The Power of Engagement Part 10 — Embracing Integrity, Wholeness, and Completion
Clarify the commonly shared commitments, values and interests that has you and others connected. Expand upon these with conversations that strengthen these.
It’s easy to drop this last step out, but if you remember to put it in each time, you’ll build momentum in your engagement process. This is where you acknowledge what happened, complete on any upsets, learn from the mistakes and celebrate the accomplishments both with yourself and with those who assisted in the process.
You might think of this last phase of engagement as tying up the loose ends, a bit like many authors does with an epilogue. It’s also an important part of the overall process. If, for example, you fail to include this at the end of a Purpose Project, you may leave behind in-completions or upsets from others who worked with you on the project. Then, when the next project rolls around they may be less than enthusiastic about joining your team because of these past issues that have remained unresolved. Then, the past gets dragged into the present and future and can serve to undermine your efforts to live on purpose.
By dropping out this part of the engagement process, you also would miss the sweet taste of accomplishment. Sure, you produced certain results, but how do those results play into your overall intention to live on purpose? Answering that question will bring you to that sweet spot of distinguishing the accomplishments from the project, not just for you but for everyone else who was on the team. In my view, taking time to really acknowledge both the results and the accomplishments is key to inspiring yourself and others.
This phase is also a great learning opportunity, and this is true whether you completely fulfilled the intention of the project or failed at it. We can learn from all of it, by acknowledging what worked as well as uncovering what could have been done differently as well as better.
The Circular Effect of Engagement
This then brings us full circle. The Purpose Project is now complete, and it’s time to move on to what’s next. If you’re working with others as is often the case with such projects, you now have a deeper and broader background of the relationship upon which to launch the next project…if you’ve thoroughly completed the project. But how will you know if it’s complete?
One way is that if, when you go to start a new project, it appears to languish on the launching pad, people involved don’t feel connected, be suspicious that something wasn’t completed upon from a previous project or interaction.
This principle is true all along the way. If you are started a conversation for what’s possible and it’s not flowing, step back and spend some time strengthening the relationships. If you find that to be difficult, move back to the completion phase.
Here’s a brief summary of these stages of engagement and how to move through each of them:
Expanding The Foundation Of Connection and Relationship
Clarify the commonly shared commitments, values, and interests that has you and others connected. Expand upon these with conversations that strengthen these.
Exploring What’s Possible by Creating the Gap
Step into the future where the project is completed or in momentum. Presence the possibility of the project with thought-evoking questions.
Examining the Resources for Fulfilling the Possibility
Looking from the future, determine what resources you already had at the start of the project and what additional resources you needed to attract to complete it.
Exchanging Energy Thru Action
Use Creative Congruency to keep the project moving forward with inspired action.
Embracing Integrity, Wholeness and Completion Take the time to acknowledge the accomplishments, complete on any upsets or failed expectations and determine what worked well and what could have been done better.
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W. Bradford Swift has enjoyed a combo career as a writer and life coach for over thirty years and now coaches aspiring authors to write that someday, one day book TODAY. http://wbradfordswift.com/writing-coach/
