You think like Zhuge Liang

Strengths

• Writes the plan down
• Thinks ten moves ahead
• Makes the logic visible

Blind spot

A ten-step plan can arrive after the room needed a single yes. You will sometimes hand people a document when they were waiting for a decision.

A move for you

Write the full plan, then cut it to the three steps someone else can carry out while you are not in the room. Visible logic still needs a date on it.

On the record

Chancellor of Shu Han (181–234). Laid out the Longzhong Plan 隆中对 before he ever took office.

Full profile of Zhuge Liang

Rival and closest

• Rival — Sima Yi
• Closest — Sun Tzu