The lens or the problem?
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The lens or the problem?
no one lens is capable of bringing everything into focus. Rather, I need multiple lenses to see different aspects of a complex reality, and cannot rely exclusively on one lens to see the multiple layers of complexity.
John Paul Lederach • Conflict Transformation
Rather than becoming attached to a specific way of doing things, see it for what it is, a perspective in a subjective reality. When you study different perspectives, you are collecting lenses for your camera. You expand your mind beyond one limiting worldview.
Dan Koe • The Art of Focus: Find Meaning, Reinvent Yourself and Create Your Ideal Future
The rule of reframing can look different depending on what you're dealing with. But it always involves seeing a problem from a different angle, with the goal of breaking a cycle of harmful thoughts and behavior.
Justin Bariso • Emotionally Intelligent People Use the Rule of Reframing to Change Their Perspective, Think Differently, and Reduce Anxiety
A second more spacious way of viewing the world is through the Reverse Lens. That simply means looking at a given situation through the eyes of your perceived antagonist. It doesn’t mean sacrificing your own point of view but rather widening your lens. Almost
Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes, Catherine McCarthy • The Way We're Working Isn't Working
The solution to any problem becomes more apparent when you can view it through more than one lens.