The Sun Tzu's The Art of War' is one of the world's best books on strategy and competition. It was written in app. 500 B.C. and established itself as the leading treatise on confronting and defeating opponents through superior strategy.

You must know five things to win:

1. Victory comes from knowing when to attack and when to avoid battle.

2. Victory comes from correctly using large and small forces.

3. Victory comes from everyone sharing the same goals.

4. Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.

5. Victory comes from having a capable commander and the government leaving him alone.