I took the long road to work this morning. As I walked down the street with the sun warming my back and stretching that long shadow of mine ahead I caught myself churning thoughts for the people who never talk to each other for lack of confidence in their words. Strangers would pass by and as our shadows overlapped I was given the joy to observe their silent play. I began to imagine about a new world where shadows had a life of their own. How they would start talking to each other as I and the two very shy strangers next to me were now all walking side by side down the street. There was a lovely December chill in the morning air. Call me the incurably romantic on it but if it wasn't for their shadows 'kissing' into each other these total strangers would never have met. They would never exchange a word not even an innocent smile of introduction!
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Why the China man won't spend
SunTzu said: If the enemy is weak because he overspent, don't overspend or you'll become weak too. Said it but didn't write it.
SunTzu then said and wrote: "All warfare is based on deception...If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles"
The world hopes the Chinese and the other Asians will spend the West out of recession. Ok, here is why if you read SunTzu you know this will never happen.
The Chinese know themselves. They like to save. They look at the West and they see that it overspent and is in trouble. What's the lesson they get?
Stick to saving. Don't do what your rival did and got him in trouble. Just give the appearance you might in the form of big government spending plans.
How deception works. The government announces big spending plans and the world thinks the Chinese man will suddenly start spending. But the Chinese man will not do that because he knows it will get him into same trouble as the Western man.
He remembers Sun Tzu and decides to save a big portion of the money in order to buy the enemy later and win the battle without a fight.
Sun Tzu said: He who hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer.
Time to read Sun Tzu from the Chinese man's point of view!
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SunTzu then said and wrote: "All warfare is based on deception...If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles"
The world hopes the Chinese and the other Asians will spend the West out of recession. Ok, here is why if you read SunTzu you know this will never happen.
The Chinese know themselves. They like to save. They look at the West and they see that it overspent and is in trouble. What's the lesson they get?
Stick to saving. Don't do what your rival did and got him in trouble. Just give the appearance you might in the form of big government spending plans.
How deception works. The government announces big spending plans and the world thinks the Chinese man will suddenly start spending. But the Chinese man will not do that because he knows it will get him into same trouble as the Western man.
He remembers Sun Tzu and decides to save a big portion of the money in order to buy the enemy later and win the battle without a fight.
Sun Tzu said: He who hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer.
Time to read Sun Tzu from the Chinese man's point of view!
http://www.thinkaloo.com
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Why is Japan the land of the rising sun?
I have always known my country as the land from which the sun rises. But today I was wondering why this is true only for Japan. If you ignore clock and compass, any point in the world is where the sun rises from. The sun was always worshiped by people everywhere in the world so why didn't any peoples in the West ever call their country the land of the rising sun?
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