The Keys to Warfare

A general might have the best plan to achieve a certain end, but unless he has the means to accomplish it, his plan is worthless. Wise generals through the ages have learned to begin by examining the means they have at hand and then to develop their strategy out of those tools. The next time you launch a campign, try an experiment. Do not think about either your solid goals or your wishful dreams, and do not plan out your strategy on paper. Instead, think deeply about what you have, the tools and materials you will be working with,. ground yourself, not in dreams and plans, but in reality. Save yourself onnecessary battles and live to fight another day.