Confucius

Strategic Concepts & Mechanics

Cornerstone MoveThink Big, Start Small, Move Before Permission Signature MoveBuild the Organization Around the Opportunity Operating PrincipleMarket as Coordination Without a Leader Signature MoveSpeed as Antidote to Bureaucratic Paralysis Competitive AdvantageSelf-Confidence as Prerequisite Resource Signature MoveLeadership Over Capital as Launch Fuel Identity & CultureDreamer With Feet on the Ground Strategic PatternNon-Hydrocarbon Wealth in an Oil State Cornerstone MoveOpportunity Where Others See State Wreckage Signature MoveEnvironment Reader Not Environment Victim Risk DoctrineResults Before Ideology or Demobilization Follows Decision FrameworkThe Where Factor as Hidden Lever Strategic ManeuverDaily Learning Compounds Like Interest Strategic ManeuverInvert the Eulogy to Find the Path Operating PrincipleReflection Hardwires Experience Mental ModelBetter Questions Beat Smart Answers Implementation TacticTeach It to a Five-Year-Old or You Don't Know It Implementation TacticReciprocity Opens Every Door First Operating PrinciplePassion Pursued, Not Found Risk DoctrineAcceptance as Active Strategy Mental ModelInner Scorecard Over Neighbor's Scoreboard Identity & CultureDeserve the Partner You Want Mental ModelFear Is a Thought-Based Impostor Mental ModelLoss Is Natural — Grasping Guarantees Disappointment Strategic ManeuverAppeal to Self-Worth Not Just Net Worth Structural VulnerabilityAbsence Blindness Kills Better Options Structural VulnerabilityContext Changes Everything, Absolutes Break Strategic PatternFish Where the Fish Are Risk DoctrineCourage to Retreat Over Reckless Advance Competitive AdvantageAsia's Digital Gravity as Location Advantage Cornerstone MoveSmall Fish Swallows Big Fish at Timing Inflection Risk DoctrineSeventy Percent Victory Threshold Relationship LeverageTen Generals Who Would Give an Arm Signature MoveTwenty-Five Characters Before Every Decision Signature MoveMeter-High Research Stacks Before Commitment Cornerstone MoveNine-Filter Gauntlet Before Any Business Strategic PatternInfrastructure Toll Booth Over Hit Products Signature MoveFifty-Year Life Plan as Operating Calendar Operating PrincipleThree-Hundred-Year Company Horizon Decision FrameworkAspiration Before Vision Before Strategy Strategic PatternNinety Percent Won Before Battle Begins Capital StrategyBankrupt Audacity in Early Fundraising Signature MoveTen-Person Teams with Daily Profit Closing Signature MoveInstall Winning Habit Then Compound It Cornerstone MoveInvention as Capital Creation Machine Risk DoctrineLifebuoy Group Strategy Against Single-Point Failure

Primary Evidence

"You can remove a general from his army but not a man from his will (Confucius, Analects, in China, Mazenod, 1970)"

Source:Issad Rebrab, Think Big, Start Small and Go Fast

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest. - Confucius"

Source:Pebbles of Perception

"Eiichi Shibusawa lectured on Confucius’s “Analects,” preached human ways, and taught the “unity of economic and moral principles” to the business community."

Source:Son's Square Law (translated)

"Trust—Be a Person Worthy of Trust “Trust” means “trustworthiness, trust, belief, and credit.” Confucius said, “If the people have no trust, they cannot stand.” It means that society cannot exist without trust between people. No matter how important “group strategy” is, a comradeship cannot form without “trust and credit.” Even if a partnership can be formed, it will not be respected as a partner unless the person has strong faith and is sincere in their trust."

Source:Son's Square Law (translated)

Appears In Volumes

Issad Rebrab, Think Big, Start Small and Go Fast Pebbles of Perception Son's Square Law (translated)