In what ways have you applied "The Art of War" to your life?

>>8326239
Whenever I get into an argument with a group of people, I slowly isolate the loudest and raunchiest one, making him sound awkward and annoying to the people who are on his side, once he is all alone I go in for the kill and everybody agrees with me.

I don't let sneaky chinese come into my neighborhood.

>>8326248
Ah, the divide-and-conquer strategy.

"If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them."

People often say the Art of War is an essential book for businessmen, and I totally see why, but I think it equally benefits athletes and coaches. On all the sportsball teams I've been on, in particular soccer and football, I take a more defensive position in the back and instruct my teammates so that I can look for weak spots or players on the enemy side, as well as ours to help direct the sportsball away from areas of our disadvantage and our opponent's advantage.

Whenever I see frequent circular patterns of dust in the treeline I prepare to attack the Chinese general's encampment.

You wouldn't believe how often it comes in handy.

It has given me a justification for my pyromaniac urges. It has a whole section devoted to fire tactics.

>>8326275
It's essential to anyone who does something competitive.

I often direct my gaming friends to Sirlin's Play To Win which has some chapters that deal with applying The Art of War to games (and a healthy amount of lecturing about the scrub mentality). It works wonders.

>>8326239
In sales it helped me realize I should find what the person wants and then sell him that as a favor. Taking the fight to my home turf essentially.