Know timing, use disruptively from "summary" of Sun Tzu Art of War by Sun Tzu
Having knowledge of the right time to act can be a great advantage as it can give you an opportunity to create confusion and chaos in the opposition. Acting strategically by timing your actions judiciously can cause disruption in your enemy's plans.- When you are aware of timing—specifically, when know when certain processes can be shifted, altered, decided or implemented—that insight affects your own course of action and disruption.
- Time is your best friend and enemy, depending upon how you use it. It can either help or hinder operations and plans. Knowing when to act and when not to act disruptively will make a big difference in the outcome of events.
- The timing element is what disrupts the balance of power between two sides. By understanding the moment of optimal usefulness, anyone can develop an edge over the competition.
- Understanding the dynamics of time and applying delays, speed, or general equilibrium in the right space allows you to carve out disruptions just like maneuvering a ship carries a wave's current.
- Always think a move ahead, considering any type of disruption to take place due to your actions or decisions, based on the specific timeline available at hand.
- Have confidence that disrupting play will give you leverage to devise better strategies. Timing and acting quickly can lead to greater success than having top-tier talent.
- Expect nothing but uncertainty and volatile conditions; hence, stay one step ahead. Acknowledge that external forces affecting the environment; use that knowledge to boost efficiency by working with timing and create disruption.
- Nothing happens overnight; be patient and consider timing so a successful disruptor can assess its surrounding environment specific to their objectives.
- Disruptive change brings volatility; be sure to use timing right for any supposable opportunities wherein disruption can bring advantage to offset risk.
