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Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes and attack unguarded spots.

There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general:

(I) Recklessness, which leads to destruction.
(2) Cowardice, which leads to capture.
(3) A hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults.
(4) A delicacy of honour which is sensitive to shame.
(5) Over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble.

These are the five besetting sins of a general, ruinous to the conduct of war.

Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances.

The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points; his forces being thus distributed in many directions; the numbers we shall have to face at any given point will be proportionately few.

there are five essentials for victory:

(I) He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight
(2) He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces
(3) He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks
(4) He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared
(5) He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign

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Market and industry attractiveness at macro and micro level are 4 out of 7 main domains we must consider for the opportunity analysis.

Market attractiveness at macro level is determined by the:

-market size
-estimated growth rate in the next 5-10 years

Industry attractiveness at macro level is determined by:

-threat of entry
-supplier power
-buyer power
-threat of substitutes
-competitive rivalry

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The current Internet was built to connect machines and not humans. Therefore it lacks a native solution for identity management. Server-Centric solutions was built as a layer on top of the Web2. But it has many drawbacks. Every platform needs to implement its own identity management or relay on central 3rd parties like Facebook/Google.
User-Centric identity management solutions are one prime application of the Web3.

An engineer often think in terms of systems by default. A psychologist will think in terms of incentives. A business person might think in terms of opportunity cost and risk-reward. None of them, however, see the entire situation unless they are thinking in a multidisciplinary way. In short, they have blind spots. Removing Blindspots means thinking through the problem using different lenses or models.

Delegation is assigning the task to someone else—is effective for anything another person can do 80% as well as you can. In order to delegate, you must have someone to delegate to. Employees, contractors, or outsourcers.

Deferment is putting the task off until later—is effective for tasks that aren’t critical or time dependent. Don’t feel bad about putting somethings off;

There are only four ways to do something: completion, deletion, delegation, and deferment.

Completion is doing the task—is best for important tasks that only you can do particularly well.

Deletion is eliminating the task—is effective for anything that’s unimportant or unnecessary. If it’s not worth doing, don’t hesitate to get rid of it.