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Home › Sun Tzu's Warrior's Rule Book - An Overview › Sun Tzu's Rule Tool: Strategic Troubleshooting

Finding Your Strategy: Step One

Which of the following is the most important in your current situation?

  1. I need to better understand my current position and where my opportunities are.
  2. I need to pick the best opportunity to advance my position and the best methods for exploring that opportunity.
  3. I need to respond appropriately to a current challenge and execute my response more strongly.
  4. I need to get better rewarded for my advances and defend my current position.
‹ Sun Tzu's Rule Tool: Strategic Troubleshooting up Step 2: 1. Positions and Opportunities ›
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