Daily life imposes situations to every person.
Decisions have to be made and they gravelly impact our health, our peace, our emotional status.
In making choices all of the following aspects are crucial:
- how we face a situation and then proceed to evaluate it
- the decisions that we take in order to address the situation
- how we define what is important to us
- how we establish the goal that reflects a good outcome when facing an issue in life
- the action plan that we construct to reach this goal
- how we manage the fact that there is no predefined path from where we stand towards a good outcome
- the work ethics and practice that we follow regarding the action plan
- the way in which we compromise with the plan, with the goal, with ourselves
- the clarity that we apply when evaluating our work towards the goal
- the inner learning that we obtain from this work process
All of us have heard or read about concepts that ground our ability to face, address, solve situations, questions, issues in life. Concepts such as: perspective in decision processes, keeping aware, being conscious of the path that exists between making a choice and reaching its desired outcome, being flexible in reasoning, being clear in thought, being structured while working towards the goal that was set, being conscious about expectation.
The point here is: what do these concepts actually mean? How can a person see in real and simple terms their effectiveness?
At Life Mentoring Group® we believe that Science, Mathematics in particular, can show you how these ideas work in issue solving, how important they are in daily life.
Furthermore, we believe that Math provides you with a personal, inner structure that will empower you to apply these concepts whenever an issue arises.
Perspective is defined as the way in which objects appear to the eye. Let us apply a simple exercise in order to explore the importance of perspective in decision making.
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Consider the gambling cube, pictured on Image1. Our point is the following: the position that you hold with respect to this object, determines that you can only see 3 of the cube's 6 faces. This means that your knowledge on this object's characteristics is limited to one-half! As an immediate consequence of where you stand, the information that you get on this issue is impaired, you have compromised therefore your reasoning on the matter and your decision making as well.
Let us proceed with Image 2 in order to show you that perspective can lead you to even more severe loss of information on any life situation.
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Notice that you can only see one face of the cube's 6 faces: 5 out of the 6 characteristics of the question are beyond your grasp, due to perspective. Second, remark that the object in Image 2 could be a square instead of a cube. This means that your position is not allowing you to be sure about the nature of the object involved: a cube is an object with volume, a square is flat like a piece of paper.
From this simple example we conclude that the position in which you stand with respect to an issue is fundamental in perspective. In fact, the information that you get while looking at a simple object (a gambling cube!) can be significantly impaired, damaged due to your positioning.
We want to keep you aware that perspective, understanding of a question and decision making is largely dependent on your effort to observe a situation from all possible angles.
Finally, notice that often we have communication difficulties with others because their perspective is different from ours. It could be a matter of upbringing, of culture, of language, their emotional state, their memories … Step into the other person’s position, because that movement will bring you knowledge of what they are seeing and consequently will help you understand them.
This is how Math is applied to Science and Life Mentoring® A final note: whenever you are in doubt about the meaning or relevance of perspective in your life, just remember about this simple game with a cube. It is so easy and (I surely hope so) fun.
Sofia Naik
From this simple example we conclude that the position in which you stand with respect to an issue is fundamental in perspective. In fact, the information that you get while looking at a simple object (a gambling cube!) can be significantly impaired, damaged due to your positioning.
We want to keep you aware that perspective, understanding of a question and decision making is largely dependent on your effort to observe a situation from all possible angles.
Finally, notice that often we have communication difficulties with others because their perspective is different from ours. It could be a matter of upbringing, of culture, of language, their emotional state, their memories … Step into the other person’s position, because that movement will bring you knowledge of what they are seeing and consequently will help you understand them.
This is how Math is applied to Science and Life Mentoring® A final note: whenever you are in doubt about the meaning or relevance of perspective in your life, just remember about this simple game with a cube. It is so easy and (I surely hope so) fun.
Sofia Naik
