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“Military tactics are like unto water; water runs away from high places and hastens downwards. So in war, avoid what is strong and strike at what is weak.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War · Chapter 6: Weak Points and Strong
Flow around strength to weakness.
What it means

Like water, take the path of least resistance to the weak point; do not batter the strong.

Use it todayRoute your effort around the strong and into the weak.
Today’s questionWhere am I battering strength instead of flowing to weakness?
#adaptability#asymmetry#flow
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