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Strategic Retreat

Unconventional B2B Strategy #11 In 1934, Mao Zedong’s Red Army faced annihilation. Encircled by Nationalist forces, they were outnumbered and outgunned. Instead of fighting a losing battle, Mao led his army on a grueling 6,000-mile

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Lose to Win

Unconventional B2B Strategy #12 333 B.C. A young king from Greece had just crushed Persia’s forces in Turkey – his first major battle. A shocked Darius III scrambled east towards the safety of his capital

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Weaponize Anxiety

Unconventional B2B Strategy #10 In 1220, the world’s wealthiest trading city stood defiant. Located on the Silk Road in modern-day Uzbekistan, Samarkand, the crown jewel of the Khwarazmian Empire, boasted massive double walls, 110,000 soldiers,

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Arrogance Kills

Unconventional B2B Strategy #9 Northern China. 316 B.C. The Wei army, 100,000 strong, invaded the state of Qi. Wei’s generals believed the conquest would be swift. Sun Pin, Qi’s crippled but brilliant strategist, spotted an

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Leveraging Limitations

Unconventional B2B Strategy #8 In 1588, Philip II of Spain felt righteously invincible. Fueled by fanatical faith, he launched the Spanish Armada—a fleet of 130 massive warships—to crush Elizabeth I and reclaim England for Catholicism.

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Survival is Dangerous

Unconventional B2B Strategy #2   Robert Greene’s 2nd strategy of war instructs, “Strategy is not a question of learning a series of moves or ideas to follow like a recipe; victory has no magic formula

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Tug of War

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Know Your Enemy

Publishing Date: August 1, 2022 “The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.”– Sun Tzu – When you hear the words’ enemy or competitor, your brain will probably jump to the

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Check Your Biases

The Art Of War Of The Inbox Principle #4 Check Your Biases Publishing Date: August 1, 2022 I read books, study human biases, and even have a copy of “Psychology of Human Misjudgement” by Charlie

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