The idea of this series came from the inspiration of a tour in the wilds of "Masai Mara", in Southern Kenya, which is the original home of many wild animals. You see them there on their nature in their environment; you cannot but contemplate them, listen to them and learn from them how they manage their affairs in this sprawling world.
Together we will go away in the wilderness and jungles, to enjoy a hunting trip and throw our nets with enthusiasm. This time we will not be hunting animals, for they are the revered teacher, however we are going to hunt their tactics, to examine them in the study and analysis laboratory.
In this series the teacher is not a famous genius strategic expert, or a specialist in social sciences or politics. The teacher is the lion, the leopard, the elephant and the giraffe, and many others, with all due respect to the titles of all those wonderful ones in the animal world. We will take the student’s position, listen to them, and ask our questions. Biologists, who worked on the study of this wonderful world, will help us in translating their language.
The animal world is full of ideas, and whenever you discover part of the secrets of the life of this world you become keen to find out more, since lessons of nature are intense and impressive, perhaps you learn a lesson from an Elephant telling you about an effective tactic that may help you to solve a problem, or take advantage of the advice of a bird singing the arts of flying. It is important to carefully consider and take care of meditation and observation, liberate your mind from the narrowness of the city, politicians and experts theses, to the wide space of the wilds and diversity of creatures, languages and life styles.
This series includes a group of tactical lessons practiced in the animal world, since every creature has his own offensive and defensive tactics that we can benefit from. Studying the logic of action in the animal can open unlimited horizons of thinking, which takes you to the strategic wonders world, just as the open forest world, which is still being discovered day after day.
These lessons are displayed for consideration and study, for anyone interested in developing his ideas in the field of tactics, whether at the individual level and private work, or at the collective level and public work.
As for the conditions of use, they differ from one reality to another, you may have used gazelle tactic to escape, without paying attention that you are in the position of an attacking lion, or you chose the attack tactic and impersonated the lion personality while you are in the position of a fly! In addition, you will notice the tactic and its opposite, this calls you to be cautious and another induces you to attack. They are like the raw colors before decorating the painting, and before the painter determine how he is going to mix the colors, which ones will be used and which will be left. The formation of the captivating painting does not depend on the colors themselves as much as the art of using them… It is the ingenuity of the artist.
Accordingly, the lesson is not to like a tactic and decide to implement it, for application is an art! The determination of the theater of operations and the appropriate tactics depends on the mind and a sharp insight, as well as the overall strategy that governs your practice.
As for the information contained in the series about the animal world, they are either the result of a preliminary observation, information from our guide in the wilderness, an experiment and a practical experience in breeding animals, or a search in the scientific encyclopedias and documentary films dealing with the animal world by meditation and study.
Wael Adel
Translated by Rana Mohammed
February 23rd, 2012