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1. Positioning (119)
- 1.1 Strategic Paths (10)
  - 1.1.1 Dynamics (2)
  - 1.1.2 Defense (3)
- 1.2 Objective and Subjective Positions (16)
  - 1.2.1 Competitive Landscapes (3)
  - 1.2.2 Exploration and Exploitation (3)
  - 1.2.3 Position Complexity (3)
- 1.3 Elemental Analysis (7)
  - 1.3.1 Competitive Comparison (2)
  - 1.3.2 Element Scalability (2)
- 1.4 The External Environment (15)
  - 1.4.1 Climate (9)
  - 1.4.2 Ground (3)
- 1.5 Internal Elements (11)
  - 1.5.1 Command (5)
  - 1.5.2 Methods (4)
- 1.6 Mission (19)
  - 1.6.1 Shared Mission (6)
  - 1.6.2 Types of Motivations (4)
  - 1.6.3 Mission Priorities (4)
- 1.7 Position Strength (7)
  - 1.7.1 Unity (2)
  - 1.7.2 Focus (2)
- 1.8 The Adaptive Loop (13)
  - 1.8.1 Creation and Destruction (4)
  - 1.8.2 Reiterative Analysis (2)
  - 1.8.3 Cycle Time (2)
  - 1.8.4 A Probabilistic Process (2)
- 1.9 Competition and Production (8)
  - 1.9.1 Strategic Arenas (2)
  - 1.9.2 Planning Arenas (2)
2. Perspective (70)
- 2.1 Information (12)
  - 2.1.1 Information Limits (4)
  - 2.1.2 Leveraging Uncertainty (2)
  - 2.1.3 Misinformation and Disinformation (2)
  - 2.1.4 Surprise (3)
- 2.2 Information Gathering (9)
  - 2.2.1 Personal Relationships (2)
  - 2.2.2 Mental Models (2)
  - 2.2.3 Relationships and Models (2)
- 2.3 Personal Interactions (15)
  - 2.3.1 Action and Reaction (3)
  - 2.3.2 Unpredictability (4)
  - 2.3.3 Range of Reactions (2)
  - 2.3.4 Using Questions (2)
  - 2.3.5 Infinite Loops (2)
- 2.4 Contact Networks (15)
  - 2.4.1 Ground Perspective (2)
  - 2.4.2 Climate Perspective (2)
  - 2.4.3 Command Perspective (3)
  - 2.4.4 Methods Perspective (2)
  - 2.4.5 Motivation Perspective (3)
- 2.5 The Big Picture (3)
- 2.6 Information Leverage (3)
- 2.7 Secrecy (3)
3.0 Opportunities (67)
- 3.1 Economics (22)
  - 3.1.1 Resource Limitations (2)
  - 3.1.2 Strategic Profitability (2)
  - 3.1.3 Conflict Cost (7)
  - 3.1.4 Openings (3)
  - 3.1.5 Economic Unpredictability (2)
  - 3.1.6 Time Limitations (4)
- 3.2 Opportunity Creation (15)
  - 3.2.1 Environmental Dominance (3)
  - 3.2.2 Opportunity Invisibility (2)
  - 3.2.3 Complementary Opposites (3)
  - 3.2.4 Emptiness and Fullness (2)
  - 3.2.5 Dynamics of Reversal (3)
- 3.3 Excess Resources (2)
- 3.4 Dis-Economies of Scale (15)
  - 3.4.1 Unity Breakdown (see 1.7.1) (2)
  - 3.4.2 Scale Limitations (2)
  - 3.4.3 Reaction Lag (2)
- 3.5 Strength and Weakness (2)
- 3.6 The Subjective Gap (2)
- 3.7 Competitive Mismatches (2)
- 3.8 Strategic Matrix Analysis (3)
4.0 High Probability Opportunities (67)
- 4.1 Limitations and Potential (2)
- 4.2 Choosing Non-Action (3)
- 4.3 Opportunity Forms (10)
  - 4.3.1 Inclined Forms (2)
  - 4.3.2 Fluid Forms (2)
  - 4.3.3 Soft Forms (2)
  - 4.3.4 Neutral Forms (2)
- 4.4 Strategic Distance (7)
  - 4.4.1 Physical Distance (2)
  - 4.4.2 Psychological Distance (2)
- 4.5 Opportnity Surfaces (14)
  - 4.5.1 Surface Area (4)
  - 4.5.2 Surface Barriers (5)
  - 4.5.3 Holding Power (3)
- 4.6 Six Benchmarks (22)
  - 4.6.1 Spread-out Opportunities (4)
  - 4.6.2 Constricted Opportnities (3)
  - 4.6.3 Barricaded Opportunities (4)
  - 4.6.4 Wide-Open Opportunities (3)
  - 4.6.5 Fixed Opportunities (3)
  - 4.6.6 Sensitive Opportunities (3)
- 4.7 Competitive Weaknesses (3)
- 4.8 Climate Support (2)
5.0 Action Selection (56)
- 5.1 Mission Priorities (6)
  - 5.1.1 Event Pressure (3)
  - 5.1.2 Internal Distraction (1)
- 5.2 Opportunity Exploration (9)
  - 5.2.1 Unforeseen Events (3)
  - 5.2.2 The Pressure of Plans (4)
- 5.3 Reaction Time (12)
  - 5.3.1 Speed and Quickness (4)
