Glass half full or glass half empty - a different perspective
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Half full or half empty?
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I was having lunch with my four year old son
On the table was a cup from which he'd been drinking
I’d been through management school so,
curious to hear his reply, I asked him
“Is this cup half full or half empty?”
His reply surprised me...
He paused and looked at me with confusion
Then he said
“It’s both, daddy - the cup is half full AND half
empty”
In the moment, I’d been so convinced that he’d opt either for empty or full, his perspective
astonished meI felt a little silly; a four year old boy had seen
something afresh, side-stepping the metaphor
which management school had conditioned
me to see
To accept a single
perspective isn’t enough
Just as the cup can be half
empty and half full
simultaneously, so too there are both positives and negatives
in many situations
Taking the time to consider different points of view can
help in many ways
It’s a question of balance
and there are many examples
in nature
Night and day
Birth and bereavement
Fire and
water
In Life
Have realistic expectations
of yourself and others
Enjoy sharin
g
At Work
Try to understand other peoples’ points of view
Next time you think of someone as a
“glass half empty of glass half full”
kind of person, remember…