Comments on: The Answer of Water http://changeforge.com/2008/07/21/the-answer-of-water/ where business and technology collide... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:32:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Why Does Getting Things Done Have To Be So Hard? | ChangeForge | Ken Stewart | Where business and technology collide http://changeforge.com/2008/07/21/the-answer-of-water/comment-page-1/#comment-3933 Why Does Getting Things Done Have To Be So Hard? | ChangeForge | Ken Stewart | Where business and technology collide Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:56:01 +0000 http://www.changeforge.com/?p=152#comment-3933 [...] But GTD is really a lifestyle change – or maybe a brain rewire, as it were. It takes commitment for it to work, which oddly enough most things do (surprised, I know). However, as my life seems to become more and more complex, I am instinctively seeking more and more simplicity. [...] [...] But GTD is really a lifestyle change – or maybe a brain rewire, as it were. It takes commitment for it to work, which oddly enough most things do (surprised, I know). However, as my life seems to become more and more complex, I am instinctively seeking more and more simplicity. [...]

]]> By: ChangeForge | Ken Stewart http://changeforge.com/2008/07/21/the-answer-of-water/comment-page-1/#comment-4412 ChangeForge | Ken Stewart Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:28:22 +0000 http://www.changeforge.com/?p=152#comment-4412 kallan, very well said indeed. I indeed respect and admire your seemingly well-rounded grasp of things. I did indeed attempt to capture a complex idea with something somewhat simple, and in so doing had hoped to help others, and myself, achieve a little insight.<br><br>I do indeed agree with you on all points... very well said. kallan, very well said indeed. I indeed respect and admire your seemingly well-rounded grasp of things. I did indeed attempt to capture a complex idea with something somewhat simple, and in so doing had hoped to help others, and myself, achieve a little insight.

I do indeed agree with you on all points… very well said.

]]> By: kallan http://changeforge.com/2008/07/21/the-answer-of-water/comment-page-1/#comment-4411 kallan Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:47:46 +0000 http://www.changeforge.com/?p=152#comment-4411 Kia ora Ken!<br><br>Your water analogy is a fine one. Like most material analogies for complex ideas, it has limitations. This is not necessarily a bad thing, for the analogy has to be simpler than the phenomenon so that it can be brought readily to mind and the usefulness of it is found.<br><br>Balance as a life principle so often is thought of in the ultra-simplistic terms that you correctly summarised as such - that of a static balance, the apothecary's apparatus with brass weights in one pan and the substance to be weighed in the other.<br><br>Life balance is not just more complicated than that analogy, for the apothecary's apparatus is static when balance is reached. Static balance in life spells death. Life balance is dynamic. When dynamic life balance is achieved things are still happening, for that balance exists within a living system.<br><br>Ka kite Kia ora Ken!

Your water analogy is a fine one. Like most material analogies for complex ideas, it has limitations. This is not necessarily a bad thing, for the analogy has to be simpler than the phenomenon so that it can be brought readily to mind and the usefulness of it is found.

Balance as a life principle so often is thought of in the ultra-simplistic terms that you correctly summarised as such – that of a static balance, the apothecary's apparatus with brass weights in one pan and the substance to be weighed in the other.

Life balance is not just more complicated than that analogy, for the apothecary's apparatus is static when balance is reached. Static balance in life spells death. Life balance is dynamic. When dynamic life balance is achieved things are still happening, for that balance exists within a living system.

Ka kite

]]> By: ChangeForge http://changeforge.com/2008/07/21/the-answer-of-water/comment-page-1/#comment-252 ChangeForge Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:28:22 +0000 http://www.changeforge.com/?p=152#comment-252 kallan, very well said indeed. I indeed respect and admire your seemingly well-rounded grasp of things. I did indeed attempt to capture a complex idea with something somewhat simple, and in so doing had hoped to help others, and myself, achieve a little insight.<br><br>I do indeed agree with you on all points... very well said. kallan, very well said indeed. I indeed respect and admire your seemingly well-rounded grasp of things. I did indeed attempt to capture a complex idea with something somewhat simple, and in so doing had hoped to help others, and myself, achieve a little insight.

I do indeed agree with you on all points… very well said.

]]> By: kallan http://changeforge.com/2008/07/21/the-answer-of-water/comment-page-1/#comment-251 kallan Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:47:46 +0000 http://www.changeforge.com/?p=152#comment-251 Kia ora Ken!<br><br>Your water analogy is a fine one. Like most material analogies for complex ideas, it has limitations. This is not necessarily a bad thing, for the analogy has to be simpler than the phenomenon so that it can be brought readily to mind and the usefulness of it is found.<br><br>Balance as a life principle so often is thought of in the ultra-simplistic terms that you correctly summarised as such - that of a static balance, the apothecary's apparatus with brass weights in one pan and the substance to be weighed in the other.<br><br>Life balance is not just more complicated than that analogy, for the apothecary's apparatus is static when balance is reached. Static balance in life spells death. Life balance is dynamic. When dynamic life balance is achieved things are still happening, for that balance exists within a living system.<br><br>Ka kite Kia ora Ken!

Your water analogy is a fine one. Like most material analogies for complex ideas, it has limitations. This is not necessarily a bad thing, for the analogy has to be simpler than the phenomenon so that it can be brought readily to mind and the usefulness of it is found.

Balance as a life principle so often is thought of in the ultra-simplistic terms that you correctly summarised as such – that of a static balance, the apothecary’s apparatus with brass weights in one pan and the substance to be weighed in the other.

Life balance is not just more complicated than that analogy, for the apothecary’s apparatus is static when balance is reached. Static balance in life spells death. Life balance is dynamic. When dynamic life balance is achieved things are still happening, for that balance exists within a living system.

Ka kite

]]> By: 2bestrong http://changeforge.com/2008/07/21/the-answer-of-water/comment-page-1/#comment-250 2bestrong Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:07:44 +0000 http://www.changeforge.com/?p=152#comment-250 I love the paradox of this. We try to balance something (our life) that exists in an imbalance world. Heh heh.<br>I love the analogy of water as well. Coming from a Pisces I try to be as mutable as water, but succumbing to the laws of Chaos Theory when speaking of water's predictability and reliability can be tough.<br>Great post, and as always great thoughts. I love the paradox of this. We try to balance something (our life) that exists in an imbalance world. Heh heh.
I love the analogy of water as well. Coming from a Pisces I try to be as mutable as water, but succumbing to the laws of Chaos Theory when speaking of water’s predictability and reliability can be tough.
Great post, and as always great thoughts.

]]> By: GregWalters http://changeforge.com/2008/07/21/the-answer-of-water/comment-page-1/#comment-249 GregWalters Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:37:30 +0000 http://www.changeforge.com/?p=152#comment-249 There is a movie, and I am sure there are more then one, that uses "Water is the Essence of Life" - in some sort of way...<br><br>And as a Metaphor for balance - there is no better. There is a movie, and I am sure there are more then one, that uses “Water is the Essence of Life” – in some sort of way…

And as a Metaphor for balance – there is no better.

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