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Point of View part 2

I have spoken before about recognising that your perception of your environment or situation may not be the best or most appropriate point of view.

Everyday I try to understand what it would be like to walk in others shoes, and although I have never heard of Cory Booker before, he has a really nice story that describes a moment in his life where he was told to understand how to view his environment from a differing point of view.


This is also core to the meaning of the widely used saying of "glass half full, or half empty". You perception of your environment drastically changes the way you interact with others, and the way things will work for you.

If you start sentences with "except for", "the problem is", "if only", and similar negative starts to sentence when you explain the current situation, then you are definitely are acting in a 'half empty' fashion, and you will struggle to help motivate yourself or others.

Really simply test for you, try to catch yourself next time that you are describing something that is going on, and see if you focus on the negative or try to hunt out the positive. I certainly know which one I prefer, how about you.

Please see Cory's story below:


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