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Warrior's Rules

This taxonomy allows us to categories posts using the Strategic Book of Knowledge's categories of principles.

1. Positioning (85)
- 1.1 Strategic Paths (7)
  - 1.1.1 Dynamics (1)
  - 1.1.2 Defense (2)
- 1.2 Objective and Subjective Positions (12)
  - 1.2.1 Competitive Landscapes (2)
  - 1.2.2 Exploration and Exploitation (2)
  - 1.2.3 Position Complexity (2)
- 1.3 Elemental Analysis (4)
  - 1.3.1 Competitive Comparison (1)
  - 1.3.2 Element Scalability (1)
- 1.4 The External Environment (12)
  - 1.4.1 Climate (8)
  - 1.4.2 Ground (2)
- 1.5 Internal Elements (8)
  - 1.5.1 Command (4)
  - 1.5.2 Methods (3)
- 1.6 Mission (15)
  - 1.6.1 Shared Mission (5)
  - 1.6.2 Types of Motivations (3)
  - 1.6.3 Mission Priorities (3)
- 1.7 Position Strength (4)
  - 1.7.1 Unity (1)
  - 1.7.2 Focus (1)
- 1.8 The Adaptive Loop (8)
  - 1.8.1 Creation and Destruction (3)
  - 1.8.2 Reiterative Analysis (1)
  - 1.8.3 Cycle Time (1)
  - 1.8.4 A Probabilistic Process (1)
- 1.9 Competition and Production (5)
  - 1.9.1 Strategic Arenas (1)
  - 1.9.2 Planning Arenas (1)
2. Perspective (41)
- 2.1 Information (7)
  - 2.1.1 Information Limits (3)
  - 2.1.2 Leveraging Uncertainty (1)
  - 2.1.3 Misinformation and Disinformation (1)
  - 2.1.4 Surprise (2)
- 2.2 Information Gathering (5)
  - 2.2.1 Personal Relationships (1)
  - 2.2.2 Mental Models (1)
  - 2.2.3 Relationships and Models (1)
- 2.3 Personal Interactions (9)
  - 2.3.1 Action and Reaction (2)
  - 2.3.2 Unpredictability (3)
  - 2.3.3 Range of Reactions (1)
  - 2.3.4 Using Questions (1)
  - 2.3.5 Infinite Loops (1)
- 2.4 Contact Networks (8)
  - 2.4.1 Ground Perspective (1)
  - 2.4.2 Climate Perspective (1)
  - 2.4.3 Command Perspective (1)
  - 2.4.4 Methods Perspective (1)
  - 2.4.5 Motivation Perspective (2)
- 2.5 The Big Picture (2)
- 2.6 Information Leverage (2)
- 2.7 Secrecy (2)
3.0 Opportunities (44)
- 3.1 Economics (15)
  - 3.1.1 Resource Limitations (1)
  - 3.1.2 Strategic Profitability (1)
  - 3.1.3 Conflict Cost (6)
  - 3.1.4 Openings (2)
  - 3.1.5 Economic Unpredictability (1)
  - 3.1.6 Time Limitations (3)
- 3.2 Opportunity Creation (9)
  - 3.2.1 Environmental Dominance (2)
  - 3.2.2 Opportunity Invisibility (1)
  - 3.2.3 Complementary Opposites (2)
  - 3.2.4 Emptiness and Fullness (1)
  - 3.2.5 Dynamics of Reversal (2)
- 3.3 Excess Resources (1)
- 3.4 Dis-Economies of Scale (11)
  - 3.4.1 Unity Breakdown (see 1.7.1) (1)
  - 3.4.2 Scale Limitations (1)
  - 3.4.3 Reaction Lag (1)
- 3.5 Strength and Weakness (1)
- 3.6 The Subjective Gap (1)
- 3.7 Competitive Mismatches (1)
- 3.8 Strategic Matrix Analysis (2)
4.0 High Probability Opportunities (43)
- 4.1 Limitations and Potential (1)
- 4.2 Choosing Non-Action (2)
- 4.3 Opportunity Forms (5)
  - 4.3.1 Inclined Forms (1)
  - 4.3.2 Fluid Forms (1)
  - 4.3.3 Soft Forms (1)
  - 4.3.4 Neutral Forms (1)
- 4.4 Strategic Distance (4)
  - 4.4.1 Physical Distance (1)
  - 4.4.2 Psychological Distance (1)
- 4.5 Opportnity Surfaces (10)
  - 4.5.1 Surface Area (3)
  - 4.5.2 Surface Barriers (4)
  - 4.5.3 Holding Power (2)
- 4.6 Six Benchmarks (15)
  - 4.6.1 Spread-out Opportunities (3)
  - 4.6.2 Constricted Opportnities (2)
  - 4.6.3 Barricaded Opportunities (3)
  - 4.6.4 Wide-Open Opportunities (2)
  - 4.6.5 Fixed Opportunities (2)
  - 4.6.6 Sensitive Opportunities (2)
- 4.7 Competitive Weaknesses (2)
- 4.8 Climate Support (1)
5.0 Action Selection (35)
- 5.1 Mission Priorities (3)
  - 5.1.1 Event Pressure (2)
