Week 4 Reading: The Art of Possibility Chapter 9-12

My thoughts on the chapters 9-12 of the book, The Art of Possibility.  I do believe that the last chapters of the book are going to be a work in process for me.  But I am ready.

Chapter 9 Lighting A Spark

The term enrollment is used differently from what I am use to.  The book uses the term as “the art of practice of generating a spark of possibility for others to share”.  My favorite part of this chapter instructs us to not look at getting a NO as a negative, but use it to help create a different possibility.

Chapter 10 Being The Board

Life is a game and sometimes you have to change or turn the board around.  When you change the board, you don’t focus on the negatives or whose right or wrong.  Try to find a way to make the situation work for all parties involve.

Chapter 11 Creating Frameworks for Possibility

A vision is away to create possibilities.  It does not have numbers; it is not measures or comparable. 

Chapter 12 Telling the WE Story

It is not about you but US.  When you use this practice of WE, you look at conflict differently.  You ask , “how can we make this better for US and not just ME.”