{"id":23519,"date":"2020-06-18T23:32:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T15:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=23519"},"modified":"2023-04-28T21:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T13:24:54","slug":"design-and-art-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/design-and-art-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning Life Battles: 15 Lessons from The Art of War"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Art of War\u201d by Sun Tzu is widely regarded by many as not only a \u201cbible\u201d for the battlefield but also a great source of lessons for life in general.<\/p>\n

Life in itself is a constant struggle to, if not stay on top, at least make it through daily challenges, while making the most of our resources<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Subject to personal interpretation, The Art of War can be a great source of inspiration and guidance<\/strong> to web designers and developers in their work struggles.<\/p>\n

Here are some key takeaways from The Art of War that you can apply in your personal life, work, and a quest for self-improvement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Life and The Art Of War<\/h2>\n
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Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Web designers and developers are easily replaceable. Every day there are thousands of new people entering the industry, some are self-taught, and some trained in schools<\/a>. The competition is growing bigger, and the only way to ensure success is to constantly build up your arsenal of skills.<\/p>\n

Never stop learning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In our work, there are a lot of instances when clients would ask for several revisions, tweaks, and minor requests that just pile up and take away weeks of our time. And in our line of work, every second truly counts. Learning how to say no<\/a>, or at least how to renegotiate the details, will come a long way<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Other times several projects will present themselves, and you will have to make the hard decision to choose which one to accept or risk burning yourself, which is harder.<\/p>\n

This is also a good way of saying that you need to balance your work life and personal life<\/a>. Is it really a victory that you completed several projects in a week if you missed your sister\u2019s wedding?<\/p>\n

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One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Of all the things you want to do in your life, you will only accomplish a fraction of it because of how limited and fast time flows. The cool thing about this all? You can actually \u201cexperience\u201d something even without doing it.<\/p>\n

Or better yet, in order to have more time for yourself, why not outsource some of the things you are doing to someone else<\/strong>? Bring in extra brains and arms to work on the things that are taking way too much of your time.<\/p>\n

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