How shifting perspectives can help you to move forward.

Enjoying a fun activity, I was reminded about how perspectives influence our decision making and entanglement in conflict.

I am fortunate enough to have a blueberry farm about a mile and a half from my home, so weekends for the past couple of months have included blueberry picking. The season started out with many berries on the bushes, some ripe, some in their infant stage, white, green, purple…and the blue ones were ours to pick and enjoy. There are rows and rows of bushes at this farm, and it’s likely I could have filled my two pint container by working off of one or two bushes each week, but I would walk up and down each row, picking the blueberries that caught my attention. Deep blue, plump, round and juicy. A piece of heaven.

What I noticed last weekend, the final weekend of the blueberry season near me, was that the berries seemed so small, many wrinkled like a prune, and I feared that with all the bushes at the farm, I wouldn’t be able to fill my two pint bucket. What I noticed however, was depending on which direction I looked at a bush, which perspective I approached it with, my attitude about the berries shifted. As I noticed this, I was reminded of the work I do with my clients. By opening ourselves up to realize there is more than one way to look at or experience a situation, an issue, or in this case, a blueberry bush, we can see things through a new lens. By simply turning and focusing my view from another direction, beautiful berries came into view.  And, I was able to fill my two pint bucket, with delicious fruit as seen in the photo above.

Do you have anything weighing you down right now or keeping you from getting what you want? Or, are you experiencing a conflict of any sort? If so, what is the perspective you are holding right now regarding this? What are some other perspectives you could hold or try on? Does trying out a new perspective help you to consider the situation differently? Try this exercise. Write down five (5) different perspectives and see how this impacts you and which one resonates most with you.

Are you curious about doing more work with perspectives? Curious about how working with a coach could help you in your professional life? If so, please contact me by email at heidi@heidiwerther.com or call me at 617.365.9550 for a complimentary consultation, or feel free to share my information with someone you know who would benefit from working with me.  I would be honored to help you explore different perspectives, and so much more!