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Winning with The 36 Stratagems

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...

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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...