When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and give battle on their own account from resentment, the result is ruin.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War · Chapter 10: Terrain
Resentful insubordination ruins.
What it means

When officers fight from pique instead of orders, the army is ruined; channel resentment into command.

Use it todayStop a subordinate from fighting out of personal resentment.
Today’s questionAm I, or my reports, fighting from resentment instead of plan?
#command#resentment#discipline
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