A Military Analogy for Strategy §

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Key Ideas §

• This analogy applies to learning something new

  • Don’t brute force your way through it

• When you’re trying to conquer new territroy

  • You can’t brute force it all the time

• Think of an invading army, and how it conquers new territory

• It happens in three stages

  1. The commando stage
  2. The infantry stage
  3. The police stage

The commando stage §

• These are the marines
• they are the specialists specialists
• People who have the tactical skills that are adapted to a very specific situation
• This is when you bring in an expert (or a coach)
• These are the first 8 weeks
• You need the specialist to help you set up system
• penetrate the battle ground;
• get you started; give you a strategy and figure out the most efficient path and way to go

The Infantry Stage §

• This is when you apply some more force
• You execute your strategy
• Now that you have a beachead. And you’ve entered the territory
• You can bring in troops and get it going.
• This stage is a bit of a grind

The Law Enforcement Stage §

• This is where it’s all about maintenance
• You’re already doing well
• You have a good habit
• And you need to just remind yourself to realign every now and then

See also §

• There aren’t any good answers for long (concept)
• Entropy (concept)