“12--Lose Battles, But Win The War: Grand Strategy

Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.”

—  Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War

Source: The 33 Strategies of War

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