  - 5.3.2 Opportunity Windows (2)
  - 5.3.3 Information Freshness (2)
- 5.4 Minimizing Action (8)
  - 5.4.1 Value Tests (2)
  - 5.4.2 Sunk Investment Skew (2)
- 5.5 Focused Power (10)
  - 5.5.1 Size of Force (3)
  - 5.5.2 Distance Limitations (2)
  - 5.5.3 Time Limitations (2)
- 5.6 Defense and Advance (6)
  - 5.6.1 Defense Priority (2)
  - 5.6.2 Resources for Advance (2)
6.0 Situations Response (96)
- 6.1 Situation Recognition (6)
  - 6.1.1 Instant Reflexes (2)
  - 6.1.2 Dominant Conditions (2)
- 6.2 Campaigns (6)
  - 6.2.1 Campaign Flow (2)
  - 6.2.2 Guidance by Goals (2)
- 6.3 Campaign Foresight (8)
  - 6.3.1 Early Stage Situations (2)
  - 6.3.2 Middle Stage Situations (2)
  - 6.3.3 Late Stage Situations (2)
- 6.4 Nine Situations (26)
  - 6.4.1 Dissipating Situations (4)
  - 6.4.2 Easy Situations (2)
  - 6.4.3 Contentious Situations (1)
  - 6.4.4 Open Situations (3)
  - 6.4.5 Intersecting Situations (2)
  - 6.4.6 Serious Situations (2)
  - 6.4.7 Difficult Situations (2)
  - 6.4.8 Limited Situations (4)
  - 6.4.9 Desperate Situations (4)
- 6.5 Nine Responses (25)
  - 6.5.1 Dissipating Response (5)
  - 6.5.2 Easy Response (2)
  - 6.5.3 Contentious Response (3)
  - 6.5.4 Open Response (2)
  - 6.5.5 Intersecting Response (2)
  - 6.5.6 Serious Response (2)
  - 6.5.7 Difficult Response (2)
  - 6.5.8 Limited Response (3)
  - 6.5.9 Desperate Response (2)
- 6.6 Campaign Pause (3)
- 6.7 Special Conditions of Opposition (8)
  - 6.7.1 Forms of Ground (2)
  - 6.7.2 Relative Size (2)
  - 6.7.3 Relative Strength (2)
- 6.8 Competitive Psychology (9)
  - 6.8.1 Adversity and Creativity (3)
  - 6.8.2 Strength from Adversity (2)
  - 6.8.3 Failure Response (2)
7.0 Momentum (51)
- 7.1 Competitive Chaos (9)
  - 7.1.1 Creating Surprise (2)
  - 7.1.2 Psychological Momentum (2)
  - 7.1.3 Standards and Innovation (3)
- 7.2 Strategic Standards (5)
  - 7.2.1 Proven Methods (1)
  - 7.2.2 Preparing Expectations (2)
- 7.3 Strategic Innovation (8)
  - 7.3.1 Expected Elements (2)
  - 7.3.2 Elemental Rearrangement (2)
  - 7.3.3 Creative Innovation (2)
- 7.4 Timing (10)
  - 7.4.1 Timing Methods (1)
  - 7.4.2 Momentum Timing (3)
  - 7.4.3 Interrupting Patterns (2)
- 7.5 Momentum Limitations (7)
  - 7.5.1 New Standards (2)
  - 7.5.2 The Spread of Standards (2)
  - 7.5.3 The Innovative Loop (1)
- 7.6 Non-Zero Sum Games (6)
  - 7.6.1 Resource Discovery (2)
  - 7.6.2 Ground Creation (2)
8.0 Reward Generation (41)
- 8.1 Successful Positions (9)
  - 8.1.1 Valuable Resources (2)
  - 8.1.2 Control Limits (2)
  - 8.1.3 Reward Speed (2)
- 8.2 Making Claims (3)
- 8.3 Securing Rewards (10)
  - 8.3.1 Proof of Value (2)
  - 8.3.2 Identification of Boundaries (2)
  - 8.3.3 External Recognition (2)
  - 8.3.4 Implementation of Production (2)
- 8.4 Direct Contact (2)
- 8.5 Leveraging Emotions (2)
- 8.6 Winning Attention (2)
- 8.7 Continuous Improvement (7)
  - 8.7.1 Existing Positions (3)
  - 8.7.2 Losing Positions (1)
9.0 Environmental Vulnerability (54)
- 9.1 Climate Vulnerability (6)
  - 9.1.1 Climatic Opposition (3)
  - 9.1.2 Climatic Threats (1)
- 9.2 Points of Vulnerability (13)
- 9.3 Crisis Leadership (7)
  - 9.3.1 Mutual Danger (2)
  - 9.3.2 Message Control (2)
- 9.4 Defending Vulnerabilities (14)
  - 9.4.1 Defending Against Division (2)
  - 9.4.2 Defending Against Panic (3)
  - 9.4.3 Defending Against Openings (2)
  - 9.4.4 Defending Alliances (3)
  - 9.4.5 Defending Against Temporary Trends (1)
- 9.5 Exploiting Vulnerabilities (6)
  - 9.5.1 Vulnerability Opportunities (2)
  - 9.5.2 Avoiding Emotion (2)
- 9.6 Constant Vigilance (2)


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