Re:Ask HN: What people skills do you wish you learned earlie...
by 1PlayerOne on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @11:35AM
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Your sentiment was codified a long time ago in a book[1]
Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
[1] https://ctext.org/art-of-war/attack-by-stratagem