Sep 28, 2026 · 14 min · 6 segments
If we only have one perspective, one point of view on something we are living under severe limits. As we expand our perspectives, our capacity to learn and to succeed dramatically increases. How do we…
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So today...
As we said, we're beginning this four-part exploration of one of the most powerful learning skills there is, and that is the ability to see from more than one viewpoint.
Now, that sounds simple, but it's not small.
Most of us do not realize how much our learning is governed by a single habitual angle.
We think we're just seeing a subject.
but often we're seeing it only out of our usual way that we see.
If you've always thought that math is difficult, as an example, then when you sit down to do math, you may not really be looking at math.
You may be looking through an old emotional lens called, well, this is hard for me.
And you may be looking through an old emotional lens that just doesn't work anymore.
Well, if
you have always thought of writing as something you're not good at,
then when you sit down to write,
you may not
simply be looking at words.
You may be looking through an old picture of yourself as someone who struggles to express ideas.
This is one of the great hidden obstacles to learning.
We do not only learn the subject.
We also learn our relationship to the subject.
And very often, the relationship becomes narrow and repetitive and unconscious.
We say, well, I'm not just a math person or I'm not creative or I don't remember names or I'm not good with technology or I never understood science and on and on.
But those statements are rarely neutral observations.
They are usually condensed histories.
They are summaries of past experiences, emotional reactions, comparisons, failures, embarrassments, and assumptions.
They become a kind of mental shortcut.
And once the shortcut is there, the brain uses it again and again.
So today...
As we said, we're beginning this four-part exploration of one of the most powerful learning skills there is, and that is the ability to see from more than one viewpoint.
Now, that sounds simple, but it's not small.
Most of us do not realize how much our learning is governed by a single habitual angle.
We think we're just seeing a subject.
but often we're seeing it only out of our usual way that we see.
If you've always thought that math is difficult, as an example, then when you sit down to do math, you may not really be looking at math.
You may be looking through an old emotional lens called, well, this is hard for me.
And you may be looking through an old emotional lens that just doesn't work anymore.
Well, if
you have always thought of writing as something you're not good at,
then when you sit down to write,
you may not
simply be looking at words.
You may be looking through an old picture of yourself as someone who struggles to express ideas.
This is one of the great hidden obstacles to learning.
We do not only learn the subject.
We also learn our relationship to the subject.
And very often, the relationship becomes narrow and repetitive and unconscious.
We say, well, I'm not just a math person or I'm not creative or I don't remember names or I'm not good with technology or I never understood science and on and on.
But those statements are rarely neutral observations.
They are usually condensed histories.
They are summaries of past experiences, emotional reactions, comparisons, failures, embarrassments, and assumptions.
They become a kind of mental shortcut.
And once the shortcut is there, the brain uses it again and again.
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