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The move you make while strategy is still deciding what it wants.
means A specific action or method used to achieve an immediate goal, usually in service of a bigger plan.
from From Greek 'taktikos,' meaning 'of or relating to arrangement/ordering,' from 'tassein,' to arrange or put in order — originally military vocabulary for how troops were deployed. The word traveled through Latin and French before landing in English in the context of military science, where 'tactics' meant the art of arranging and maneuvering forces in the field (as distinct from 'strategy,' the larger art of the whole campaign). It later broadened from battlefields to boardrooms and everyday scheming, keeping its core sense: the arranging of pieces to win the immediate moment.
- vs strategy
- strategy is the war, tactic is the battle
- origin
- from Greek taktike, the art of arranging troops
- shelf life
- brilliant once, predictable the second time
- danger
- mistaking a clever trick for an actual plan