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Re: [FRC Blog] Team Standards Update & Creating Art

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Originally Posted by Hallry View Post
There's a great book on art and overcoming resistance, called "The War of Art", by Steven Pressfield. If you are interested in this kind of thing, I recommend it.
I have to presume that this is a twist on "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. My favorite quote from this seminal work on competition resonates both in my job working at the Naval Oceanographic Office and as an FRC mentor:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Know the enemy, know yourself, your victory will not be threatened. Know the weather, know the terrain, and your victories will be limitless.
Edit: at the end of the day for FRC, this ends up as:
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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Read the manual. Think it through. Scout. Dominate.
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