The Book of Five Rings

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The classic strategy book rivaled only by Sun Tzu's The Art of War.A warrior of sixty battles Musashi Miyamoto was a Samurai legend. His success was due to his Way of Strategy - The Book of Five Rings - which reveals what really works in the boardroom, the bar room, and the battlefield."You should only be concerned with killing the enemy," says Miyamoto, "If you rely on strength, when you hit the enemy's sword you will inevitably hit too hard."It's a must-have for any business leader, martial artist or born-again Samurai. "The name of Musashi is as familiar in Japan as those of Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid are in the United States. A swordsman, military strategist and painter born in the 1580s, he lives on eternally in the Japanese imagination as a superhero of folklore, literature, action movies and video games." New York TimesThis Cool Classics edition also includes the Dokkodo, Miyamoto's 21 precepts for living, known as 'The Way I go by Myself'. It was composed as Musashi gave away his possessions in preparation for death, and was dedicated to his favorite disciple, Terao Magonojo, who took them to heart. It expresses a stringent, ascetic, and honest view of life.

Genre: Business & Economics / Leadership (fancy, right?)