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What does it mean?
Victory depends on speed, accurate assessment, and decisive action.
In plain terms
Win quickly by understanding the situation and striking hard.
What can you take from it?
Act fast and strike decisively to succeed.

Where it applies

  • military campaigns
  • business negotiations
  • crisis management

Putting it to work

  • plan for rapid execution
  • assess risks quickly
  • commit to action

Questions to consider

  • How do you balance speed and accuracy?
  • When is decisive action most critical?

Another view

Speed without careful assessment can lead to reckless failures.

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  2. Money is expensive during the war. Human life is more expensive. And time is the most expensive.

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  3. Judgment of eye, speed and attack are the basis of victory.

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