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Today’s Sun Tzu
“If we know that the enemy is open to attack, and also know that our men are in condition, but are unaware that the ground makes fighting impracticable, we have still gone only halfway.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War · Chapter 10: Terrain
Ground completes the triangle.
What it means

Even with both sides known, ignoring the terrain leaves you at half; the ground is the third leg.

Use it todayAdd terrain assessment to your two-sided analysis before committing.
Today’s questionHave I added the ground to my two-sided read, or stopped at two?
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