Conquering the Enemy

The leader of every nation has a big task on knowing what to prioritize and decide with conviction how they would approach problems in the society. People see things in different ways, good or bad, each has a different belief. Our views may not be the same, but our enemies are.

The Art of War by Sun Tzu: (Last verse from chapter 3)

故曰：知彼知己，百戰不殆；不知彼而知己，一勝一負；不知彼，不知己，每戰必殆

So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.

If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.

If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself.

Since we are getting prepared to give our hopes to our new elected president, Benigno “Noynoy” S. Aquino III, still we need to see what we can do, and not what he would do. Promises are made to be broken, not always, but often.

The Philippines, unfortunately being one of the third world countries, still is rich in resources. Actually, we are one of the richest countries before, because our country is a tropical country. People tend to blame our past leaders why we are poor today, but the past is finished, we should look forward to our future. It’s sad to see other countries to be back on their feet after being down, but we can’t. (Ex. China, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia) And all their success is because of their leaders. Always remember, no leader is perfect, there is always imperfections.

Great leaders are made, not born, this is a fact. In the quote of Master Sun Tzu in his book, The Art of War, conquering the enemy applies not only to war, but to all things in life. Each individual’s way of life is different because we are the only leaders for our lives.

Knowing what we want to achieve in our life is often the question to initiate change. As individuals, understanding what we are against should lead us to the solution. It maybe business, spiritual beliefs, family, love, war and many other trials in life, but there is a solution.