I was talking to someone recently who thought they were doing an excellent job on a project but was told by someone else when it was time to be evaluated that they were doing a crappy job. Where was the disconnect? How could it have not been obvious to the person that they were not doing as well as they thought? Was their ego so large that they were seeing what was not there or was it that their perception of the situation and the reality were to totally different things? Why could they not see the reality? Was it really reality or just the other person’s opinion?

I took this definition from AI and I thought it so apt: “Perception refers to the way we interpret and understand the world around us based on our experiences, beliefs, and biases, while reality refers to the objective state of things as they actually exist. The two, though often interlinked, can diverge in significant ways.”

It was interesting to note that the two persons in the situation really do look at life very differently. Their ideas as it relates to success and failure are totally different. The person that thought they were doing well is what one would call an eternal optimist and sees life with many shades of grey while the other has been called a realist many times. But are they really or is it based on perception? Is it just how they see things and because of their tendency to put things into either a negative or positive context?

Could it be that one’s upbringing and mindset has a lot to do with how we perceive reality? Can we curate reality by showing ourselves as what we want others to think? This is done often with the use of social media. When we show what we think our life should be as against what it really is, do the two conflict or merge? When for example you show your lifestyle as being affluent when it really isn’t do you sometimes push yourself to the point where you overspend and end up in debt? Or is it the concept of “fake it till you make it?” When is it that you move from the faking to the achieving?

Let me know what you think, I really want to know and I sure others do too. Try commenting 👍🏽, but if you are not comfortable, reach out to me via any medium. Your comments let me know how you feel and very often give me a total different perspective on the topic. It could also spawn another blog. 😉. And you can never tell your comment might help others. But

Always remember life is for living and you must always live your best life. #lifeisforliving #liveyourbestlife #gratefulforlife #faithgreaterthanfear

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