Volume 6: Sun Tzu's Art of War Playbook: Situations - Paperback

by Gary Gagliardi (Author)

This is Volume Six (47 articles) of our Art of War Playbook. This is the longest volume of the Playbook. The principles in this volume explain the nature of a competitive campaign, the nine common situations that arise in campaigns, and the proper responses to those situations. The Playbook itself is the culmination of over a decade of work breaking down Sun Tzu's principles into a series of step-by-step practical articles by the Institute's multiple award-winning author and internationally recognized Art of War expert, Gary Gagliardi. The work explains the concepts in the verses of Sun Tzu's classic on strategy in detail, explaining the situations to which they apply the steps in Sun Tzu's system for using them with examples from modern competition. While the original Art of War was originally written for military generals who understood the philosophical concepts of ancient China, our Art of War Plabook is written for today's readers and provide enough descriptive material so that Sun Tzu's ideas can actually be used in everyday life. The Art of War Playbook puts Sun Tzu's ideas into everyday, practical language as a book of instruction. Because of its size and detail, the Rule Book is published in nine volumes. The concepts covered in this volume are listed below: Rule Book Overview About Positions About Responding To Situations 6.0.0 Situation Response 6.1.0 Situation Recognition 6.1.1 Conditioned Reflexes 6.1.2 Prioritizing Conditions 6.2.0 Campaign Evaluation 6.2.1 Campaign Flow 6.2.2 Campaign Goals 6.3.0 Campaign Patterns 6.3.1 Early-Stage Situations 6.3.2 Middle-Stage Situations 6.3.3 Late-Stage Situations 6.4.0 Nine Situations 6.4.1 Dissipating Situations 6.4.2 Easy Situations 6.4.3 Contentious Situations 6.4.4 Open Situations 6.4.5 Intersecting Situations 6.4.6 Serious Situations 6.4.7 Difficult Situations 6.4.8 Limited Situations 6.4.9 Desperate Situations 6.5.0 Nine Responses 6.5.1 Dissipating Response 6.5.2 Easy Response 6.5.3 Contentious Response 6.5.4 Open Response 6.5.5 Intersecting Response 6.5.6 Serious Response 6.5.7 Difficult Response 6.5.8 Limited Response 6.5.9 Desperate Response 6.6.0 Campaign Pause 6.7.0 Tailoring to Conditions 6.7.1 Form Adjustments 6.7.2 Size Adjustments 6.7.3 Strength Adjustments 6.8.0 Competitive Psychology 6.8.1 Adversity and Creativity 6.8.2 Strength in Adversity 6.8.3 Individual Toughness The Art of War Rule Book Series About the Translator and Author Other Art of War Books by Gary Gagliardi Glossary of Key Concepts The Nine Volumes of the Playbook cover the following topics: 1. Positions, 2. Perspective, 3. Opportunities, 4. Probability, 5. Mistakes, 6. Situations, 7. Momentum, 8. Rewards, and 9. Vulnerabilities.

Author Biography

Gary Gagliardi is a multiple award-winning author, successful high-tech entrepreneur, an internationally-known strategic trainer, and America's leading authority on the ancient Chinese system of Sun Tzu. Among his accomplishments are: - Authoring over two dozen books on technology, business, marketing, and self-help, with ten of his books winning award recognition in eleven different non-fiction categories, - Appearing as a strategy expert on hundreds of radio and TV shows all across the country, - Founder and 14-year CEO of an Inc. 500 software company focusing on large organization logistics with offices across the U.S. and in Europe, - Having his books have been translated into a dozen different languages and published around the world with his translation of Sun Tzu's used as the basis for translation into other languages, - Speaking all over the world and training the employees of some of the world's largest organizations in competitive strategy.