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How to change your perspective.

Written by Cole Schafer

The same tree can look like a dozen different trees depending on your perspective.

Press your nose against the trunk of a tree and you will see only chunky bark. Lie beneath a tree and look up, you will see intersections made up of branches and leaves. Climb the tree, take a seat on one of its outstretched limbs and look down, you will see its roots making ripples in the Earth likes ocean waves. Stand 200 yards back from a tree and you will see a tree that looks less like a tree and more like a large shrub or bush in the distance.

If you feel you're becoming pigeonholed in how you approach your work and life, change your perspective. If you normally workout at the end of the day, try working out at the start of it. If you normally listen to Bob Dylan, try listening to Chet Baker. If you normally start working after a cup of coffee, try skipping the caffeine and working in a sleepy, dream state. If you normally take hot showers, try turning the nozzle to cold. If you normally read self-help books, try cracking open a good piece of fiction.