> Right off the bat, the Chinese character for 'Crisis' IS NOT a combination
> of the symbols for 'danger' and 'opportunity.'
>
> "The jī of wēijī, in fact, means something like "incipient moment; crucial
> point (when something begins or changes)." Thus, a wēijī is indeed a
> genuine
> crisis, a dangerous moment, a time when things start to go awry. A
> wēijīindicates a perilous situation when one should be especially
> wary."
>
>
Similarly, I was taught to think in terms of incipient, crucial
uncertain/dangerous points of (potential) beginning/ending/transformation...
the point where what you (and yours) do matters way more than it usually
does.