Wen Hsiu Quan

Hi, everyone! Last week I said that I am especially going to enjoy writing this post. This is mainly because I am particularly fond of pointing out the advantages of working alone. It is three years now that I am working alone as an attorney. During the time I have worked in a firm with fairly strict oversight I have quickly learned that your opponents can make a lot happen while you still have to get instructions from your boss. In a firm where I have virtually full autonomy I usually had my opponents phoning me for postponements and extensions of time. Most fun with taking steps nowadays is blocking opponent's phone numbers at those critical times when I know that a lot of trouble is in store for their clients. Aside from work- I have never known much about Rugby, but the All Blacks' ability to pull off the most amazing plays that flip the script at the most unexpected of times in a match has had me hooked on the game for years now. A while after following the All Bla...

Hi, everyone! In the fourth- and second last part of this five-part series of posts we are going to look at preparation as a key to victory. We have heard the saying "Fate favours the prepared". If you are a lawyer that is due to be in court soon you know you will take some time beforehand to prepare. Musicians rehearse and do sound checks before concerts... When it comes to martial arts we probably think of the hours of training that get put in by great fighters. As someone who loves movies and comics preparation for battle immediately reminds me of the king of preparation in the superhero world- this includes both DC and Marvel by the way- Batman! https://youtu.be/X7SiuQxhAjg The words "Batman" and "prep-time" often get used together in Facebook comments, posts and memes. Any fan will tell you that Batman has bested even super-powered adversaries with good preparation. Shadow of the Bat #0 said that Batman has learnt about the v...

If you work for an employer who has about more than 5 employees you would probably have experienced some aspect of today's topic in one way or another. You may otherwise have noticed when shopping how the owner of a shop is extra friendly when greeting customers and you get received really well- and then there is that change when he calls one of his employees out of their hiding place and you get handed over to that employee... Now you hear the one excuse after the other and you get told to come back another day etc... Well- at least this does not happen in all workplaces. While the shop's owner wants to see his business grow and make profit the employee often just wants to get his salary at the end of the month with the minimum hardship. Sun Tzu has obviously seen that the armies of his time had similar conflicts of interests. Leaving these conflicts unresolved led to a disorganised army, delays in carrying out of instructions and in worst cases- treason. Sun ...

Hi, everyone! I have just been reminded that our merry band of martial arts enthusiasts on Google+ will cease to be on Google+. Many of us have already established our blogs and regular posts on Facebook and Twitter. I trust that Gmail and Youtube will remain unaffected, though. Nonetheless- this series still has 3 more posts after this one to go before it's through, though. So- while it is here- let's get on with it... As you can probably guess with what you have seen in the previous post- I am not going to write about how to use troops in battle. I am no military strategist in any event and have absolutely no military background anyway. Still- it is clear to anyone who has read Art of War that Sun Tzu was not a fan of overkills. He advises against pursuing troops that are retreating. He advises travelling regiments to travel lightly and to rather try to use what they find than to pack large amounts of supplies. So- proportionality is qu...