孙子's most famous principle: "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."
In business terms? Don't compete on price. Don't compete on hours worked. Compete on ops.
When your quotation is faster, your delivery is tighter, and your customer follow-up is automatic, you're not only outworking your competitors. You're completely outrunning them.
The businesses winning in Singapore right now aren't the ones with the most staff. They're the ones where 5 people operate like 15.