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Missing Curriculum · Lab 5 of 6Participant Guide · Influence Tier · Lab 5
Who INpowers you. Who depletes you. And who are you afraid to reach.
Your network is either building you or keeping you still. And the people who could elevate your work the most are usually the ones you haven't reached out to yet — not because they're unavailable, but because you haven't fully believed you have the right to.
The Insightful Way™ exists to move people from deficit to investment — from seeing themselves as problems to be managed to understanding themselves as assets to be developed.
It is about knowing the right people — and letting the right people know you. Most people in peer and recovery work build networks that run sideways. Same level. Same field. Same rooms. Safe. And safe keeps you exactly where you are.
This lab maps who is actually around you, names what direction the energy moves in those relationships, and identifies the leaders you have been hesitant to reach — and why. The hesitation is where the work lives.
You do not need a better resume to engage leaders who elevate. You need Capital Identity™ — the settled sense that what you carry is worth bringing into the room.
Write names in each column. Be honest. This is not about good people versus bad people. It is about which relationships are building your capital and which ones are consuming it.
These people see what you're building and push it forward
What does this person see in you that you sometimes forget about yourself?
Energy
Direction
These relationships cost more than they return
What keeps you in this relationship — and is that reason serving you?
Write names in the rings. The closer to the center, the more active the relationship. The outer ring is people you could reach but haven't. Be honest about where people actually belong — not where you wish they were.
Your Network Map — write names in each ring
YOU
In your active circle
Could reach but haven't
"Name one person in your field — a leader, a decision-maker, someone whose room you've wanted to be in — that you haven't reached out to yet."
What has been stopping you? Not the logistical reason. The real one.
These are not sequential. Open with the question the room needs first.
1
"What does engaging a leader who is more advanced than you actually cost you — and is that cost real or imagined?"
Most people fear rejection from leaders they've built into giants. Leaders are people. The question is whether you bring something real to the room — and you do.
2
"Is your network expanding with you — or is it a snapshot of who you used to be?"
Networks built in early recovery or early career can become ceilings. Who you surround yourself with now determines your next level.
3
"What do people in your network call you for — and is that the version of you that you want to be known for?"
Your reputation inside your network is a form of capital. It either opens doors or keeps them where they are.
4
"Where are you giving more than you're receiving — and is that investment producing a return?"
Generosity is a capital investment. Capital without return is depletion. Know the difference in your relationships.
5
"What would you do differently in your professional relationships if you actually believed what you wrote in your Inner Authority Statement?"
The statement you wrote in Lab 1 is the credential. The question is whether you're leading with it.
6
"What is the one move — one reach, one message, one conversation — that you've been delaying that could change something?"
Engagement is not a strategy. It is a move. Name the move before you leave this room.
Not a plan. One specific engagement move you will make in the next seven days. Name who, name what you'll say, and name what you're bringing to that room.
"I am going to reach out to... and what I'm bringing to that conversation is..."
Write it like it's already decided. Because it is.
Using what came up today — write one statement about how you show up in the rooms you enter and the ones you're about to enter.
"I am someone who acts from the inside — and I engage leaders who elevate because..."
That statement is your credential. Lead with it.