The prince looks sad. The princess engages emotionally in seeing and understanding the prince. She listens and relates to what he says. The princess’s insight and interest in the prince makes him feel seen, heard and understood, and he begins to feel better.
"Once upon a time, there was a kind and loving woman who engaged in other people."
The notion of engagement
Actively getting involved and taking on a cause. The action of engaging or being engaged in something. Engagement is essentially about ownership. Taking ownership of our own life, vision, mission, mission word® and values at an emotional level. And taking ownership of engaging others. For full impact, the latter has to be conditioned by the former. The more you invest in yourself, the easier it is to have others invest in themselves. That is especially true when there is a common purpose and a meaningful goal for you to engage in together.
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In relation to communication, engagement is also about being able to ask engaging questions, giving engaging presentations and driving engaging processes. The outcome is an activation of the receivers, their resources and their creativity and a deepening of the relationship. Engaging processes lead to insight-driven learning that may offer lessons for life.