What Is Strategy

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++"
Adaptable
Advantage
Anticipate
Artful
Assumptions

Calculating
Cautious
Change
Clairvoyant
Clever
Competitive
Crafty
Creative
Cunning
Deceitful
Deceptive
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Develop
Devious
Forward-thinking
Foresight
Innovative
Insightful
Inventive
Lucky
Manipulative
Mysterious
Nimble
Opportunistic
Options
Plotting
Political
Position
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Prepared

Pro-active
Prudent
Risk
Ruthless
Scheming
Secretive
Skillful
Sly
Smart
Speculative
Success
Tricky
Unethical
Visionary
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, -&-.....
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(&today’s%
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*''/
tomorrow’s 
"0*
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, -&-...
0"( 
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1(
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2

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0.
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1
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&
, -&-....
3 /
Strategy
Future (Longer-Term)
Preparing & Planning
A Journey
Broad Perspective
A Purpose
Anticipation
Risk
Important
Tactics
Now (In the Moment)
Doing Activities
A Trip
Narrow Perspective
A Task
Reaction
Caution
Urgent
, -..
Applied Strategic Thinking
45 
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*"644
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:&
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"(.
('
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;''&!(
4<
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1=4$'(
4'('


, -&-.4..>..?.@.>&
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
=

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1=
<&'
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A4#.()'&
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