The first in an ongoing series of observations, anecdotes, lessons, questions and more. All focused at improving the way we think and therefore do.
The cornerstone of anyone working in this field of human high performance is perspective and perception. So let's start there....
You remember protractors at school? Usually a semi circular thing for measuring angles.
Your mind has a hidden protractor when it comes to perspective.
You remember protractors at school? Usually a semi circular thing for measuring angles.
Your mind has a hidden protractor when it comes to perspective.
We were in Cyprus for a 10 day break. Beautiful place and fantastic people. We had 3 days left of the holiday and a friend used an interesting word... JUST. "Just 3 days left" he said to my daughter. She turned to us and with a sad look on her face said "I don't want to go home yet."
My response was to highlight that we weren't going home yet - that 3 days gave us plenty of opportunity to have lots of fun.
It led me to think that you can look at 3 days very differently depending on your perspective - or ANGLE. If you are about to head away for a romantic city break for a long weekend - the thought of 3 whole days is a really exciting one. However, when people think of the last 3 days of a 2 week holiday, it may well depress them.
Look at any fact you face and there are lots of angles it can be viewed from. These angles are nothing more than perspectives. Take a different view of a fact and you are using your mind as a protractor to see which angle might be the best to see it from.
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My response was to highlight that we weren't going home yet - that 3 days gave us plenty of opportunity to have lots of fun.
It led me to think that you can look at 3 days very differently depending on your perspective - or ANGLE. If you are about to head away for a romantic city break for a long weekend - the thought of 3 whole days is a really exciting one. However, when people think of the last 3 days of a 2 week holiday, it may well depress them.
Look at any fact you face and there are lots of angles it can be viewed from. These angles are nothing more than perspectives. Take a different view of a fact and you are using your mind as a protractor to see which angle might be the best to see it from.
For more free stuff from Think Works goto www.thinkworks.org.uk
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