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	<description>cultivate the business within</description>
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		<title>By: Tara Joyce</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tara Joyce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ha, ha, ha. Can we dumb things down for gulliver? I&#039;ve spoken to him  &lt;br&gt;in great length and he isn&#039;t the sharpest of tools, let&#039;s make it easy  &lt;br&gt;on him;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ha, ha, ha. Can we dumb things down for gulliver? I&#39;ve spoken to him  <br />in great length and he isn&#39;t the sharpest of tools, let&#39;s make it easy  <br />on him;)</p>
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		<title>By: gulliver</title>
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		<dc:creator>gulliver</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This thread has become waaaaaaaaaaaay too highbrow for me. Can we please have something simpler? I&#039;m feeling excluded. :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This thread has become waaaaaaaaaaaay too highbrow for me. Can we please have something simpler? I&#39;m feeling excluded. :-)</p>
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		<title>By: Tara Joyce</title>
		<link>http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/index.php/2009/03/20/adapt-to-grow/comment-page-1/#comment-127</link>
		<dc:creator>Tara Joyce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well said. &quot;the universe tend towards equilibrium, coherence, unity  &lt;br&gt;and cooperation - the more probable and more healthy states&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We&#039;re evolving constantly towards harmony.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well said. &#8220;the universe tend towards equilibrium, coherence, unity  <br />and cooperation &#8211; the more probable and more healthy states&#8221;</p>
<p>We&#39;re evolving constantly towards harmony.</p>
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		<title>By: Tara Joyce</title>
		<link>http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/index.php/2009/03/20/adapt-to-grow/comment-page-1/#comment-131</link>
		<dc:creator>Tara Joyce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You made me cry a bit. Thank you. That means so much.</description>
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		<title>By: Liviu Caliman</title>
		<link>http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/index.php/2009/03/20/adapt-to-grow/comment-page-1/#comment-130</link>
		<dc:creator>Liviu Caliman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tara,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I always felt that what you started with the &quot;innerpreneur&quot; blog may become a wonderful community, that will also bring you further than website-related services.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My very best wishes to you and everybody that visits this website.&lt;br&gt;Liviu</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tara,</p>
<p>I always felt that what you started with the &#8220;innerpreneur&#8221; blog may become a wonderful community, that will also bring you further than website-related services.  </p>
<p>My very best wishes to you and everybody that visits this website.<br />Liviu</p>
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		<title>By: Liviu Caliman</title>
		<link>http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/index.php/2009/03/20/adapt-to-grow/comment-page-1/#comment-126</link>
		<dc:creator>Liviu Caliman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why war is not a system?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My hint:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Because it is a state, a temporary state of a system: a state of conflict, of exacerbated disharmony, characterized by lack of cooperation and lack of coherence between subsystems/countries within a (global) system.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Boltzmann showed us that matter tends to change irreversibly towards states of equilibrium, which are the most probable states. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A state of equilibrium is a state of coherence, of common purpose, of cooperation. It is a more probable state - as opposed to a state of war which is temporary.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We can learn about this, for example, by looking at how the cells in our bodies work. When they work/function together they serve the common goal - the welfare of the body. This this is a state of coherence, equilibrium, homeostasis.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At the other extreme, cancer cells can be seen as forming a &quot;selfish&quot; subsystem working only for itself, in conflict with the body, at the expense of the body/system.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We can think in the same terms with regards to the current financial crisis, too: financial companies/subsystems that have worked selfishly against the system, like cancer cells, in conflict with the common goals/interests of the other subsystems and of the larger system, endangering the other subsystems and the greater systems.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As with the war, this too is a temporary state, as matter and the universe tend towards equilibrium, coherence, unity and cooperation - the more probable and more healthy states, which correspond to growth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why war is not a system?</p>
<p>My hint:</p>
<p>Because it is a state, a temporary state of a system: a state of conflict, of exacerbated disharmony, characterized by lack of cooperation and lack of coherence between subsystems/countries within a (global) system.</p>
<p>Boltzmann showed us that matter tends to change irreversibly towards states of equilibrium, which are the most probable states. </p>
<p>A state of equilibrium is a state of coherence, of common purpose, of cooperation. It is a more probable state &#8211; as opposed to a state of war which is temporary.</p>
<p>We can learn about this, for example, by looking at how the cells in our bodies work. When they work/function together they serve the common goal &#8211; the welfare of the body. This this is a state of coherence, equilibrium, homeostasis.</p>
<p>At the other extreme, cancer cells can be seen as forming a &#8220;selfish&#8221; subsystem working only for itself, in conflict with the body, at the expense of the body/system.</p>
<p>We can think in the same terms with regards to the current financial crisis, too: financial companies/subsystems that have worked selfishly against the system, like cancer cells, in conflict with the common goals/interests of the other subsystems and of the larger system, endangering the other subsystems and the greater systems.</p>
<p>As with the war, this too is a temporary state, as matter and the universe tend towards equilibrium, coherence, unity and cooperation &#8211; the more probable and more healthy states, which correspond to growth.</p>
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		<title>By: Tara Joyce</title>
		<link>http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/index.php/2009/03/20/adapt-to-grow/comment-page-1/#comment-125</link>
		<dc:creator>Tara Joyce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks, Mike. Great thoughts to help innerpreneurs understand the  &lt;br&gt;value and importance of systems thinking.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Mike. Great thoughts to help innerpreneurs understand the  <br />value and importance of systems thinking.</p>
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