The War of Art Steven Pressfield has a colorful background. I believe that’s why I’m drawn to him and his book‚ The WAR of ART. He has worked as an advertising copywriter‚ schoolteacher‚ tractor-trailer driver‚ bartender‚ oilfield roustabout [I like that word‚ roustabout‚ reminds me of Elvis]‚ attendant in a mental hospital‚ fruit-picker in Washington State‚ author and screenwriter. As author he has written many fiction and non-fiction books‚ but the non-fiction book I want to talk about is‚ The
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General Petraeus both put the “Art” back into the “Art of War” using Commander-centric leadership. Casey attempted to refine the operational approach by progressively reducing the U.S. footprint in a three-phased plan to stabilize‚ restore Iraqi government authority‚ and inject Iraqi self-reliance. Although unknown‚ it is possible that this approach would have worked had the Iraqi Sunni population learned of the withdrawal and been faced with a 20% Sunnis 80% Shiite civil war. Without U.S. stabilization
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buddhist doctrine‚ Shinto had became a fairly complete system‚ After Meiji Restoration‚ the shinto continue to respect as a state religion‚ and it also became a government tool to teach people to be loyalty to the emperor. After Japan’s defeat in World War II in 1946‚ Emperor Hirohito issued a statement to deny his godhead status‚ which means he admitted that he is not a god‚ but just a human being‚ the Allied commander also called for the abolition of State Shinto in Japan‚ Shinto started to became a
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Sun Zi’s Art of War is the oldest Chinese military classic in Chinese literature and the most well-known Chinese military treatise in the eastern and western world. It is written by Sun Zi who is also known as Sun Wu around the 400-320 B.C. and thus‚ now‚ the book which consisted of 13 chapters and about 6‚200 words written in classical Chinese is over 2‚400 years old today. The 13 chapters are as follows: 1. Detailed assessment and planning‚ 2. Waging war‚ 3. Strategic attack‚ 4. Disposition of
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Introduction Sun Zi’s Art of War is known as the oldest military classic in Chinese literature that was written by a Chinese philosopher‚ Sun Wu which was also named as Sun Zi. It was presented during the spring and autumn period to the Emperor He Lu of the Wu Kingdom about the theories of Art of War. Therefore‚ it has more than 2400 years old today. It is the most successful military strategy’s book in China that consists of 13 Chapters and contains about only 6200 words written in
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activities - The Allies were able to gain foreknowledge by breaking down the German code and hiring a Polish to develop a new system. They then developed the Ultra Coding System which enabled them to “read the minds” of the Germans. - In the war against the Vietnamese‚ the Americans operated in a predictable way. They would prepare a landing zone through artillery or air strikes then bring the troops in. Lack of improving the strategy of the Americans caused them a lot of casualties after the
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1. Executive Summary International business has grown so rapidly in the past decades because of strategic imperatives and environmental changes. Along with the growth of international business‚ some more issues have been becoming very phenomenal in relation to ways of doing international business as well as aspects of redefining global competition. In this essay‚ will cite some articles to interpret the phenomenon related to international business‚ such as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Anti-dumping
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Appendix I UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE ACADEMIC YEAR: 2009/2010 JAN 2010 TRIMESTER UBMM1011 SUN ZI’S ART OF WAR & BUSINESS STRATEGIES Assignment cover Sheet Course details Course : ______________________________________ Year and Semester of study : _______________________________________ Lecturer’s Name : __DR. WONG KEE LUEN_____________________ Assignment Details Topic : _____________________________________ Due Date : Week 7‚ 5 March 2010
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Further‚ to fully use new pedagogical possibilities offered by ICT‚ profound changes in managers’ conceptions of learning and knowledge are required. Technical expertise alone is not sufficient for exploiting new pedagogical possibilities provided by ICT; insofar as ICT is used in the educational system as a purely technical innovation‚ it is not likely that significant pedagogical progress will be achieved. Several cognitive researchers (e.g.‚ Salomon‚ 1997; Salomon & Perkins‚ 1996; Scardamalia
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Introduction of Sun Zi’s Art of War The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Zi‚ a high-ranking military general‚ strategist and tactician. The text is composed of 13 chapters‚ each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly known to be the definitive work on military strategy and tactics of its time. It has been the most famous and influential of China’s Seven Military Classics‚ and "for the last two thousand years it remained the most important
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