Perspective就是你的reality

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Perspective是透视法,这是绘画技术上的意思。但perspective也解a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something,对某事物的态度;a point of view,观点。 To see things from a moral perspective解从道德的角度看待事物。
Perspective也解true understanding of the relative importance of things,对事物的相对轻重的真正理解、权衡轻重的能力。 To have a sense of perspective解明察事理;to put something into/in perspective解正确处理某事。

Perspective也解a sense of proportion,懂得分寸、有分寸感。做人、做事有perspective相当重要。 Steffan Surdek在Forbes的文章”Why understanding perspective is a key leadership skill”中,解释perspective在机构管理中的意义。

他说有个好朋友经常对他说︰”Change how a situation occurs to you, change how you will respond to the situation.”(改变对一个情况的看法,就会改变你对情况的反应。)他指出也有人说︰”My perspective is my reality”(我的看法就是我的现实),但他认为perspective和reality有分别。

Perspective is the way individuals(个人) see the world. It comes from their personal point of view and is shaped by life experiences, values(价值观), their current state of mind(目前的心境), the assumptions(假设) they bring into a situation, and a whole lot of other things.

Reality can be different things. We can easily say that my perspective is my reality. There is truth to that statement. When we look at the shared reality(共同的现实) of an event, though, the more perspectives you get, the closer to reality you get.

Steffan Surdek谈的是机构管理,他想要带出作为管理阶层,不要以为自己的perspective就是唯一的现实。要团队合作,达到共同的目标,就要尽量从最多的perspective看事物,例如试从下属的perspective看,思考某种做法、公司的某个政策对员工的影响,就可以把事情处理得更好。

改善生活的开始

这是从function(实际用途)的perspective看perspective。但在个人层面,perspective的重要性就真的是”my perspective is my reality”。事物无绝对,事物的意义是基于你的perspective。

Samantha Sturken在”Why perspective is important”一文中,道出perspective的重要:

Perspective reminds us what’s important and what’s not. It helps us recognize(辨识) that we probably don’t need to dwell on(老是想着、放不下) one bad grade for too long, or wallow(沉缅于) for months on end about a relationship that we knew wouldn’t work out in the first place fulfilled its prophecy. It allows us to move on, to not sweat(花精力于) the small stuff, because the bigger, life-altering problems are still looming(逼近).

Zack Parker认为改善生活可以由改变perspective开始。他在Life Changer: Success in Life is a Matter of Perspective中指出,就算在最恶劣的境况下,调校自己的perspective可以带来很多好处。遇上逆境,可试试这个perspective:

Sometimes we may just to have to accept that what we are going through could be happening to us just so that we can learn from the experience(从经验中学习) and one day use that knowledge to help someone that we find in a similar situation .