1- You should never believe that your opposition does not know their business. Do not take any project lightly.
2- Acquire fame as able, not as good.
3- To know how to recognize an opportunity in any struggle benefits you more than anything else.
4- Make your opposition suspect their own instruments in whom they confide.
Do not commit to any one solution.
5- Guard those places better by which you think you can be hurt less.
6- Don’t keep beside you either too great lovers of passiveness or too great lovers of passion.
7- Act so your opposition do not know how you want to organize your plans. But organize your team so they can support each other independently on the plan.
8- Never lead your team into a project unless you are assured of their commitment and confidence in the result. Discipline counts more than passion. Testing a plan helps with final results.
9- Train your team to get used to difficult situations and circumstances.
10- What benefits the opposition harms you and what benefits you harms the opposition.
11- Carefully detail your opposition and objective and plan accordingly.
12- Nature creates very few talents, but dedication and training make many.
13- Always, always consider and reserve resources for a plan B.
14- Keep your team focused until the results are obtained.
15- Organize a team so that is not specialized but flexible in all ventures. But always be clear on assigned tasks.
16- Counsel about options with many, but discuss details with few.
17- Never commit yourself to a specific task in a large project, unless necessity compels you or opportunity calls.
18- Do not rush but take a moment to analyze unexpected issues.
19- Love peace but be educated on how to be bold and move forward.
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