The Art of Sun Tzu

January 28, 2007 by Stefanos Karagos

The Art of War is a Chinese military book written during the 6th century BC by the General Sun Tzu.
Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time.
The Art of War has also been applied, with much success, to business and managerial strategies and many Universities around the globe has lessons about the implementation of The Art of War to modern Management and business tactics.

Yesterday, I finished the reading of the 25th book about Sun Tzu and his amazing Art of War.
Yes, I'm a big fan of Sun Tzu :-)
So, I tried to create my point of view, of what The Art of War is, in modern business life.

The result come up with a Mindmap [using MindManager] trying to show the ...obvious, after reading 25 books all these years ;-)

If you are a fan of The Art of War please make your comments here, of what The Art of War is for you, and I will try to update the Mindmap with the new perspectives.

Go on, think out of the noise!

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January 28, 2007

by Duncan (not verified)

#1 I am such a fan of TAoW...

I am such a fan of TAoW... But I can't seem to get the mind-map to work. Any advice?

January 28, 2007

by Stefanos Karagos

#2 You can open the file with

You can open the file with the MindManager viewer
also you can see a jpg file clicking on the image.

January 28, 2007

by Stephen (not verified)

#3 Serendipity is a wonderful

Serendipity is a wonderful thing. Inspired by what Leo is doing over at Zen Habits (http://zenhabits.blogspot.com),I happened to be thinking about this very topic yesterday, and I pulled out my copy of tAoW and Mushashi's Book of 5 Rings with the intention of reading them again to gain fresh insights (it's been a couple of years) and look at the messages in terms of Getting Things Done. Thanks for the extra push!

January 28, 2007

by Leo (not verified)

#4 Hi Stephen, thanks for the

Hi Stephen, thanks for the nice mention and link to Zen Habits ... however, I just wanted to let you know that I've moved it to a new address: http://zenhabits.net ... was wondering if you could update the link? Thanks so much! -- Leo

January 28, 2007

by ponto (not verified)

#5 an MUST READ : o

an MUST READ : o

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