October Ho‘ohana: Sweet Closure

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[Anita Campbell]

Great reminder for us all, Rosa. Who wants to end the year with half-done projects, or worse, having to spend the holidays season working because of unfinished projects? That's an awful feeling.

I, too, will declare my own October Action Cycle: I will finish my eBook this month.

Thanks for keeping us on track, Rosa.

Best,
Anita

[Steve Sherlock]

Rosa, this is a very appropriate next step. Like when a project is completed and you hold the project review to find out what went good or bad during the project, so that it can be captured/learned to be used (or avoided) for the next project. Sometimes these project review meetings are not held, and shame on us for missing the opportunity.

Closure can also serve as the positive reinforcement of the learning. The pat on the back that the mind gives itself, "See Steve, it wasn't so hard after all", that can help set up for the next time. We need these positive pats to keep away the gremlin voices. Of course, when the positive pat comes from someone else, that is powerful medicine!

Here's to closure and the positive pats on the back!

[Rosa]

Hulō (hurrah, cheers!) Anita! An e-book from you is a gift for us all: you can be sure I’ll be checking back with you come October 30th! By the way, the trend tracking of your posts over at your place has been terrific lately: I spent a good amount of time catching up with you this past weekend. Ho‘ohana Community: visit Anita at Small Business Trends --- a link there can always be found in the right column.

Mahalo nui for your comment Steve, good thoughts. I’m a big proponent of project de-brief meetings as the most useful ones teams seeking ho‘olōkahi (project synergy) can have when they apply that GTD extra question of “and what’s the next action?” to the process for a type of closure that spins off into new possibilities. I like what you’ve said here in applying the same thought to our individual projects: personal pats on the back will dish up very healthy self-talk and self-motivation.