7 Military Strategic Principles that is Adoptable For Success in Life

Specific Principles of military strategy have evolved to explain victory and defeat in warfare. These Principles as developed over the centuries are taught in every military school worldwide. They are applicable to success and business as well. They are all demonstrated in the battle of Arbela in 333 B.C.E. These Principles as Explained by Brian Tracy and Dr. Peter Chee include:

   1. The principle of the Objective: The first Strategic Principle in every case is the Objective. What is your Objective? It requires knowing exactly what it is you want to accomplish. Alexander was clear with his objective, he wanted to be the master of the known world. He knew that the existing master of the known world was Darius, so in order to achieve his Objective he would have to defeat Darius. He never took his eyes of his goal.

   2. The principle of the Offensive: All effective strategy is Offensive, which requires you go on the attack. No great battles in business or in life are ever won passively or defensively. The most effective strategy is called, ‘Continuous offensive.’ Once you go on the attack, you never stop until you achieve victory.

   3.  The Principle of the Mass: All great battles are won by the general concentrating his forces at a critical point at a critical time to take a critical strategic objective. In business, it is called FOCUS, the ability to bring all your powers to bear on a decisive goal or objective.

    4. The Principle of the Economy: You achieve your Objectives with the lowest possible cost, with the least amount of damage to your own forces. Achieving economy requires thorough planning in advance of committing your resources to a business goal.

    5. The Principle of Maneuver: You must always maintain the ability, no matter what the enemy does, to maneuver. Maneuverability requires that you anticipate what might happen to offset your plans. You develop fallback positions, the ability to move forward and back, to move sideways. You never get locked into a single plan with no flexibility, or advance with no “Plan B”

    6. The Principle of surprise: Virtually all battles are won because the attacking general did something completely unexpected, something that the defender had not anticipated. Alexander used this principle over and over to keep his opponents off balance. In product development and promotion, this principle is vital to keeping a step ahead of competitors and to achieving market dominance.

    7. The Principle of Exploitation: Once you have broken through, won the battle, achieved a dominant position, or taken a strong position in your market, you must move rapidly to exploit it. Destroy the opposing forces, and increase, establish, or entrench yourself with your new customers and new markets.  

  

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