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מאמר שלי ב"סייברקוון"... אני מקוה שייצא קריא באנגלית (צריך לעשות משהו בענין האנגלית והעברית באינטרנט...) Winning Without A Fight david kafri Winning without a fight may sound a bit mystical, when in fact it is very practical. Here are three stories to demonstrate this point: 1. White Elephant In India, white elephants are considered sacred. They are not to be worked, but cared for in every way possible. In times of holidays, they are marched in a procession, wearing \"clothes\" of gold, silver and precious stones. The expense of keeping a white elephant, therefore, is enormous; however, it is also a great honor. One Indian king heard that one of the princes in his realm was planning a revolt, and was recruiting and training an army. The king\´s advisers prompted him to send his troupes to attack the prince\´s forces and arrest him, before his army would be strong enough to stand against the king\´s. Instead, the king sent a gift to the prince - a white elephant. The prince could not refuse or return such a prestigious gift; he had to accept it, and the unexpected expense to his treasury made it impossible to fund both the white elephant and the army. The prince had to give up all plans to rebel. In this story, by getting rid of an expense, the king maneuvered the prince into a no-win situation; however, the victory here is incomplete, as the prince still keeps the desire to fight, even if he cant win. 2. Raising the Dead In Jerusalem, in the early 1920\´, Jews bringing their dead to burial had to go through the Muslim quarter, where militant Muslims would throw stones and shout obscenities at them. This practice got worse over time, until it became unbearable. Some militant Jews demanded to take arms and attack the attackers, but that would only escalate the violence. They decided to do something else. A live man was dressed in shrouds, and a \"funeral procession\" set forth towards the cemetery, attracting the attention of the militant Muslims. A crowd gathered, as usual, to throw stones and shout; but as they increased their attack, the \"deceased\" suddenly rose and advanced towards them, dressed in his shrouds. The attackers were so struck with terror, they ran away to seek guidance from a Qaddy, a Muslim priest. The Qaddy heard their story and told them: \"You fools! Is it not enough that you try to stop the Jews from burying their dead, that you wish those dead to rise on us, as well?\" The attacks were discontinued. In this story, one can see how, using a trick, the weaker side won by making their enemy unwilling to fight. 3. Disappearing Immigrants In one country in the Middle East, a ship with 130 illegal immigrants was caught offshore and brought to port, where the ship, crew and passengers (immigrants) were placed under guard pending expulsion. The immigrants had relatives in that country and the leader of their community got permission to visit them, before the expulsion. When he came on board, he counted the number of men, women and children, noticing their ages. Later, he got permission for relatives of the illegal immigrants to visit them, on the ship. 130 \"relatives\" came, and the guards did not notice there were the same number and age as the number of men, women and children on board. When on the ship, they changed clothes with the immigrants, who got of the ship posing as locals, and were dispersed to various places; then the real locals got off the ship, and the authorities could do nothing about it. In this story, the weaker side, using a trick, managed to \"dissolve\", and, like water, slip through the fingers of its enemy. These are but three examples of winning without a fight, and they demonstrate a simple principle: Winning is not about defeating your opponent; it is about getting what you want from him. If you want the goods of another country, you can conquer it - or trade with it. If you want \"the bad guys\" to stop harassing you, you can fight them - or cause them to fear you (\"you don\´t want to rape me - I have AIDS!\"). If you want to be left alone, you can beat off those troubling you - or make yourself hard to find. The possibilities are endless - the PRINCIPLE is the same: use the minimum effort, to reach the maximum result. This article comes from CyberKwoon.com http://www.CyberKwoon.com/html The URL for this story is: http://www.CyberKwoon.com/html/article.php?sid=138
מאמר שלי ב"סייברקוון"... אני מקוה שייצא קריא באנגלית (צריך לעשות משהו בענין האנגלית והעברית באינטרנט...) Winning Without A Fight david kafri Winning without a fight may sound a bit mystical, when in fact it is very practical. Here are three stories to demonstrate this point: 1. White Elephant In India, white elephants are considered sacred. They are not to be worked, but cared for in every way possible. In times of holidays, they are marched in a procession, wearing \"clothes\" of gold, silver and precious stones. The expense of keeping a white elephant, therefore, is enormous; however, it is also a great honor. One Indian king heard that one of the princes in his realm was planning a revolt, and was recruiting and training an army. The king\´s advisers prompted him to send his troupes to attack the prince\´s forces and arrest him, before his army would be strong enough to stand against the king\´s. Instead, the king sent a gift to the prince - a white elephant. The prince could not refuse or return such a prestigious gift; he had to accept it, and the unexpected expense to his treasury made it impossible to fund both the white elephant and the army. The prince had to give up all plans to rebel. In this story, by getting rid of an expense, the king maneuvered the prince into a no-win situation; however, the victory here is incomplete, as the prince still keeps the desire to fight, even if he cant win. 2. Raising the Dead In Jerusalem, in the early 1920\´, Jews bringing their dead to burial had to go through the Muslim quarter, where militant Muslims would throw stones and shout obscenities at them. This practice got worse over time, until it became unbearable. Some militant Jews demanded to take arms and attack the attackers, but that would only escalate the violence. They decided to do something else. A live man was dressed in shrouds, and a \"funeral procession\" set forth towards the cemetery, attracting the attention of the militant Muslims. A crowd gathered, as usual, to throw stones and shout; but as they increased their attack, the \"deceased\" suddenly rose and advanced towards them, dressed in his shrouds. The attackers were so struck with terror, they ran away to seek guidance from a Qaddy, a Muslim priest. The Qaddy heard their story and told them: \"You fools! Is it not enough that you try to stop the Jews from burying their dead, that you wish those dead to rise on us, as well?\" The attacks were discontinued. In this story, one can see how, using a trick, the weaker side won by making their enemy unwilling to fight. 3. Disappearing Immigrants In one country in the Middle East, a ship with 130 illegal immigrants was caught offshore and brought to port, where the ship, crew and passengers (immigrants) were placed under guard pending expulsion. The immigrants had relatives in that country and the leader of their community got permission to visit them, before the expulsion. When he came on board, he counted the number of men, women and children, noticing their ages. Later, he got permission for relatives of the illegal immigrants to visit them, on the ship. 130 \"relatives\" came, and the guards did not notice there were the same number and age as the number of men, women and children on board. When on the ship, they changed clothes with the immigrants, who got of the ship posing as locals, and were dispersed to various places; then the real locals got off the ship, and the authorities could do nothing about it. In this story, the weaker side, using a trick, managed to \"dissolve\", and, like water, slip through the fingers of its enemy. These are but three examples of winning without a fight, and they demonstrate a simple principle: Winning is not about defeating your opponent; it is about getting what you want from him. If you want the goods of another country, you can conquer it - or trade with it. If you want \"the bad guys\" to stop harassing you, you can fight them - or cause them to fear you (\"you don\´t want to rape me - I have AIDS!\"). If you want to be left alone, you can beat off those troubling you - or make yourself hard to find. The possibilities are endless - the PRINCIPLE is the same: use the minimum effort, to reach the maximum result. This article comes from CyberKwoon.com http://www.CyberKwoon.com/html The URL for this story is: http://www.CyberKwoon.com/html/article.php?sid=138
