Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
By avoiding defeat, you increase your chances of winning. Yet when most people want to achieve something, the first thing that comes in their mind is 'how can I win'. Not knowing that by going all out to win, you become exposed to failure. To win, you must first eliminate all possibilities of failure. Avoiding defeat should be the first thing to come up in your mind before making a choice, a decision or taking action. The size of the situation doesn't matter. When provided with an opportunity, ask not how you will exploit it. Ask first how you will not lose it. When confronted by a threat, think first how you will protect yourself and about confronting or evading the threat after. Make it a culture, a way of life, an ideology to always put you-self beyond the possibility of failure before attempting to win.It is better to be in a position where you cannot be defeated even when victory is still far off than be in a position where victory is close but you are within the range of defeat.Don't rush to win, that is exactly what the fish do, not knowing its bait. You might not win but don't lose. Defeat in this book refers to avoidable failure.
Synopsis
Victory is best guaranteed when all possibilities of defeat are avoided. The more mistakes you commit along the path to success, the further success moves away from you. It is important to anticipate all possibilities of failure and deal with them before going out to win.It's better to be beyond the possibility of failure even when victory is still far off than be close to victory but within the range of defeat.If you want to win, this book tells you how.