If you are young person growing up today, you are entering a world that is growing more and more competitive. If you want more control over your life, this book makes is designed to give you every advantage in every challenge you face. In it, you will learn that winning isn't a matter of how big you are or who your family is, but in learning how to control your own decisions and influence the decisions of others. In this book, you learn 2,500 year-old secrets of the warrior's philosophy. This philosophy enables you to win any challenge. For over 2,500 years, Sun Tzu's " The Art of War" has been used to train warriors in the magic of strategic thinking. This book contains the only award-winning English translation of Sun Tzu's work. It also contains the "Warrior's Apprentice," which applies these lessons line-by-line to the real life challenges that you face everyday as a young person. This proven philosophy is the basis of all martial arts, but the art here isn't physical. It is a mental discipline, a way of seeing the world and making better decisions about what to do and how to do it. As a guide to the power of strategy, this book can transform your life. It gives you a new way understanding your possibilities and the opportunities that are waiting for you. Buy it today and benefit from it forever! This book was written by Gary Gagliardi, America's leading authority on Sun Tzu's The Art of War and on the application of its competitive principles. Mr. Gagliardi isn't just a very writer, but he built an Inc. 500 software company before deciding to leave the business world to focus on education, training people in competitive thinking. His books on Sun Tzu and competition, including this one, have won award-recognition over and over again. Contents Forward: Choosing to Win9 Introduction: 5 Elements & 9 Skills20 1 Analysis27 The Skill of Prophecy29 2 Going to War41 The Choice of Paths43 3Planning an Attack53 The Power of Fellowship55 4Positioning65 The Place of Judgment67 5Momentum 77 The Element of Surprise79 6Weakness and Strength91 The Alchemy of Opposites93 7 Armed Conflict107 The Suppression of Hostility109 8 Adaptability 121 The Mastery of Change123 9Armed March131 The Path of Progress133 10Field Position 151 The Vision of Opportunity153 11Types of Terrain 169 The Miracle of Training171 12 Attacking with Fire195 The Discipline of Danger197 13 Using Spies 207 A Network of Sources209 Glossary of Key Concepts220 Art of War Index224

America's thirty million young adults are fascinated by ancient secrets, martial arts, war and using strategy to outwith their opponents.

History's most powerful work on strategy was written 2,500 years ago by Sun Tzu, whose lessons are now applied directly to winning the War on Terror. Includes the complete text of Sun Tzu's military classic, and shows exactly how these lessons are applied specifically to defeating terrorism.

This book is our most sophisticated analysis of the Chinese cultural and linguistic concepts underlying the strategic system of The Art of War. It offers the complete text of The Art of War on the left-hand pages and a stanza-by-stanza explanation in words and pictures on the facing pages.

This book helps entrepreneurs understand competitive strategy and apply it to their decisions. Working with hundreds of business owners, Gary Gagliardi developed this version of Sun Tzu's strategic principles especially for those who own their own businesses. It contains a line-by-line adaptation of Sun Tzu lessons to the problems of sales, marketing, and personnel management. This book is designed as a great gift item for any business person.

Discusses how to use the rules of strategy for sucess in business.

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