My friend Michael posed this question on his blog the other day, “Have you ever driven behind someone on a two lane road who was driving well under the speed limit thinking that the driver is just an annoying slowpoke only to discover later that the person in front of the guy in front of you is the actual slowpoke?”
Michael pointed out that often our perception is in error because we can only see a small part of the picture.
Since I’m never wrong I don’t know what he’s talking about. Just kidding!
There are so many times I believe I know the answer or I’ve found the root of a problem, when in reality there’s so much more going on.
We always have a limited perception and perspective of those things around us.
When we get caught up in a problem we often become close-minded and near-sighted, not allowing us to make the best decision.
“Like the traffic scenario, sometimes there is a middle element between the cause and its effect. Or in other words, a person wrongly blames the driver directly in front for the traffic delay when it the problem is the two or even three cars ahead,” Michael wrote.
We all want to point fingers away from us and to other people, but sometimes we hastily point those fingers and miss the real issues involved.
More on this later... i hope...
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