CHAPTER NINE

THE CRITICAL 25 PERCENT: GIVING YOUR REQUEST A COMPETITIVE EDGE

[The guerrilla soldier] must be indefatigable. He must be able to produce another effort at the moment when weariness seems intolerable. Profound conviction, expressed in every line of his face, forces him to take another step, and this is not the last one, since it will be followed by another and another and another until he arrives at the place designated by his chiefs.

CHE GUEVARA, GUERRILLA WARFARE

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