{"product_id":"2940016080307","title":"Volume Nine: Sun Tzu's Art of War Rule Book -- Defending Vulnerabilities","description":"This is  Volume Nine (32 articles) of Sun Tzu's Art of War Rule Book \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eexplaining the principles of Sun Tzu's strategy. This volume explains the \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003evulnerabilities created by an external crisis and how to defend against \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethem.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eThe Rule Book itself is the culmination of over a decade of work breaking \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003edown Sun Tzu’s principles into a series of step-by-step practical articles \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby the Institute's multiple award-winning author and internationally \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003erecognized Art of War expert, Gary Gagliardi. The work explains the concepts \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ein the verses of Sun Tzu's classic on strategy in detail, explaining the \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003esituations to which they apply the steps in Sun Tzu's system for using them \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewith examples from modern competition.  While the original Art of War was \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eoriginally written for military generals who understood the philosophical \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003econcepts of ancient China, our Art of War Rule Book is written for today's \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ereaders and provide enough descriptive material so that Sun Tzu's ideas can \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eactually be used in everyday life. The Art of War Rule Book puts Sun Tzu's \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eideas into everyday, practical language as a book of instruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause of its size and detail, the Rule Book is published in nine volumes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe concepts covered in this volume  are listed below: \u003cbr\u003eRule Book Overview \u003cbr\u003eVolume One Review: Comparing Positions\u003cbr\u003eVolume Two Review: Developing Perspective\u003cbr\u003eVolume Three Review: Identifying Opportunities\u003cbr\u003eVolume Four Review: Leveraging Probability\u003cbr\u003eVolume Five Review: Minimizing Mistakes\u003cbr\u003eVolume Six Review: Responding To Situations\u003cbr\u003eVolume Seven Review: Creating Momentum\u003cbr\u003eVolume Eight Review: Winning Rewards\u003cbr\u003eVolume Nine Overview: Defending Vulnerabilities\u003cbr\u003e9.0.0 Understanding Vulnerability\u003cbr\u003e9.1.0 Fire Storm Vulnerability\u003cbr\u003e9.1.1 Climate Rivals\u003cbr\u003e9.1.2 Threat Development\u003cbr\u003e9.2.0 Points of Vulnerability\u003cbr\u003e9.2.1 Personnel Risk\u003cbr\u003e9.2.2 Immediate Resource Risk\u003cbr\u003e9.2.3 Logistics Risk\u003cbr\u003e9.2.4 Asset Risk\u003cbr\u003e9.2.5 Organizational Risk\u003cbr\u003e9.3.0 Crisis Leadership\u003cbr\u003e9.3.1 Mutual Danger\u003cbr\u003e9.3.2 Message Control\u003cbr\u003e9.4.0 Crisis Defense\u003cbr\u003e9.4.1 Division Defense  \u003cbr\u003e9.4.2 Panic Defense\u003cbr\u003e9.4.3 Defending Openings\u003cbr\u003e9.4.4 Defending Alliances\u003cbr\u003e9.4.5 Defensive Balance\u003cbr\u003e9.5.0 Crisis Exploitation\u003cbr\u003e9.5.1 Adversarial Opportunities\u003cbr\u003e9.5.2 Avoiding Emotion\u003cbr\u003e9.6.0 Constant Vigilance\u003cbr\u003eThe Art of War Rule Book Series\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Translator and Author \u003cbr\u003eOther Art of War Books by Gary Gagliardi\u003cbr\u003eGlossary of Key Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcept for review and overview articles, each article is written in standard \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eformat including the related quote in Sun Tzu, the general principle in more \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003emodern terms,  the situation to which the rule is applied or which \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003enecessitates the rule, the opportunity created or exploited by the concept,  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethe list of specific Art of War Rules breaking down the general principle \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003einto a series of actionable steps with references to related concepts in the \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRule Book, and illustrations of the application of each of those step to a \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003especific competitive arena, i.e. sales, politics, small business, etc. Rules \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eare written generically to apply to every competitive arena (business, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003epersonal life, career, sports, relationships, etc.) with each specific \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eillustrations drawn from one of these areas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe initial number identifies where each article appears in Rule Book \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStructure. For example, the article 2.1.3 Strategic Deception is the third \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003earticle in the first section of the second book in the nine volumes of the \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStrategy Rule Book. In our on-line version, this links are live, clicking on \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethem brings you to the article itself. We provide them because the \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003einterconnection of concepts is useful important in learning Sun Tzu’s \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003esystem. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Nine Parts of the Rule Book cover the following topics:\u003cbr\u003e1. Comparing Positions, \u003cbr\u003e2. Developing Perspective, \u003cbr\u003e3. Identifying Opportunities, \u003cbr\u003e4. Leveraging Probability, \u003cbr\u003e5. Minimizing Mistakes, \u003cbr\u003e6. Responding To Situations,  \u003cbr\u003e7. Creating Momentum, \u003cbr\u003e8. Winning Rewards, and\u003cbr\u003e9. 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