Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment – that which they cannot anticipate.

Sun Tzu
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We see a lot of people who wait around for a person to give them a chance. When the chance is given, they run with it and give that person a chance. The problem is that this person has been given a chance before and failed. When the chance is given again, they fail again. People love to be engaged but they don’t want to get involved.

Source: The Art Of War

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