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FROM THE TIME I was fifteen years old, I have been fascinated by the military commanders who were able to achieve astounding victories against great odds, often far from home. There was even a rumor that Napoleon Bonaparte carried a copy of The Art of War by Sun Tzu on his campaigns and that this book was the secret to his successes in battle, making him one of the greatest generals in history.
In working with hundreds of companies and thousands of executives and entrepreneurs, I have found that exceptionally successful men and women often have qualities similar to those of the great military leaders through the ages. Like generals commanding armies, they also use proven and practical principles to achieve success against great odds and they do far more than those who do not know and apply these principles.
Results are the measure of effectiveness. But results alone are not enough; they must be attained in a timely fashion. Time is precious. It is invaluable, indispensable, irreplaceable, and necessary. It is the stuff of life and must be husbanded and used with great care.
The purpose of this book is to introduce you to many of the same ideas and strategies used by the most effective men and women in every field and to give you specific tools you can use to achieve victory in your personal and business life.
Just as the commander with the best soldiers, armaments, and matériel has a decided advantage over the opposing force, the individual who has the greatest arsenal of thinking tools will win out over the competition time and time again.
These principles are timeless and universal. In our turbulent and fast-changing world today, they are as essential and as useful for success and achievement as they have been throughout history.
My goal for you in writing this book is to save you an enormous amount of time in achieving your most important business and personal goals.
In the pages ahead, I will present you with the most important military principles for victory and give you some of the best thinking tools ever discovered for achieving great success. You will then have them for the rest of your life, and you can use them to attain victory in everything you do, far faster than you ever would without them.