My friend Michael posed this question on his blog the other day, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Have 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?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nMichael pointed out that often our perception is in error because we can only see a small part of the picture.
\nSince I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m never wrong I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s talking about. Just kidding!
\nThere are so many times I believe I know the answer or I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve found the root of a problem, when in reality there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so much more going on.
\nWe always have a limited perception and perspective of those things around us.
\nWhen we get caught up in a problem we often become close-minded and near-sighted, not allowing us to make the best decision.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Like 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,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Michael wrote.
\nWe 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.
\nMore on this later… i hope…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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