All I Needed to Know I Learned From Samurai 7

All I Needed to Know I Learned From Samurai 7

1) If you need samurai and all you have is rice, get hungry samurai.

2) Help sometimes comes precisely from where you will not expect it.

3) Not everyone who will not join you in your fight is your enemy.

4) Know why you want to do things. Be very clear about this. Doing something without being clear will ultimately damage you.

5) Once you commit to a course action, at some point you will reach the stage that you cannot uncommit.

6) The best leader is the one both experienced and wise.

7) To end a problem, you must get to the root of it.

8) If you make people automatons, do not be surprised if they are obedient but less skilled.

9) Don't be fooled by appearances: skilled samurai come in shapes and forms you will not expect.

10) In war, as in life, find the best teacher and leader you can and follow them until it is time to no longer do so.

11) Good and evil really do exist.

12) There are things worth dying for - and living for.