1. The Ancient Chinese had Five Elements Fire Wood Water Metal Earth

3. Each element has its own way of being Classifies Clarifies Metal Networks Supports Earth Merges Inspires Fire Aligns Directs Wood Bonds Understands Water Linkage Action Element

4. Each element supports the next one Fire Wood Water Metal Earth

5. Each elements controls the next but one Fire Wood Water Metal Earth exhausts melts banks cuts extinguishes

6. The whole must be balanced Fire Wood Water Metal Earth exhausts melts banks cuts extinguishes

7. Example: Constraints can help creativity (productive work) (insight, epiphany) Wood Water controls and shapes springs (conceptual clarity and rigour) (conceptual clarity and rigour) Metal Metal

8. But excess constraints can stifle creativity. So … (desire) (conceptual clarity and rigour) Fire Metal feeds melts, anneals (productive work) (desire) Wood Fire