Situational Psychology - 8) Limited Situations

The character needed to deal with limited situations is somewhat contradictory. These delicate situations require a great deal of humility, but they also require a great deal of boldness. We may think of these two characteristics are contradictory, but it they were, no one would ever successfully manage a limited situation. However, these situations are frequently handled correctly by instinct, in our personal lives, business, and certainly in war. Allow me to elucidate or confused you further.

A limited situation marks a transition point when we depend on a narrow set of resources. In limited situations, we are constrained by our environment and/or surrounded by our opponents, making access to additional resources impossible. This is a “late stage” situation because it often involves a move from a well-defended position to a new position. During the move, we are vulnerable to competitive attacks. A limited situation occurs towards the end of a campaign where we are making the final transition to the desired position. This limited situation’s transition point is a bottleneck.

The general problem is that others know that this bottleneck exists and can attack our move into or through it easily. In this article, we will look at a number of examples of well-managed responses to this challenge.

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