I only had time to read pages 1-4, please correct if I missed something crucial: Being presumed weaker does not mean that you actually are. Expectations are or

I only had time to read pages 1-4, please correct if I missed something crucial: Being presumed weaker does not mean that you actually are. Expectations are orthogonal to actual power/skill/knowledge/etc. There is a point to be made about choosing the correct strategy or tactic: for example, a less-skilled karateka could opt to just shoot the opponent and win the fight. It does not make them better at karate than the dead guy, though. We often have options such as that: programming is hard? Make your living doing something else. So on, but that is only a strategy for avoiding the things that we find difficult.