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Great endeavors ☰ ☷ ☲ ☵ The first thing which creates reputation and fame are great endeavors. You remember back in the Heaven quadrant I asked “What are you going to stand for from now on?” Maybe now you’re beginning to see how all of these things are inter-related. How everything which rises must converge. [...]

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The opening passage of The Art of War states: Warfare is the greatest affair of the state, the basis of life and death, the way of survival or extinction. It must be thoroughly pondered and analyzed. With an abstracted view of “warfare” as “competition,” and the context personalized, the quote above reads: Competition is the [...]

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Composure The capable general is someone who is composed and not easily provoked. Despite his high stature, he must not succumb to hubris and egotism. He must be able to withstand insults and provocation. He must not be tempted into taking reckless action or being provoked into overreaction. …a general must not fight a battle [...]

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A big thank you to everyone who bought 1 or more of my books during the last 72 hours . . . As you know, I wanted to “game” the amazon system during this past weekend, so I offered all 3 of my books at break even pricing.   And a LOT of people took me up on that [...]

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