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You know it. Chinese companies from Alibaba to BBK Electronics, from Tencent Technologies to China Southern Airlines, are creating waves of success in the business world. Unknown to many, the Chinese have a 'lost' secret: The 36 Stratagems 三十六计. Also known as The Secret Art of War 秘密兵法, this Chinese Wisdom is known to solve problems for centuries. Today companies are using the 36 Stratagems to win over their competitors and enrich customers and themselves Now you too can learn this secret at the world's first seminar on 36 Stratagems for Business Domination. What you'll bring back in this high impact seminar include: The mystery behind the 36 Stratagems and how to unlock it The world's one and only English translation of 36 Stratagems that is so easy to understand and apply (see below pictures) The 36 Stratagems in 3 Chinese Wisdom of Wuwei, Yin Yang and Jian Jie. How Tencent Technologies use 36 Stratagems to make WeChat much more useful than Wha...

Many gurus teach you to know something, for they say knowledge is power.  But in The 36 Stratagems, what we want is never knowledge but wisdom.   What is wisdom?  Do you know how to clean a car windscreen?  Wisdom is doing it.  Many people think they know more than they think and think more than they know. But it is only when you actually apply knowledge will you know whether you actually know it or just 'aware' of it. This is the 36 Stratagems, divided into 6 catogories, translated into English: The 36 Stratagems 三十六计 Stratagems When You’re in Superior Positions 1.      Openly Deceive Under Camouflage                  瞒天过海 2.      Attack Another to Save Your Target                 围 魏救赵 3.      Kill with a Borrowed Knife   ...

Many people told me that they don't want to use WeChat.   Indeed you don't have to use WeChat like everyone else.  This is because, without WeChat,  you just need to install the following 25 apps: WhatsApp Facebook Messenger Twitter Instagram Hangout Line Youtube Google + Google Search Yahoo News Karaoke Music Linkedin QR Code Scanner Zoom Google Translate Uber Grab PayNow Paylah oBike Alipay Samsung Pay Apple Pay.  This is because WeChat can perform the functions of the above 25 apps and much more.   Sounds unbelievable, but true. WeChat is a superapp developed by Asia's largest valuation company Tencent Holdings Limited, based in Shenzhen , China , and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.  When the market is tough, we turn to other markets.   Today's biggest market is of course China . To communicate with the people from China , we need to use WeChat. Not just use WeChat for messaging, ...

Winning with The 36 Stratagems Date:   12 Sep 2017 Tuesday Time:    2 to 6 pm Venue:  The Plaza 02-346, 7500A Beach Road, Singapore 199591 (inside Parkroyal Hotel building) Fee:     $199 each, $149 each for 2 & above (no GST but with PIC 40% cashback) Watch this short video on what is 36 stratagems at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeFDK7AHe5g&t=3s Many people know The 36 Stratagems as tactics to win in war and daily life.   What exactly is winning? Is it about winning over your opponent? Or winning yourself? Or achieving your goals and aspirations? To the Chinese, winning is about one and only thing: Flexibility. That's right, if you are flexible enough, eventually you will get what you want and want what you get. If you are flexible enough, you will be able to handle every situation that comes along.  The Chinese is the only civilisation in the world to have unbroken existence for more than 5,0...

Many people know The 36 Stratagems as tactics to win in war and daily life. What exactly is winning?  Is it about winning over your opponent?  Or winning yourself? Or achieving your goals and aspirations? To me, winning is about one and only thing: Flexibility.  That's right, if you are flexible enough, eventually you will get what you want and want what you get.  The 36 Stratagems is not just a collection of Chinese Wisdom.  In fact, if you read the entire book you'll realize that this book appears to contradict itself and different people interpret the stratagems in different ways. Isn't this book just about one thing: Change? Change is the name of the game in The 36 Stratagems One can be flexible and change his tactics but there is one thing that one cannot change: his Dao or Moral. This stated very clearly in the preface of this book: 六六三十六， 数中有术， 术中有数 ，   The 36 stratagems have many different permutations.  阴阳燮理，机在其中，机不可设，设而...

As we know, times are hard now and everyone is looking for ways to increase sales with zero cost. Today I shall talk about using WeChat. As we know, WeChat is a free tool, not just for messaging, but for the following business functions: Mini-site. WeChat has an Official Account that any business can set up, free-of-charge.  You can get people to follow your Official Account, and they will receive your daily broadcast of up to 8 articles.  Your Official Account allows you to have 15 pages, and you can include pages like your contacts, your products, Q & A, videos and promotions Payment Gateway. Yes, you don't need to pay hefty fees to Paypal to accept payments from your customers and make payments to your vendors. Simply use WeChat Wallet, with just 0.6% as fees (vs PayPal 3%) and you can accept customers payments in seconds with anyone anywhere in this world Bulk Direct Messaging.  You can send direct messages, including marketing messages, to people using We...

Watch this 1-minute video at here Mention "36 Stratagems" 三十六计 and most people will say one of the following: Is this another name for the Art of War military classic 孙子兵法 written by Sun Tzu, a 484 BCE military strategist from China? Isn't this a very old book? This must be one of the chapters inside the Art of War book, right? This is Sun Tzu's second book Of course none of the above is true.  The 36 Stratagems is another book, with origins unknown, and no known authors as it was written by many people over several centuries. The last chapter "Escape is the Best" was first mentioned more than 1,000 years ago, but the form we know today is quite recent.  The current format that we know was only officially published in China (under the government's direction) in 1961.  Thus in a way The 36 Stratagems is a relatively new book.  Today most scholars agree that the Thirty-Six Stratagems is likely a collection of idiomatic expressions ta...