What does changing perspectives mean?
Perspective is the way you view your world. Changing perspectives means moving to a different opinion through discussion, observation, collection of new information and examination of beliefs.Exploring Someone Else’s PerspectiveChanging perspectives offers a new way to look at an old problem. Ask yourself how the situation would be viewed by someone else, someone in a different role than you. For example, if you are the employer trying to solve a work problem, ask yourself how this problem is viewed by your employees.Redefining the ProblemPerspectives can lock you into thinking about a problem in only one way. “My husband is too controlling” is a problem that can’t be solved without cooperation from a husband! “I am going to learn how to be more assertive” allows more options for solution.Exploring New InformationNew information leads to new ideas and new perspectives. Opening a topic up for discussion in a nonjudgmental way allows new information to be brought in and a clearer underst