Someone once asked me this question a few years ago, "Do you think there is right and wrong or is there only perception?" I once thought hard about this question and my answer was, "Perception."
Let us just do a simple experiment. What do we see on picture to the left? Is it a half-filled glass or a half-empty glass? Some will say its half-filled and some may argue its half-empty. Whichever answer that you provide, you are right about it! It is what you tell yourself!
Anywhere in the world, we tend to see plenty of disagreements everywhere. Why is that so? It is because of our perception towards a certain idea or situation. We tend to have different perceptions towards a certain idea or situation and when we hear others saying their point of view, which is different from ours, we tend to disagree and defend our point of view. At this point of time, someone may disagree with what i said due to the different perceptions that we all have.
How do perceptions actually come about? We form our perceptions through the values and beliefs we personally have. As mentioned by Adam Khoo in his best-selling book, our brain are always deleting and distorting what we see, hear and feel based on our beliefs. For example, both parties were being reprimanded by their superior and person A, who always believed that his/her superior is mean, will perceive the session as a chance to find fault with person A whereas person B might perceive the whole situation differently due to different beliefs about the superior.
We have always heard that we should empathize others. It means we should understand their perception towards the situation and understand how they feel. The next time when something happens, take a step back and understand the different perceptions everyone has when it comes to a similar situation.
It will be a very interesting.
Trust me.
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