The Ancient Eastern Strategist: A Disciple of Silent Transformations
Disciple of silent transformations, the ancient Eastern strategist patiently waits for the adequate moment to intervene and to induce change indirectly. The right touch, the right word, at the right time in the right place.
7 min readSep 12, 2022
The way of a stealth warrior
The ancient Eastern strategist is not here on this earth to revolutionize the world.
He does not seek reorganization on the basis of some order or another.
The ancient Eastern strategist does not even fantasize to redeem his audience and has no wish to bring to others what nobody asks of him and that he may not even have.
He does not force the course of things.
The ancient Eastern strategist is not a hero.
He does not even praise audacity.
Some Westerners would say that the ancient Eastern strategist looks lazy and lacks ambition, that he ain’t no leader.
The degree of the efficacy of the ancient Eastern strategist’s behavior is determined by the extent to which he refrains from trying to manage things (Jullien…
