Book Title: The Art of War for women - Sun Tzu’s ancient strategies and wisdom for winning at work
Author: Ching-Ning Chu
Year written/published:
Book Source: Google Books, Library
My Comments: I liked this book… short and to-the-point! Very applicable!
Contents page:
- Ji (Planning): The elements of Strategy
- Doing Battle: Speedy Victory
- Strategy: Know thyself and Others
- Disposition: Win First, Then Fight
- Momentum: Using timing to generate momentum
- Real and Unreal: Illusion is the Other side of Reality
- Conflict: Don’t show you hand
- Imagination: See things no one has seen
- Managing the troops: The principles of management
- Terrain: Move according to your environment
- 9 Battlegrounds: Be more competitive by doing less
- Attack by Fire: Fireproofing yourself
- Espionage
Some extracts:
Tien (personal timing):
- know who you are
- blossom where you were planted
- find a fresh perspective
- understand your liabilities and assets
- Change your circumstances
- on the other side of your strengths lies your weaknesses
Deception:
- if a colleague is jealous of you, appear less threatening than you are to avoid her assault…
- Don’t show off
- Be careful of radical ideas
- Do not feign stupidity
- deception has 2 natures: one is offensive, the other is defensive
strategies for overcoming office jealousy…
- give the illusiosn you are outside the pot - keeping your opponents in the dark.
Just as crabs can pull on only those crabs that are within the same pot, people can direct jealousy toward you only if you allow them to become close to you. The closer a person is to you, the more likely she will able to harbour destructive thoughts about you. So be sure to keep a mental and physical distance from the aggressive crabs around you. - Slap her twice the first time she steps out of line.
Keep your plan as dark as the night. When you love, be as unpredictable as the thunderbolt. - SUpport a coworker
Support a junior colleague. - learn to pick the sweet fruits from the tree of office jealousies
When the offender cannot afford you no matter how she tries, you ahve taken the fun out of her vicious game and all the power out of her soul. This is the best strategy to manage office jealousy