Jocko Podcast 23: Sun Tzu, 'The Art of War'

• Do not neglect the study of war
• Do not get locked into a plan
• If your opponent is strong, evade him
• "He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight
• "To secure ourselves from defeat is in our own hands"
• Direct and indirect often lead to each other
• If you have to do something, kick away the ladder
• Do not move unless you see an advantage
• One answer is not the answer
• People sometimes cannot handle the truth; be tactful
• Speaking your mind is not black and white; be a tactician
• There is no one change; it is not one thing, ten things or one hundred things
• Getting better is a campaign; it is a daily, a weekly, an hourly fight
• It is a campaign of daily discipline
• Stop looking for a shortcut; find your alarm clock, find your discipline
• Get after it