The first time I ever heard of Sun Tzu's was in my basic mandarin class. The lao shi actually was trying to motivate us to be disciplined in learning the language and not to give up even when we think it's difficult to learn and for the fact that knowing adult learners, we might even make up excuses like, too busy to go to class. Anyway, the reason why I suddenly remembered the SunTzu's art of war was because of something I actually said to my boss and the way I said it (or the words) which, by our standard (the office) actually is an act of defying and refusing to assume responsibility.
The art of war mentioned, "All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him." (Sun Tzu's Art of War)
Hence, due to my impatience and haste, I totally ignored the rules and just blurt out what I actually had in my mind without even considering the consequences. The disadvantage having a "closed" minded person as a boss or even what I consider "typical" bosses is, if they say "Do this." I should just do it, no question ask.
Well, being me in this situation doesn't help tho, because I have a lot of activities planned ahead and it wouldn't do me good to start a "war" with my immediate boss/bosses. Hmm...do I apologise? Well, have to fake an expression first before I can do that..:P
