The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports

Jason Rubin
Sep 5, 2018 · 1 min read

The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene (48 Laws of Power…same author). Fascinating read. War strategy was not exactly something I thought really applied to everyday life, but Ryan Holiday (Trust Me Im Lying, Ego is the Enemy) threw it on his reading list and I like his recommendations.

One of the offensive strategies discussed is referred to as Slow-Slow-Quick-Quick. Genghis Khan (who we are all related to, no joke, 20 percent chance he is your dad) utilized this strategy to deal with some pesky enemies. Essentially, the goal is to feint one battle, appear as weak per say, and lead your enemy into an egotistical drive. In this case, there was a desert the enemy really thought was impassible (it was not), Genghis Kahn secretly mobilized his ridiculous cavalry …when it comes to ridiculous mobile units I struggle to paint any picture aside from being on horseback…standing on horseback…shooting arrows like Mad Max on steroids…and then jumping to the next horse. Genghis Kahn’s cavalry would include a bunch of horses without soldiers, that way, when his units on horseback tired out, they could jump to a fresh horse with more energy. It doubled as making the cavalry seem bigger.

Jump to a free horse.

How this has not been added to the Kentucky Derby is beyond me.