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The 33 Strategies of War - Robert Greene (FULL AUDIOBOOK)

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The Key to Romel's Success Was to Seize the Initiative

The key to romel's success was to seize the initiative with one bold manoeuvre. He would send out his weakest tanks, then have them retreat. The british made endless mistakes not knowing where he might show up next. They spread their forces over dangerously vast areas. It is up to you be constantly defensive, or make others feel it instead. Any effort to seem not to control a situation, to refuse to influence a relationship, is in fact a form of control. You need to liberate yourself from this feeling. By acting boldly, by moving to seizing the initiative, you create circumstances rather than waiting for what life brings you. Your initial push alters the situation on your terms.

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