We might be looking at the
same thing but we are not necessary seeing it the same way. The way you view
the world is according to your belief system and, if you have been brought up
to think that rich people are crook you will tend to see wealthy people as not
trustworthy. Your upbringing couple with your schooling will define the person
you are and shape your vision of the world. That is how most people have been
programed to think in a certain way. Every time you look at a specific
circumstance or event you make up your mind based on what you know. The way you
see and judge the world around you is directly related to the kind of beliefs
you have been fed from childhood to sometimes adulthood.
You always see things from
your perspective and, your perspective depends largely on what you believe
about the world. That is why two people looking at the same thing will come
with sometimes come with different versions. A successful person looking at
another successful person will never think in term how lucky the other person
is? A less than successful person looking at a wealthy person will most of the
time think that the person being observed is lucky. We spend our life judging
others from our perspective because we can only go by what we know to be true
to us. It is said when someone believe in something to be true, he or she will
find the way to defend their views while consciously ignoring any evidence to
the contrary.
So if you believe that all
footballers are womanisers, you will find enough evidence to justify your views
while refusing to acknowledge the possibility that some footballers could in
fact be good role models for society or their community. Can we change our
perspective or views of the world? The answer to this question is yes but, it
will require a shift in our belief system, a rethink of the way we perceive the
world and our environment. The first step in achieving this objective will be
to ask yourself some difficult questions. Are you been served by the way you
view the world? What are you gaining by continuously thinking about the world
the way you think? Is it to your advantage
to revisit your views about the world? What are looking to achieve by doing so?
The answers to these questions will be important in determining whether you
will be able and willing to shift your perspective of the world.
We all need a reason to
change and, if your reasons are not strong enough, it will be difficult for you
to make that shift in your perspective. You need to be motivated especially
when you are going to undertake an exercise as challenging as the process of
revisiting your view about the world. Most people make that crucial shift
because they have to not because they want to. It is also the reason why the
majority will hang on to less than ideal objectives and resign themselves to
living a frustrating life because they don’t have the courage to undertake the
shift due to the lack of intrinsic motivation.
CHRISTIAN
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