sunny disposition

Mrs May must have read Sun Tzu but not quite got the hang of it. Some ideas work quite well, but others don't.

FOR OBFUSCATION (5/5 - totally opaque, smacks of jumpiness)

• Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
• Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.
FOR WEARING EVERYONE DOWN (5/5 - everyone is worn flat)

• Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
• Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
FOR EDGINESS (4/5 - pushed but things fell apart)

• A leader leads by example, not by force.
• If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.
FOR DECEPTION (3/5 - mostly to own troops)
• When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.
• All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.
FOR CREATING DIVISION (0/5 - everywhere, but to what end?)
• If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
TEAM BUILDING (0/5 - no constructive teams identified)
• A leader will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
• There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare.
• Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
PLANNING (0/5 - Ready, Fire, Aim not the best way)
• Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
• Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
FOR TALKING WITH JEREMY (unable to mark this - see deception and obfuscation)
• Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.
• The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
• All warfare is based on deception.
• To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
• Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.