Review: A True Classic - Apply it to Your Daily Life and Make it Better!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 21, 2012
The Art of War must be the most quoted book outside of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets due it's sane and rational understanding of how to approach problems and solve them - whether on the battlefield or off. The strategies are commonly applied to business, even though some very famous General's have used this book to plan actual attacks. This book is so matter of fact, so forthright in its presentation, that it is not only simple to understand how to approach a problem in military strategy and tactics, but how to use that knowledge on similar problems in business and other competitive situations where you see your competitors as enemies. The history at the front of the book is quite fascinating. Whether the author was a real person or not is a subject debated by scholars. I did not know that before I read the book.The knowledge contained within the Art of War has applications for daily life which I would recommend to everyone. It's not that you will go into battle, its just that problems that you have, put you up against adversaries - people who have opposing agendas. It may be the people at the telephone company, trying to put extra things on your bill, without your consent. It may be the IRS, coming for an audit, and we know that there is no goodwill there, so they would be considered an adversary. There are many applications for this knowledge, in everyday life. Think about it. The presentation of this knowledge is matter of fact, and down to earth. It is easy to understand, and easy to apply. Anyone can do this. I don't know why you wouldn't want to read this book, and benefit from the ancient knowledge that is contained in its pages. You can only benefit, and make your life better.The Art of War can make your life better. It can make bad situations easier. I would recommend it to everyone. Read this book. The application of the knowledge is easy. You just have to think a little bit. That is a small price to pay, to make your life easier, in a world where everything is so complex. Try calling up your cell phone company, and have them explain your bill to you. That's complex - this book is easy.If you don't learn from your past, you are doomed to repeat it...Read the book - don't repeat mistakes made by past military men; trying to take a hill, or a territory. You may only be trying to straighten out your cable television bill, but this book will help.Buy it, read it, and apply it. That is what I did, and it has made all the difference. My life is easier. I look at life in a new way. No more trauma over some stranger at a company messing around with my credit, or some company over-charging me, or my credit card company, letting me know that my rates are going up. Never again will these things alarm me. I now know how to approach the problem and Win!Read the book. You will know how too. The Best Book in the World for Fighting and Winning over People Trying to Mess with You.Get the Book...