Winning Not Fighting: Why you need to rethink success and how you achieve it with the Ancient Art of Wing Tsun

by John Vincent, Sifu Julian Hitch

Winning Not Fighting draws on the philosophy of Wing Tsun, an ancient Chinese martial art, to offer a profound and practical guide to achieving success at work, life and business. By explaining what these teachings reveal about decision-making, professional relationships, personal targets and positivity, it challenges some of our deepest-held assumptions and forces us to unlearn many ideas that inform our current ideas on professional success. Why, for example, do we refer to business through a lens of conflict? Why does winning always require confrontation, competition and a loser? John Vincent and Julian Hitch challenge our ingrained assumptions about success and achievement to to guide us through a path of self-cultivation using the eight wisdoms of Wing Tsun. John Vincent, the co-founder of LEON, has applied these mantras to his healthy fast-food empire with enormous success. In Winning Not Fighting , he collaborates with Wing Tsun master, Sifu Julian Hitch to sculpt this timeless wisdom into a practical and accessible guide to achieving success for your business.

Genres: Business, Philosophy

256 pages, Hardcover

First published November 7, 2019

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Reviews

[Yuvaraj Karthick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely a well written book.
Wondering how it didn't hit the best seller list or being one of the sensational books list.

However few issues are there.
Author John's repeated mentioning examples based on his company could have been reduced.
At some point it becomes overwhelming.
Initially well written.
Towards the third door section. John goes off too much making it difficult to continue in one stretch.
That section could have been reduced.
If the whole book could have been shorter by 50 pages, it would have been really amazing.

Nevertheless would definitely recommend.
Worth it.

[Brennan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoyed the first 3 hours, but after that, I didn't connect with the message. There are some good ideas about how personality and Wing Tsun impact business, but overall, I had to move on to something more interesting.

[Wulan Suci Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written by two different persons with different expertise, offers both plus and minus advantage. It is a plus, as it gives deeper understanding about some topic, but in the other hand requires high focus to understand the flow from one section to another section that is written by different author. There are many information and stories in the section of leveraging wing tsun frames to real business life situation, which is good, but the down side is in the focus of the real point that the author want to say. Though I understand that one of the author is the CEO for Leon, thus many examples come from Leon, but if only he can combine with other corporate example, i think it will give the book lesser impression on being ‘self marketing book’.

However generally a good book to read and to reflect, though not a new concept/perspective, it still has its uniqueness in seeing and or doing business in humanly better* way.

* claimed by the author, and I agree

[Le Book Rat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Winning Not Fight by John Vincent and Sifu Julian Hitch is a gorgeous blend of business and Wing Tsun. Before reading the novel, I was skeptical. Why was I reading a book written by two Caucasians about Southern Chinese art? From the start, Vincent hooks the reader onto the novel with his relatable, conversational, and humorous quality. Some chapters, not so much. While I respected the chapter about the positives of women's feminine qualities in business, I found it way too generalized. Nevertheless, Vincent transforms the book to new heights by taking from his fallbacks and mistakes. Hitch's vast knowledge and passion for Wing Tsun adds depth to the book. Together, the authors guide the readers through the four doors of Wing Tsun. This terrific novel will not only open the mind but leave a sense of appreciation for traditional arts for future success.

[Clement Gervaise · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book gave me the motivation to start learning Wing Fun given that the mindset is very appealing to me: it is a mix of taoism, zen buddism and hinduism. John Vincent explains how he puts much effort to apply such mindset in his company and in my.ppinion he seems credible in his quest to put more spirituality in business in general. The two authors are very knowledgeable in their respective field so there are plenty of things to learn here. There is plently of advertisment of Leon and demonstrations of Leon's CEO ego but we may forgive that given his own awareness (you'll know much of him in the end).

[Tong Kosong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ok like I am giving this a 5 star. There are some parts that were not 5 star, but parts that were good were really good.

it felt aligned to where I am right now in life.

There are some chapters totally irellevant and parts that felt like it went against itself, but overall well done attempting to unite martial arts and business.

The attempt to encapsulate this duality was pretty well done.

[Manouane Beauchamp · Rating 1 out of 5]

Voilà un livre étrange : un propriétaire d'une chaîne de restaurant qui tente de faire une transposition des enseignements d'un art martial sur la façon de gérer une entreprise. Passez votre tour, il y a des livres de gestion plus intéressants à lire.

[Kaho Cheung · Rating 2 out of 5]

A preachy life coaching book that summarises topics from other books such as Sun Tse's Art of war, Robert Green's Mastery, Viktor Frankl's Man's search for meaning and Carl Yung's fields of philosophy and religious studies. Essentially, this book reads like an advertisement for LEON Restaraunt and has nothing to do with Wing Chun. A-OK read if you're into self-help books.

[Jen Rosa · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must-read. Strongly recommend.

[Patrick Villiger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant