Call it a character flaw -- when under attack, I counter attack. Always.
Have character, but don't be a character.
The rules of war and business are the same. Victory and success are the same. In one it's life and/or death in the other it is success or failure. There really is little room for compromise of "gray matter".
The more thou sweateth in training, the less thou bleedeth in combat.
Popularity is not leadership.
For the past weeks I'd been reacting. That was no way to win. To win, you take the initiative. You instigate the action. You make the opponent react to you.