Given this preliminary description of the neurobiology of Polystasis and anticipation, we bid farewell to our coaching client, leaving them emersed in high density attention to the task of anticipating what is about to occur in their challenging life of leaning, learning and leading into the future. . .
Conclusions
With the exploration of cognitive and behavioral elements of the polystatic process in the third essay, and the exploration of the emotional element and accompanying self-organizing neurobiological processes in this fourth essay, I am ready to conclude my initial perspectives on Polystasis as related to the psychology of anticipation. However, I recognize that the preliminary perspectives I have offered regarding Polystasis and the psychology of anticipation are still ill-formed and lacking in the precision that a theory or model acquires after many years of articulation, amendment and application. Still, I hope you find what I have offered to be of value when engaging professional coaching with clients who face the daunting prospect of leaning, learning – and leading—into the near future.
I anticipate that not all of what I have said in these four essays has been clearly shown to yield either insight or application for you as a professional coach. In an attempt to increase the value of my four-part series for you, I have added a fifth essay which (to borrow a musical term) I consider a “Coda” to the main work I have done in presenting the polystatic perspective and offering a psychology of anticipation.
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