Immersed in work, I don't return the call until later in the day when it's too late. Having returned very few of my calls over the last year, she has now left an urgent message to call her regarding a favour. Perhaps I've been overdoing the schmoozing.Īndrew's sister-in-law, Brenda, has committed a grave tactical error. Napoleon's praise was rare and therefore sought-after. If Napoleon could take millions of unruly young men and turn them into one of the most successful fighting forces ever known, I should be able to manage a housekeeper. If any more shrinkages occur, I'll take it as a declaration of war and at least I'll have smoked out my enemy. After telling her how much I appreciate her, I present her with some new wool detergent and share my secret for wool - hand-wash in cold water. Now that I know that direct attack is rarely, if ever, advisable, since it merely stiffens resistance and results in defensive behaviour, I go for the flank approach. In the past, there might have been an emotional confrontation resulting in bad feeling. Andrew's devoted housekeeper has shrunk yet another of my jumpers. I receive an e-mail from the director assuring me that the trainer will be activating the radiator in future. The trainer's salary must be more than the cost of heating a room. The trainer is being paid by the organisation for whom I work, so I fire off an e-mail to the director. I decide to utilise Strategy 16, "Hit Them Where it Hurts". I have tolerated the situation but now that I am a warrior, this attack on my comfort can no longer be overlooked. Direct requests and hints, such as donning ski wear, have been steadfastly ignored. I have monthly group training sessions at a woman's house, and it is absolutely freezing.
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I dispatch a warm, loving letter, full of praise for her and acknowledging and regretting my past behaviour. Following the principle of always working against the enemy's expectations, I do the last thing she anticipates. Lisa senses that I dislike her and am delighted that she is no longer around to plague me.
"Injecting novelty and mobility is often enough to unbalance the minds of your rigid and defensive opponents," advises Greene. Employing a "forcing strategy" to wrest back control from Lisa, I decide to give the stalemate a major jolt and force her to do something different. Hostilities escalated as a result of her attempts to host a party at our house while we were away, and she has now not spoken to either me or her father for six months.Īddressing the situation afresh, this time calmly and rationally, I decide upon two approaches. His daughter, Lisa, didn't bother to disguise her antagonism, and, to date, neither have I. Upon meeting my boyfriend, Andrew, I automatically made three enemies - his 16-year-old daughter, his sister-in-law and his close female friend, all of whom had previously enjoyed the attention now being lavished upon me. Your enemies can fill you with purpose and direction, they are a source of energy."
Learn to smoke out your enemies, to spot them by the signs and patterns that reveal hostility. Today, I declare war on my enemies, in accordance with the first strategy of war: "Life is endless battle and conflict, and you cannot fight effectively unless you can identify your enemies.
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