The Foundation of Superior Strategy Sun Tzu emphasized that supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting. Direct confrontation is wasteful and risky even when you win. Casualties, resource consumption, destruction, and the uncertainty of outcome make fighting an undesirable option. Superior strategy achieves objectives through positioning and maneuvering, making direct conflict unnecessary or decisively favorable. Combined with timing, acting when conditions favor success, positioning enables achieving maximum results with minimum expenditure of resources and minimal risk. Strategic positioning means occupying favorable ground before conflict begins. This is not just physical territory but psychological, social, economic, and political...