Quotes about Perspective

People can be in the same place sharing the same experience at the same time, but they can walk away from it having seen very different things.

If you're in the habit of listening only to the facts and not the person who expresses them, change your focus - and really listen.

Most good leaders want the perspective of people they trust.

Only a leader who has followed well knows how to lead others well. Good leadership requires an understanding of the world that followers live in. Connecting with your people becomes possible because you have walked in their shoes. You know what it means to be under authority and thus have a better sense of how authority should be exercised. In contrast, leaders who have never followed well or submitted to authority tend to be prideful, unrealistic, rigid, and autocratic. "Civilization

If you are willing to change your thinking, you can change your feelings.

If you talk to a man in the language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

People with a positive attitude focus their time and attention on solutions, not problems. Just about anybody can see problems.

I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change what I see within me.

You cannot separate your identity from your perspective. All that you are and every experience you've had color how you see things. It is your lens.

The way people see others is a reflection of themselves: If I am a trusting person, I will see others as trustworthy. If I am a critical person, I will see others as critical. If I am a caring person, I will see others as compassionate. If you change yourself and become the kind of person you desire to be, you will begin to view others in a whole new light. And that will change the way you interact in all of your relationships.

The only way to change how you view life is to change who you are on the inside.

We tend to become what the most important person in our life thinks we will become.