![]() ![]() Of course, I am biased because I trained under Robert. The 33 Strategies of War, The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene After you are done, I promise you will not forget or ever underestimate the importance of hidden influence, power and levers again.Ĥ & 5. This book will take weeks to read but it will stick with you forever. ![]() He controlled the expansion and the building of civilization’s most advanced and important city–and he did it because he was a strategic genius (and of course, a power addict). I know that doesn’t seem like a particularly illustrative case study for power and strategy but Robert Moses lived power. It maps the entire career of the city planner Robert Moses. This is probably the most definitive and comprehensive narrative of power ever written. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro These two books are classics and woefully underrated. In fact, his best examples in these books is actually how to use the system against itself to get what he needed. He is the real originator of the concept of community organization.Īlinsky was also a die hard pragmatist, a man who had ideals but also a sense for working with and through the system to get what he needed. Rules for Radicals, Reveille for Radicalsby Saul Alinskyīoth Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama studied Alinsky extensively as they mapped their individual paths to power. (But it is dense so if you need some help, try this.) 2 & 3. Because the war was so long, involved so many different countries and was so varied (sea, land, siege, politics), it basically covers every type of situation you can think of. If you make your way all the way through it, I promise you will not forget it. The anecdotes and the stories in this book are timeless. We have Pericles, Brasidas, Alcibiades and many others. This book – of a long forgotten war – really functions as a biography and strategic analysis of some of the greatest minds in the history of war. History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides You were born to be a strategist, it’s up to you to become that destiny. Used properly they will help you craft your strategic mind. In this list I want to give you some of the best (and most accessible) books, essays and documents about strategy. Wise thinkers have been writing and teaching strategic expertise for thousands of years. But the good news is that such instruction is out there. No one taught us explicitly how to do things differently. Like I said, this isn’t exactly our fault. ![]() Too many of us make unnecessary mistakes (costly ones at that), because we lack the ability to craft a strategic vision and a plan. How do I accomplish what I need to accomplish? How do I find my way, deliberately, instead of stumbling around, in a reactionary fashion? Too many of us live our lives in a sort of haze, acting without a plan or guidance. The better we are at it – the better we are at doing what we want and need to do. Those things combine to create the necessity of strategy. We all have goals, we all have obstacles to those goals and we all live in a world we do not control. This is unfortunate, because strategy is something that is critically relevant to all of us – not just those with careers in the military. Hell, most people probably couldn’t tell you the difference between “strategy” and “tactics” (or even know there is a difference.) Strategy isn’t something that’s taught well in school. ![]()
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