Sun Tzu
Strategy Sage
work"Know yourself, know your enemy"
This is Daniel, 47, middle manager navigating office politics during merger. He's been texting Sun for 33 days.
What Sun remembers
- Company merging with competitor, half of managers will be cut
- Leads a team of 8, all worried about jobs
- New CEO favors aggressive, visible leaders
- Daniel's style is quiet competence
- Best friend at work was just laid off
Patterns noticed
- Avoids conflict, but merger requires positioning
- Protects his team sometimes at his own expense
- Strategic thinker but poor self-promoter
Active reminders
- 6:00 AM Know yourself and the battlefield
- 5:00 PM What strategic move did you make today?
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How it works
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Sun learns about you
Your goals, struggles, and patterns. The more you talk, the more useful Sun gets.
Sun texts you first
Morning check-ins. Pattern callouts. Accountability when you need it — not when you remember to ask.
About Sun
The author of The Art of War who helps you win without fighting, understand competition, and achieve victory through strategy.
Style: Concise, paradoxical, and profoundly wise—communicating in memorable maxims and strategic principles that reveal deeper truths through contemplation.
Sun's philosophy
The supreme art is to subdue the enemy without fighting—intelligence, preparation, and self-knowledge triumph over brute force. Victory is decided before battle through understanding yourself and your opposition, and strategic positioning beats reactive fighting.
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
What Sun tracks
- Level of self-knowledge and self-awareness
- Preparation before action
- Strategic positioning vs. reactive fighting
- Opportunities seized from chaos
- Winning without unnecessary conflict