The best way to advance your cause with the minimum of effort and bloodshed is to create a constantly shifting network of alliances, getting others to compensate for your deficiencies, do your dirty work, fight your wars, spend energy pulling you forward. The art is in choosing those allies who fit the needs of the moment and fill the gaps in your power. Give them gifts, offer them friendship, help them in time of need—all
forms of reciprocity - for the whole book, create a scale or diagram of urgency versus threat matrix of tactics. Each tactic should cover a range. Use a build if necessary
