LIFESTYLE
Do you ever wish
you had an extra
pair of eyes?
perspective by asking other people for their ATTENTION TO DETAIL focus on the big picture without life’s little
input. What can they see about your situation If you tend to be more of a big picture details tripping you up.
that you were oblivious to? How can their person, experiment with shifting your focus.
perception help you make the most of the Talk to friends and relatives who favour detail THINKING BIG
situation? and really pay attention. Think about ways If you’re naturally more detail oriented, widen
Would stepping into someone else’s shoes you can start caring more about the little your focus a little to think about how your life
using perceptual positioning help give you the things that will ultimately help your days flow might be if you allowed yourself to dream.
perspective you need? If you have time, think more smoothly. What would be your Magic Wand Wish?
about an issue that’s been bothering you and It may be as simple as deciding what to Don’t psyche yourself out of thinking big by
write about it from your perspective. wear / have for lunch the night before so immediately thinking about all the details you’d
When you’ve got this out of your system, you’re all set in the morning. Or you may need to navigate in order to create this reality.
pretend to be the other people who are want to experiment with accessories (belts, Instead, allow yourself to visualise this
involved. Take one at a time and write about jewellery and so on) that previously seemed enormous goal (whether it’s a cure for AIDS,
the situation using their voice. What insights too trivial. Read that document before signing world peace or the kind of home or work
does this give you? What will you do differently your name to it. Choose some news stories to you’ve been stopping yourself day-dreaming
as a result? read rather than just scanning headlines. about for years).
Creating a vision board can help you bring Einstein apparently found socks too “detail” Talk to your Big Picture friends and relatives.
that longer term vision into your daily life. oriented so endured cold feet all year. Others How do they let “little things” go? Can you
Keep it near your desk or workspace to keep buy all pairs the same so they don’t lose hours learn from them by occasionally skipping the
you inspired. This kind of bifocal vision can trying to pair distinctive types. washing up or cleaning while you focus on
help you use short and long sight so you don’t This isn’t to make you lose your big picture writing that book?
get too psyched out by the enormity of your abilities, but to help you navigate other aspects Your attention to detail will help you take the
goal or bogged down in the detail to the extent of life more easily. Think about your day to necessary steps to your goal but you’ll have so
that you lose all enthusiasm for it. day obstacles. Which of them are down to not much more fun and motivation – inspiration –
As with everything, the more flexible we can paying enough attention to the details? if you let the feelings of it overtake you before
be, the easier we make things for ourselves. Spend a couple of hours fixing them for reality checks set in.
Practice developing your Big Picture or Detail good (e.g. hanging a key rack so you never
“muscles” to help yourself work better with waste time looking for keys again / organising
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both types of vision. your car / bag) and you’ll soon be able to
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