Step Into A Mindset
A Situational Pattern.
Situation
Getting stuck in in a singular way of thinking or looking at the world can be too easy. You have a perception that forms an opinion which suddenly becomes a way of thinking or looking at something. But what if your original perception was off or missing a critical piece of info? Step into a different mindset, consider and calibrate.
Pattern
1. Clarify your current mindset.
Understand how you think about a particular topic. What is your current stance? How did it come to be? Trace the steps that led to your position.
2. Catalog a few perspectives.
Consider as many alternative perspectives on your topic as you can. What might a complete opposite perspective be? How about something similar but a little different? And then another. Write them out.
3. Step into another mindset.
Using your imagination, step into another mindset. Breathe it in. What changes about your topic? What stays the same? How does it feel?
4. Identify a main takeaway.
After spending some time with the mindset, step back. What might be the one or two key takeaways? What seems to be the core driver behind the perspective? Take note.
5. Synthesize and return.
Now return to your topic. Think about the additional perspectives you considered. How might you adjust your model of the topic with these new pieces of data?
Why
Your perspective is simply one viewpoint. Being able to think through additional perspectives, step into various mindsets, observe and then return will only help to expand how you see something. Sure, its your interpretation of another mindset but it expands your model. It provides you with another way of seeing. And another way of seeing will only help you to build a more comprehensive position on your topic.
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