hey guys it's practice psychology and it is a pleasure for me to introduce
eudaimonia and he's going to be giving you his favorite tips out of the book
the art of war there's a ton of history lessons in this and if you guys enjoy go
ahead and check out his channel I'll put the link in the description anyways
here's you pneumonia greetings practical psychologists and
thank you for lending me your ears on my channel eudaimonia I'm animating the
famous book the art of war by Sun zu the book can be used as a guide to lead you
through obstacles originally written to provide a strategy in war now it can
provide a strategy to modern life it outlines approaches to conflict and
competition and the advice given can be applied to help in business goal-setting
and life in general I want to share with you how you can
apply the lessons from the art of war so I picked my five favorites from the
latest chapter I've animated the book is notoriously difficult to interpret and
read so I've added real-life historical examples and advice to take away for
each to help you in today's world lesson number three the rule is not to besiege
walled cities if it can possibly be avoided the preparation of siege engines
and other various implements of war will take up three whole months and the
building of ramparts over the walls will take three months more at the start of
the Boer War in South Africa the British were not prepared and overconfident the
Boers were well-armed and struck first besieging towns despite not being ready
the British defended the town by building fortifications guns and
watchtowers they then brought in heavy reinforcements and fought back the Boers
had lost their advantage giving their opponents time to recover and they went
on to lose the war laying siege to a strongly defended
location his hard work will probably take a long time and takes much resource
your troops are exposed while there's a hidden lesson number seven now the
general is the protective wall of the state if the wall is complete at all
points the state will be strong if the wall is defective the state will be weak
prior to the Second World War British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was
not prepared to intervene when Austria was invaded and preferred appeasement
and they in concessions to avoid conflict
diplomats and politicians pursued this was skill and nerve like a game of poker
but the enemy wasn't playing poker despite Chamberlain claiming to abort
peace the Germans continued to invade European
countries with Chamberlain support dwindling he resigned a new leader was
chosen if leaders a week then their decisions and orders will be weak
therefore it is vital for the state to appoint consistently strong leaders
lesson number nine he will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior
forces in the Battle of Agincourt Henry the fifth took on his French opponents
despite having only one quarter of the amount of troops they had he was
victorious in part due to the small narrow field where the battle took place
allowing his archers firing arrows over a much longer distance to be protected
by his men armed with stakes on the front line you will not always have the
greatest army yet you can win it is important to know the right fighting
strategy lesson number eleven he will win he was prepared himself and waits to
take the enemy unprepared the British campaign in Gallipoli during the First
World War was a huge disaster partly Jesus how unprepared the Allies
were for the difficult and rugged terrain they also weren't ready for the
strength for the Turkish resistance who used landmines to great effect
an army will spend very little time actually fighting but when it is not in
combat it should be preparing failing to prepare is preparing to fail if you're
prepared but your enemy isn't then you have a huge advantage lesson number 13
if you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the result of 100
battles if you know yourself but not the enemy for every victory gained you will
also suffer a defeat if you know neither the enemy nor yourself you'll succumb in
every battle sue Chen the Chinese emperor March cover
vast force against rival armies in 383 AD despite being warned by advisers not
to continue due to having poorly trained soldiers he said I have the population
of eight provinces at my back they could dam up the Yangtze River by merely
throwing their whips into the string what danger have I to fear his forces
were soon decisively beaten in battle and he was forced to make a hasty
retreat self-belief without self-knowledge is dangerous knowing
yourself without knowing the opposition is also dangerous with full knowledge
you can always win with weak knowledge you can always fail be honest with
yourself and know the opponent's better than he knows himself