CREATING THE VICTORY BEFORE THE ENGAGEMENT
Deciding the Victory
1. A contradiction fanatic wins the ultimate victory by avoiding the lure of a fixed goal.
2. Make possible the transformation of every human settlement through the transformation of your community.
3. The whole world is available as your resource;
remember to pass on the resource of your experience.
Weighing the Possibilities
4. Continuing authorization arises out of reporting accomplishments; it does not come from asking permission to do your plan.
5. A resourceful strategist begins with what he has and finds what is needed along the way.
6. When dealing with social agencies, to honor does
not mean to compromise.
WRESTING THE VICTORY FROM THE SITUATION
Seeing Through the Situation
7. There is no strategy until a rational plan is discerned; there is no victory until a unifying image is created.
8. Tactical thinking is the life stance of a man out to change history.
9. Creating local leadership means standing in their shadows and doing the mission
10. The presence of those who care allows the mundane
task to be transformed into the profound deed.
Standing in the Situation
11. Never in history has significant change happened without the presence of the religious.
12. Being a somebody is an occasional role; being the nobodies of history is who we are.
13. Doing your local assignment to the bottom reveals its global significance.
14. You could do many good things, but the project
is the only task and your only timeline.
Acting on the Situation
15. One cares for himself by seeing through, standing in, and acting on a given situation.
16. A social demonstration "gun" releases and embodies the corporate consensus.
17. There is one team and one task; the whole team is responsible for the whole task.
18. Symbols are the only serious weapons to release
profound change.
ENSURING THE VICTORY THROUGH THE OPERATION
Employing Comprehensive Integrity
19. Begin all programs at once, keeping continual, observable activity going in each.
20. Move a community from dependence to viable selfsupport as soon as possible.
21. Implementation of the project requires rapid
initiation of stakes and guilds.
Practicing Practical Prowess
22. Frequent miracles shift social consciousness and evoke awe.
23. Effectivity depends upon the corporate creation and execution of implementaries.
24. A general who operates without a comprehensive
checklist is apt to lose the war.