Practice This

Remember, when you were a kid, you’d usually ask things from your daddy. If your daddy would say NO, you’d go to your mommy. Once the mommy says YES, the daddy’s NO does not count any more. Remember that?
 by Jin T

I do not remember it, but my kids constantly remind me of it. It is well known winning stratagem – “Kill with a borrowed knife“:
Attack using the strength of another (in a situation where using one’s own strength is not favourable) – Wikipedia

I use the stratagem very effectively in …

Consultant is a lonely warrior in the filed. He is expected to put results on the table. He is expected to solve problems. Fast. He is expected to always win. To do so, he needs a winning tactics to achieve his goals. In thirty six stratagems there are 6 groups one of which is The Stratagems of Winning:
 by snappybex

Deceive the heavens to cross the ocean
Besiege Wèi to rescue Zhào
Kill with a borrowed knife
Substitute leisure for labour
Loot a burning house
Make a …

Apply story telling practices used in flash fiction to your blogging.