{"id":119,"date":"2016-01-07T15:15:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T15:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stty.co.uk\/blog\/?p=119"},"modified":"2016-01-07T15:15:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T15:15:37","slug":"changing-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stty.co.uk\/blog\/changing-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Changing Perspective&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The other day some asked a question which seems simple on the surface but the conversation halted when I asked perspective would he like. Let\u2019s think about looking at things from different perspectives. &#8220;Context Reframing&#8221; as it\u2019s known is a technique you can use to help shift your perspective from negative to positive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our past experiences influence the context that we see the world our ability to interpret what&#8217;s happening in it. However, there are many ways to explain a situation. One of the keys to making good decisions is to consistently interpret your knowledge and experience in ways that support you in getting the outcomes you expect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Framing_effect_(psychology)\">Context Reframing<\/a>\u201d is a technique that can help you do just that. It involves taking a seemingly negative situation and examining the same experience in a different context\/perspective to see how could be positive. Children&#8217;s literature is full of context reframing. The ugly duckling suffered great pain because he was so different from his peers, but his difference was his beauty as a full-grown swan. Rudolph&#8217;s nose, at first an object of ridicule, turned into an advantage and made him a hero in the context of a dark, snowy night.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, you see, it&#8217;s not what happens to you in life that makes or breaks you. It&#8217;s how you interpret what happens to you &#8211; and that decision is in your hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day some asked a question which seems simple on the surface but the conversation halted when I asked perspective would he like. Let\u2019s think about looking at things from different perspectives. &#8220;Context Reframing&#8221; as it\u2019s known is a technique you can use to help shift your perspective from negative to positive. &nbsp; Our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stty.co.uk\/blog\/changing-perspective\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Changing Perspective&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121,"href":"https:\/\/www.stty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions\/121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stty.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}