Sun Tzu DailyOne strategy. One minute.

Home / Today / Defending everything weakens everything.

Today’s Sun Tzu
“If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War · Chapter 6: Weak Points and Strong
Defending everything weakens everything.
What it means

Spreading defense to all points makes every point weak; force the opponent into that dilemma.

Use it todayPress on enough fronts that the opponent thins everywhere.
Today’s questionAm I letting the opponent defend everywhere by not concentrating my threat?
#concentration#dilution#pressure
XFacebookWhatsAppShare today’s Sun Tzu

Related Sun Tzu lessons

“All warfare is based on deception.”
Sun Tzu · Chapter 1: Laying Plans
“When able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”
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
“To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”
Sun Tzu · Chapter 3: Attack by Stratagem

← Back to today’s Sun Tzu