Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Vision Stuck?

Why is it so easy to miss part of an illusion?   Check out the Mask of Love, in the Best Illusion of the Year Contest. Did you find yourself viewing the solution or looking at the animated version before you saw more than one vision?

I'm still curious about the couple ready to kiss. No matter how hard I tried, I missed seeing them inside the "mask."  That led me to look at the solution. Did you experience that, too?  Once your brain perceives both solutions it easily flips from The Mask of Love or the couple about to kiss. But the lesson here goes a bit deeper.  How so?

When leaders do not see other views in business interactions, they miss opportunities.  For example, when Goal-Free Living, was featured on the cover of O, The Oprah Magazine,  publicity connected to Oprah nearly killed Stephen Shapiro's business. Though Stephen moved his vision 90 degrees, for radical new possibilities, many of his clients were unable to shift more than 5 degrees from their narrow view or stuck position as Shipiro now did.

Because he had an innovative vision, Stephen Shipiro capitalized on national publicity to shift-up content and open different distribution channels.  Sadly, his clients fell into a routine, so they missed greater opportunities through Steve's bigger vision.

Curiosity opens your awareness.  Ready for adventures to arise?

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4 comments:

Ellen Weber said...

An interesting look at what we see and what we think we see, thanks Robyn!

You'd enjoy the new study out of how illusion impacts diet:-) Check out http://twurl.nl/nflodl :-) Fun topic with brain imapcts we often miss:-)

Robyn McMaster, PhD said...

Thanks, Ellen. Until I conducted research and took a close look at subtleties that occur in every day interactions and discourse, I discovered I was seeing only half the picture.

I had checked out this post and also discovered that our senses can help improve our health: http://n.pr/f79CE0

Robyn

modalert said...

Really interesting!! I think that post is really match to your Thoughts!! I am really impressed.

modalert

Robyn McMaster, PhD said...

modalert, glad to hear that my thoughts on stuck vision captured your thinking as well.

How are you doing related to all the changes around us that require us to create new vision for ourselves?