A reminder from Jocko Willink

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A reminder from Jocko Willink

8/17/2022

"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

9 Comments

Trey Davis

8/18/2022 04:31:25 am

That is one of my favorite maxims from this wisdom classic. It never grows old.

Our objective should be victory not conquest.

Thomas Huynh

8/18/2022 08:47:27 am

A seamless victory through formless methods. What could be better?

Mike

8/18/2022 05:55:43 am

Jocko + Sun Tzu = a winning combination :)

Thomas Huynh

8/18/2022 08:49:01 am

He's a Navy SEAL officer. Sun Tzu's Art of War is requirement reading. See the two Richards of the Navy SEALs: https://www.sonshi.com/richard-marcinko-interview.html
https://www.sonshi.com/richard-machowicz-interview.html

Marvin Kramer link

8/18/2022 07:00:54 am

The best intelligence allows you to be first. You win!!! Just like in a track meet. The same goes for politics.

Thomas Huynh

8/18/2022 08:50:10 am

I can assure you, Marvin, that all the intelligence in the world will not have me win a track meet. I'm simply too slow. :-)

GTG

8/18/2022 03:00:30 pm

Nice reminders about the objective of battle

John Lewis link

12/19/2022 12:38:55 pm

Wow I love this "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

God His voice !!!!

GTG

12/19/2022 08:35:48 pm

I am Studying John Boyd's "Patterns of Conflict"--Col Boyd's masterful comprehensive study of warfare as his OODA Loop Cycle--Reacting more innovatively and faster than the enemy, by engendering Unity and cohesion and executing assymetric cycles faster than the enemy can react under conditons of extreme stress, paradox and ambiguity.

"Shape him to see where his strengths and weakness are apparent " Sun Tzu

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