The Strategy of Undefeat

The best way to dominate your enemy is to be what they are not. And the best time to destroy your enemy is before the fighting even begins. A good sailor knows bad weather will happen, so he does not plan for the weather, he plans for what to do after the storm.

1. The best way to hide from your enemy is in their minds. If they don’t know you’re their enemy or their prey, they will not be prepared to fight you. Nor will they attack you. They will even let you maneuver freely around them.  
2. The best place to hide from your predator is behind them. That way you can watch their moves while slowly distancing yourself from them. Do not block them or fight them when you see them head on, just silently move to the side and around them, letting them pass you by. Then remain behind them, making them the prey.
3. The best place to hide from yourself is nowhere. If you do not know yourself intimately and with discipline, you have already lost any battle before you.
4. The best time to attack your enemy is when they are attacking themselves. Two wounded, tired, distracted bears, caught by surprise, are better than one angry focused one.
5. The best time to defend yourself is before you are attacked. Every mission is won before it begins by building a plan more valuable than a solid steel wall. Start with a clearly defined strategy that is directly linked to how all resources will operate together, and then link people, tools, and timeline directly to what activities will tactically take place.
6. The best way to counteract your enemies advance to position yourself at the highest peak above them. Not to defeat them, but to lead them. Not because you’ve convinced them, because they have to. --- eliminate all threats by causing your enemy to depend on you for their own success.
7. The best way to defeat the enemy is by withholding your true position until it matters. When the enemy is wrong, do not alert them of it, instead, cause them to think you agree with them. You win nothing by pointing out your position too early, and you lose nothing by holding back your knowledge after they have already invested in their position + when they have no time to react to yours.