The Art of War #2

[TheDrunkenDwarf]

The second installment of The Art of War discusses winning your battles before you fight them. You can read it HERE.

[Lightning]

The British Army has a similar expression, the "6 P's" - Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance

[Tazzrin Jaegernaut]

Negative! Its the "7 P's"

Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance

[Lightning]

Trust me, my father is ex British army. Maybe the 7th P is an unnecessary American addition to British efficiency

[Tazzrin Jaegernaut]

Yes I was told the "7 P's" by my mother when I was younger. The prior part pertains directly to this installment of The Art of War.

[Lightning]

In my opinion, the use of the word "planning" indicates "prior" :naughty:

[Xabassis]

lightning is correct. you can't really plan in the middle of the combat field, you can make slight adjustments, but you can't *plan* ... your already in combat.

[Tazzrin Jaegernaut]

If one were to prioritize his planning, then one would expect his plans to be just as effective if not more so. To prioritize your plans means to bring your planning to the utmost importance. Therefore, prioritizing your plans for the task at hand and ignoring all other obstacles that are irrelevant to the task is the main goal.

And there is planning made during combat, just to a certain extent. I think a better term for "planning" while engaged in combat would be "split-second decisions." This is self-explanatory.

[Lightning]

I still think "Prior" is superfluous.

[Xabassis]

still agree with lightning, and split second decisions arn't per se planning, they are just that... [/u]decisions made by you. in order for it to be a plan everyone else in combat would already have to know about it beforehand.... at this point in time its just an order that your calling out where everyone has to adjust :P