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How to Defeat Control Strategies
THERE’S a cannon that’s already lobbed a couple of shells at you, creating geysers more nearby than you’d like. The gunner behind that cannon is your mortal adversary. He knows that if you can get in close enough, your torpedoes will blow his ship to Kingdom Come – and him with it. His advantage is long-range cannon power, and the stable platform of a battle cruiser to shoot from. Yours is that you’re driving the fastest, most maneuverable naval boat afloat. Your engines are red-lining and howling. You’re racing at his ship in your Patrol Torpedo (PT) Boat at maximum … Continue reading
Posted in control strategy, efficient strategies Tagged control loop, control strategies, exploit, feedback loop, how to, how to win, loop, mismatch, opportunity, PT Boat, strategies, strategy 3 Comments
Negotiating Strategy; Selling on the Silk Road
PUSHING BAZAAR The largest market in Central Asia is the Pushing Bazaar in Ashkabad. Why ”pushing”? Because it’s packed with potential customers and onlookers, and you have to push your way through the crowd to get anywhere. And once you’re there bargaining for something, if the action is interesting, people will push their way into the situation, offering their own assessment of the item’s value, and arguing with each other about it (in the Turkmen language – you haven’t a clue what they’re saying). It’s a pastime for them. The place is huge, full of color, texture and sound, and is roughly … Continue reading
Posted in Gray Area, Negotiating strategy, situational strategies Tagged Ashkabad, game, Gray Area, how to, how to win, negotiating, negotiation, silk, Silk Road, Turkmenistan, winning strategy 14 Comments
Strategy in the News: Witch’s Horns
Recently in the news, reported by the Fox Network and various newspapers, incl. my local Coloradoan: A North Carolina woman of the Wiccan faith locked horns with school district administrators. She attempted to convince them not to allow the distribution of Christian bibles at the school her daughter was attending. The school district did so, anyway. How to deal with this? As it happens, the law gave the mother, Ginger Strivelli, just what she needed to devise a strategy that created an untenable dilemma for the administrators. The law reads that the administration has two choices. 1) If they refuse the … Continue reading
Posted in strategy in the news Tagged bible, dilemma, elements, forts, general sherman, horns, horns of a dilemma, how to win, indirect strategy, puzzle, school district, sherman, strategies in the news, strivelli, wiccan 9 Comments
Strategy Facts of Life
How to Win a Race It’s 1930. It’s in the dark of night, near the end of the famous Mille Miglia (Thousand Mile) day/night endurance road race that started and ended in Brescia, Italy. Renowned Alfa Romeo driver Achille Varzi is comfortable in his lead. His nearest competitor has disappeared from his rear view mirror, his engine is running well, and his car is handling fine. Now all he has to do is ease back on the throttle a little to protect the engine, and finish the race in the lead. As he backs off his throttle about 3 Km from the … Continue reading