- 5.2 Opportunity Exploration (6)
  - 5.2.1 Unforeseen Events (2)
  - 5.2.2 The Pressure of Plans (3)
- 5.3 Reaction Time (8)
  - 5.3.1 Speed and Quickness (3)
  - 5.3.2 Opportunity Windows (1)
  - 5.3.3 Information Freshness (1)
- 5.4 Minimizing Action (5)
  - 5.4.1 Value Tests (1)
  - 5.4.2 Sunk Investment Skew (1)
- 5.5 Focused Power (6)
  - 5.5.1 Size of Force (2)
  - 5.5.2 Distance Limitations (1)
  - 5.5.3 Time Limitations (1)
- 5.6 Defense and Advance (3)
  - 5.6.1 Defense Priority (1)
  - 5.6.2 Resources for Advance (1)
6.0 Situations Response (56)
- 6.1 Situation Recognition (3)
  - 6.1.1 Instant Reflexes (1)
  - 6.1.2 Dominant Conditions (1)
- 6.2 Campaigns (3)
  - 6.2.1 Campaign Flow (1)
  - 6.2.2 Guidance by Goals (1)
- 6.3 Campaign Foresight (4)
  - 6.3.1 Early Stage Situations (1)
  - 6.3.2 Middle Stage Situations (1)
  - 6.3.3 Late Stage Situations (1)
- 6.4 Nine Situations (16)
  - 6.4.1 Dissipating Situations (3)
  - 6.4.2 Easy Situations (1)
  - 6.4.4 Open Situations (2)
  - 6.4.5 Intersecting Situations (1)
  - 6.4.6 Serious Situations (1)
  - 6.4.7 Difficult Situations (1)
  - 6.4.8 Limited Situations (3)
  - 6.4.9 Desperate Situations (3)
- 6.5 Nine Responses (15)
  - 6.5.1 Dissipating Response (4)
  - 6.5.2 Easy Response (1)
  - 6.5.3 Contentious Response (2)
  - 6.5.4 Open Response (1)
  - 6.5.5 Intersecting Response (1)
  - 6.5.6 Serious Response (1)
  - 6.5.7 Difficult Response (1)
  - 6.5.8 Limited Response (2)
  - 6.5.9 Desperate Response (1)
- 6.6 Campaign Pause (2)
- 6.7 Special Conditions of Opposition (4)
  - 6.7.1 Forms of Ground (1)
  - 6.7.2 Relative Size (1)
  - 6.7.3 Relative Strength (1)
- 6.8 Competitive Psychology (5)
  - 6.8.1 Adversity and Creativity (2)
  - 6.8.2 Strength from Adversity (1)
  - 6.8.3 Failure Response (1)
7.0 Momentum (26)
- 7.1 Competitive Chaos (4)
  - 7.1.1 Creating Surprise (1)
  - 7.1.2 Psychological Momentum (1)
  - 7.1.3 Standards and Innovation (1)
- 7.2 Strategic Standards (2)
  - 7.2.2 Preparing Expectations (1)
- 7.3 Strategic Innovation (4)
  - 7.3.1 Expected Elements (1)
  - 7.3.2 Elemental Rearrangement (1)
  - 7.3.3 Creative Innovation (1)
- 7.4 Timing (6)
  - 7.4.2 Momentum Timing (2)
  - 7.4.3 Interrupting Patterns (1)
- 7.5 Momentum Limitations (2)
  - 7.5.1 New Standards (1)
- 7.6 Non-Zero Sum Games (3)
  - 7.6.1 Resource Discovery (1)
  - 7.6.2 Ground Creation (1)
8.0 Reward Generation (26)
- 8.1 Successful Positions (5)
  - 8.1.1 Valuable Resources (1)
  - 8.1.2 Control Limits (1)
  - 8.1.3 Reward Speed (1)
- 8.2 Making Claims (2)
- 8.3 Securing Rewards (5)
  - 8.3.1 Proof of Value (1)
  - 8.3.2 Identification of Boundaries (1)
  - 8.3.3 External Recognition (1)
  - 8.3.4 Implementation of Production (1)
- 8.4 Direct Contact (1)
- 8.5 Leveraging Emotions (1)
- 8.6 Winning Attention (1)
- 8.7 Continuous Improvement (4)
  - 8.7.1 Existing Positions (2)
9.0 Environmental Vulnerability (29)
- 9.1 Climate Vulnerability (3)
  - 9.1.1 Climatic Opposition (2)
- 9.2 Points of Vulnerability (6)
- 9.3 Crisis Leadership (4)
  - 9.3.1 Mutual Danger (1)
  - 9.3.2 Message Control (1)
- 9.4 Defending Vulnerabilities (7)
  - 9.4.1 Defending Against Division (1)
  - 9.4.2 Defending Against Panic (2)
  - 9.4.3 Defending Against Openings (1)
  - 9.4.4 Defending Alliances (1)
- 9.5 Exploiting Vulnerabilities (3)
  - 9.5.1 Vulnerability Opportunities (1)
  - 9.5.2 Avoiding Emotion (1)
- 9.6 Constant Vigilance (1)

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