Chapter 4Reframing Reality for a Great View
Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different.
—Albert Szent-Gyorgi (1893–1986)
Every day, every situation, and every encounter is a crossroad. As though the present were a landscape, we make decisions consciously or unconsciously each moment to move forward, turn to the right or left, ignore some possibilities, and partake in others. We make these decisions based on the way we perceive reality or how we interpret and evaluate the stimuli in our environment. Some decisions are made deliberately, with careful thought over a period of several seconds, minutes, or even weeks. Others are made nearly instantly, and we may not even be aware they have ...
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