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Use Your Opponent's Force Against Them

To defeat an armed opponent when you yourself have no weapon or only a small weapon, you use the attacker's force against himself or herself, instead of confronting it. 

When something comes at you, you don't just push back against it. See everything that comes at you as an opportunity. Ask, "How can I leverage this? How can I flow with this? Where is the opportunity in this?"

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Mastery Takes Time and Practice

You can't move past the beginner level unless you first get good at the basics. You first have to practice the beginner moves 10,000 times or more.

If you want to develop real competence in business, it's not about constantly looking for new things. ...

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Martial arts as a way of learning

In the Eastern paradigm of education, you do the application first and then the theory bubbles up. (In contrast, in the Western paradigm, the teacher first explains the theory to the student, who then applies the theory.) 
Practice adapting to a changing environment and then imp...

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Create a power map, an org chart of decision makers related to your issue,she says. As you go through the levels, “ask yourself, ‘Can I influence this person directly? I...

Scoring your strategic mindset

Rate the statements on a scale of 1(never) to 5 (all the time). When you are stuck on something, how often do you ask yourself:

  • “What are things I can do to help myself?”
  • “Is there a better way of doing this?”
  • “How can I do this bette...

Finding your “yes”

It's much easier to say no to things when you can identify your yes. A good yes should align with your core values and leave you feeling fulfilled.

Ask yourself these five questions to find out how you feel about an opportunity. If you answer "no" to any of these quest...

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