The importance of mastering information

 

 

Know your adversary as well as you can
There is no greater danger than underestimating your enemy.
Tao

Information
If you are ignorant of both your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril in every battle.
Sun Tzu

Valuable information
The rule is that the general who triumphs is the one who is best informed.
Sun Tzu

The art of gathering information discreetly
An army without secret agents is like a man without eyes and ears.
Sun Tzu

Sow doubt in the enemy’s mind
It is of supreme importance to attack the enemy’s strategy itself.
Sun Tzu

Understand cultural differences
In England, everything is permitted except what is forbidden.
In Germany, everything is forbidden except what is permitted.
In France, everything is permitted, even what is forbidden.
In the USSR, everything is forbidden, even what is permitted.
Churchill

Know to avoid being surprised
Being defeated is excusable, but being surprised is unforgivable.
Napoleon