Here is a powerful question. If your project was spectacularly successful, who would be celebrating? Try making a list of the people, groups and organisations. Many of these people might be useful allies now!
Appreciative Inquiry is a very easy, powerful and positive way to enable change. You start by looking at what works and how to make this better. Radical!
It is odd that everyone likes to be and feel appreciated and that it is so rewarding to give, yet there is not much about in organisations and families. I give some thoughts on why this happens and some practical things we can do about it.
You tell your story to an interested listener and think about your peak experiences using a simple tool. As a result you learn what you are on the planet to do. The experience is profound.
This contains a few radical but positive ideas. The most radical may be that we could love politicians and help them rather than criticising and blaming.
This simple exercise can have a profound positive effect on participant's confidence in themsleves and each other. Joy Knudson describes how she used it to help young mother's grow in self esteem and mutual trust.