Lesson 154: Fear of Destruction

We can hold these leaders captive to their fears. Once we know that these leaders are overly cautious, we can easily use their fears against them. Since these leaders are afraid to risk too much on any given battle, all we have to do is keep raising the stakes. This is like raising the bet in poker against a player that we know we can frighten out of the hand. It doesn’t matter if we put in more than the battle is worth because we know that our opponent will back down and it will not cost us anything.
 

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