Put your hands on the wheel

We have all experienced times in our lives where we have felt hurt, dissapointed, annoyed, or angry with a situation or an individual. In these moments the only thing that seems clear is an uneasy feeling. It can be said that you can measure your happiness in life by how often you are experiencing these feelings.

Even in a professional environment, feelings cannot be ignored. There are several reasons for this; first, our feelings are a powerful tool we have choice and control over, second, individuals who are feeling content or happy on a regular basis are more productive, and create a more pleasurable working environment; finally, negative feelings, when ingnored, will grow and eventually spill into the culture.

We are going to now change the word feeling into the word perspective. For the most part what we call feelings; are based on our perspective. Now lets keep in mind for a moment that feelings are a natural, and important part of life. However, there are times when they are based on perspective that can be shifted to create a new feeling, to our advantage.

For example; if you lose someone you love the obvious outcome is you will be sad, you may even become depressed. Rightfully so, no one would ever question this. However, if you look around the world, there are people that use faith, or beliefs to overcome those feelings. Therefore, their perspective or feelings will shift.

In day to day life, we experience situations on a much more diluted level. Someone may say something that you thought was offending, or not in line with what you percieve to be appropriate. Or maybe someone critizies you and now you feel a lack of confidence. The list of experiences goes on.

Now the question is, where do these perspectives come from? How do I arrive to these feelings and conclusions?