How To Change My Perspective On Life

how to shift your perspective Pt2

Are you stuck in a situation where you can’t seem to find a way? Are you trying to achieve your goals but finding it hard, or impossible? you can’t see light at the end of the tunnel?

This Post Will Help You If You Are Stuck In A Place That You Don’t Want If You Are Pursuing A Goal And Things Aren’t Going Your Way. Change Your Outlook On Life Or A Particular Situation

It will provide you with ways in which can help you see life, your situation and the world in a new light

This topic can be looked at from the micro and macro levels. The macro level that’s when you are trying to shift your perspective in general about a specific area or life in general. Micro when you are trying to shift your perspective about a situation or specific topic

TO READ PT 1 ON HOW TO SHIFT YOUR PERSPECTIVE HERE but before that continue reading and you won’t be disappointed

the benefits of changing your perspective

Shifting your perspective can help you get out of a situation that you are stuck in, help you see new light, bring you hope and understanding, evolve you as a person, help you change your way of living and pursuing your goals, help you stay open and adapt to the changes that come

 What you’ll learn:

-ways to shift your perspective micro and macro level

-how to do each way

What I am about to share are all things I tried and use and it is based on my own experience 

Here are some methods on How To Change My Perspective On Life

Strategies to help you shift your perspective

1-self-awareness via journaling 

Awareness will help you know yourself, your thoughts, beliefs and the why behind your behaviour

and when you do you can challenge your thoughts and how you defaultly see things

Awareness is the start of the shift because how can you shift what you don’t know?!

how can I start becoming aware? you can look at

1-things that annoy about yourself(behaviour, habits, thinking) are great places to start

2-things that you hate are great places too

then ask yourself the following QS to help gain more understanding about them

why do I feel this way about it?

Where did that come from?

Do I think it’s the truth? how did I come to this conclusion?

Does this view helpful for me or not?

Do I want to keep it? if not, what view do I want to have?

Make it a sentence that you can read regularly for extra programming and exposure

2-expose yourself to new perspectives

ie. Choose what you consume

This is helped me shift my perspective and thinking plus enforce new views that I want to have

What we consume whether it is written, viewed or heard affects our thinking and thus our behaviour it shapes our thoughts and opinions about things and ourselves that’s why is very important to b selective and choose what you consume 

Of course, that won’t be perfect 

the aim is always to do it more often or 70-80% better

3- hang out with people who have different perspectives or

The people we interact with on a regular basis affect our moods, thoughts beliefs and behaviour

That’s why choose who you hang out with.

1-People you hang out with can help you improve your performance or plummet it

because people affect us which what social psychology studies

2-there’s the law of average that states that the result of any situation will be the average of all outcomes

which can translate here to you will be the average of the people you hang out most with

here’s what I did:

I didn’t cut my family from my life but I reduced my time with them and cut my connection with old friends and acquaintances that don’t have the same ambition and drive to do big things in life

and that is negative and just drains me to be around 

It’s up to you to choose what to do. If you find it hard to cut people why not focus on bringing new people into your life that you want to hang out with that share your values and do great things

which naturally can help reduce your interaction with whom you don’t want to interact with

Links to articles that show you how people affect each other here

1- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/after-service/201705/the-science-behind-why-people-follow-the-crowd

2- https://www.businessinsider.com/jim-rohn-youre-the-average-of-the-five-people-you-spend-the-most-time-with-2012-7#:~:text=Motivational%20speaker%20Jim%20Rohn%20famously,the%20average%20of%20all%20outcomes.

3- https://medium.com/the-mission/youre-not-the-average-of-the-five-people-you-surround-yourself-with-f21b817f6e69

4-question what you think, belief

That’s one of the best ways to change your beliefs, thoughts and perspective 

When you become aware of specific perspective questions it 

Why do you think that way? Why is it right or wrong? How is it helping you or not

What do you want o think instead and how can you enforce it

The goal is to look at it with curiosity and wonder by asking questions that will help you

Shift the way you think (the above QS)

5-read/watch/listen to different stories

Getting exposed to different people who have different perspectives than you on life or certain things will help you get exposed to new ideas and thoughts that you didn’t think before that will help you have a different perspective, expand your view of the world or that thing

Stories are a great way to learn anything even perspective

I heard many successful people’s stories. they helped me to think big, go beyond my limits and see things I’ve never been exposed to, helped me dream and see the possibility

With the internet that’s easier than before and going back to point number 2 choose to consume those stories, look for them and you’ll find them  

6-challenge yourself and what you think

That can be done through consuming opposite views and beliefs, through questioning your own beliefs and views about the world or certain thing

We assume what we know is right by default but we shift our thinking when we take what has been a default and bring it up front and look at it from different angles

Listen to people who have different views. see what their reason for having that view, outlook and thinking that you don’t have

you don’t need to adopt it but just look for the opposite of what you believe and challenge it

7-try seeing things from different people’s perspectives, look at things from different angles 

When you are interacting with people why not try to look at things from their perspective instead of jumping to conclusions

try to be in their shoes, look at it from their perspective

When you have a discussion with someone or a group of people why not take it as an opportunity to get a different view from yours that can be helpful to you and if not you can leave it

This can help you become a better listener.

it’s a practice as our natural inclination to focus on ourselves. I know it’s not easy because I am working on it as I am writing this

What will you do? Which one are you going to apply? Why do you want to shift your perspective?

Let’s chat in the comments 

Additional resources

how to shift your perspective pt1

Cheers to your success 

Wafaa