Eagle's view
Standing on top of a cliff one hot morning in August I looked down and saw a different world.
Little people were swimming in the sea, others were lying on small beach towels. Tiny boats in the horizon framed the scene. Everything had become much smaller. It gave me a sense of calm to view things from this distance, I felt energised.
Is it possible to feel like this during our daily life or is it just a holiday thing?
By changing our perspective on some of the things that stress us out, by viewing them from a distance we can gain a sense of relief, and control. We can find solutions to our problems.
View situations, like an eagle perched on a high cliff. The eagle is not trapped into the narrow tunnel vision of its victim. It rises above that, and therefore more in command.
If you are lying awake at night worrying about how awful the morning meeting was and the argument you had, rise above the situation and take a wider perspective. Stop focusing on the narrow moment.
If we can see our life from a wider angle rather than focusing on a stressful event, then we will gain a sense of relief. Rising above the situation will enable us to be objective and not enslaved to certain emotions. Positive solutions are more likely to emerge if we remain objective.
Manage your perspective by asking yourself some simple questions such as:
Manage your emotions by seeing them from high up, like an eagle views the territory. Strong emotions have a way of blinding us. Your emotions are only part of the territory, there is a lot more to view. Acknowledge your emotions, accept them and search to see what else there is on the ground.
You may be angry with your colleague who is always late with deadlines.
Accept your anger and see beyond that. What you discover, may surprise you: another colleague who can help, another way of communicating about deadlines, another way of handling the project which is more exciting for all…the possibilities are endless, once we have an eagle’s view.
Aleen Andreou
Programme Director
Standing on top of a cliff one hot morning in August I looked down and saw a different world.
Little people were swimming in the sea, others were lying on small beach towels. Tiny boats in the horizon framed the scene. Everything had become much smaller. It gave me a sense of calm to view things from this distance, I felt energised.
Is it possible to feel like this during our daily life or is it just a holiday thing?
By changing our perspective on some of the things that stress us out, by viewing them from a distance we can gain a sense of relief, and control. We can find solutions to our problems.
View situations, like an eagle perched on a high cliff. The eagle is not trapped into the narrow tunnel vision of its victim. It rises above that, and therefore more in command.
If you are lying awake at night worrying about how awful the morning meeting was and the argument you had, rise above the situation and take a wider perspective. Stop focusing on the narrow moment.
If we can see our life from a wider angle rather than focusing on a stressful event, then we will gain a sense of relief. Rising above the situation will enable us to be objective and not enslaved to certain emotions. Positive solutions are more likely to emerge if we remain objective.
Manage your perspective by asking yourself some simple questions such as:
- On a scale of one to ten how important is this situation for me, where number one is my topmost priority.
- In three year's time how important will this situation seem to me, when I look back on it?
Manage your emotions by seeing them from high up, like an eagle views the territory. Strong emotions have a way of blinding us. Your emotions are only part of the territory, there is a lot more to view. Acknowledge your emotions, accept them and search to see what else there is on the ground.
You may be angry with your colleague who is always late with deadlines.
Accept your anger and see beyond that. What you discover, may surprise you: another colleague who can help, another way of communicating about deadlines, another way of handling the project which is more exciting for all…the possibilities are endless, once we have an eagle’s view.
Aleen Andreou
Programme Director