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The Feint: Win Where No One’s Looking

The best trick isn’t hiding your hand, it’s making your opponent stare at the wrong card.

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Pot‐Committed: When Sunk Costs Hijack Strategy

May 13, 2025

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Pot‐Committed: When Sunk Costs Hijack Strategy

Being pot‐committed isn’t courage. It’s compulsion dressed up as commitment.

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May 2, 2025

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4 min read

The Papal Strategy

“When you lack an army, build an aura.”

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Mar 18, 2025

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Developing Your Pieces (Chess Strategy)

Winning is about preparing your pieces so they’re ready when the moment arrives.

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Why Giants Fall: How Market Leaders Lost Their Edge

Jan 29, 2025

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6 min read

Why Giants Fall: How Market Leaders Lost Their Edge

Market dominance is a slippery slope—the higher you climb, the less attention you pay to the pebbles underfoot.

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Jan 24, 2025

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The Pincer Movement

Why fight head-on when you can surround your competition and leave them no escape?

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The War Will Feed Itself: Bellum Se Ipsum Alet

Jan 10, 2025

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The War Will Feed Itself: Bellum Se Ipsum Alet

Why bring supplies when you can eat the competition’s lunch—literally?

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Jan 2, 2025

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Play The Board Not The Opponent

Winning isn’t about defeating your rival—it’s about controlling the game itself.

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"Economy of Movement" (Jiu-Jitsu's Principle) and How It Applies to Business

Dec 18, 2024

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"Economy of Movement" (Jiu-Jitsu's Principle) and How It Applies to Business

Why punch when you can pull? Why push when you can pivot? Efficiency isn’t about effort—it’s about leverage.

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The Feint: Win Where No One’s Looking

Pot‐Committed: When Sunk Costs Hijack Strategy

The Papal Strategy

Developing Your Pieces (Chess Strategy)

Why Giants Fall: How Market Leaders Lost Their Edge

The Pincer Movement

The War Will Feed Itself: Bellum Se Ipsum Alet

Play The Board Not The Opponent

"Economy of Movement" (Jiu-Jitsu's Principle) and How It Applies to Business

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