Embracing New Perspectives for Greater Happiness

In this episode of the Choosing Happy podcast, host Heather Masters explores how adopting different perspectives can enhance our joy and fulfillment.

Using metaphors from jigsaw puzzles and Scrabble, Heather illustrates how life's challenges can be better understood and overcome by shifting our viewpoints.

Key takeaways include questioning assumptions, seeking diverse opinions, changing routines, reframing challenges, and practicing gratitude.

Heather emphasizes the importance of recognizing each individual's unique role in the broader picture and seeing life's obstacles as opportunities for growth and innovation.

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00:00 Introduction to Choosing Happy

00:56 Life as a Jigsaw Puzzle

02:08 Seeing the Bigger Picture

04:43 Scrabble and Life's Challenges

06:28 Innovative Thinking in Business

08:00 Practical Tips for a New Perspective

11:13 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Choosing Happy podcast.

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I'm your host, Heather Masters.

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And on today's show, we're going

to explore how looking at life

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from different perspectives can

bring you more joy, more happiness.

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meaning and happiness.

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And we're going to use some metaphors

around jigsaws and Scrabble to illustrate

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this concept in a fun and insightful way.

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So I invite you to subscribe,

to like, and to join me.

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And this week's Choosing Happy Podcast.

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Hello and welcome to this

week's Choosing Happy Podcast.

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I'm Heather Masters.

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Life can often feel like a

giant unsolved jigsaw puzzle.

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Especially when it sometimes

feels out of your control.

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When we look at everything that's

happening in the world, all of the

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pieces of the puzzle flying and

changing and shifting each day, it

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can really feel like a struggle.

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But one of the real key things

that I remember When I think

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about all of this, it's that

every piece of the puzzle counts.

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So even if you feel like you're a piece

of sky that's insignificant and no one's

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bothered with, actually, you're a piece

of the puzzle and the puzzle cannot

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be completed without you taking part.

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And sometimes it seems like we're

given all these random pieces.

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We're given the circumstances,

relationships, opportunities, challenges

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in our lives, and we have to figure

out how to put together our part of

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the puzzle into a coherent picture.

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But here's the thing, if we only

look at those puzzle pieces one way,

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we can get frustrated, We can get

annoyed trying to make them fit.

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Often, the universe has

a bigger picture in mind.

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So, we're only laying the

foundations for a new part of

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the puzzle to fall into place.

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And sometimes when we turn around those

pieces that we're struggling with, We

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see that they actually fit perfectly for

a picture that we just hadn't seen yet.

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So, being able to see things from a

different angle, or a perspective,

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suddenly the connections become clear.

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And I love to remember that the

universe, the creator, the creator.

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Whatever you call it, always

has my highest interest in mind.

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This is all a journey towards

my destiny, my higher purpose.

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So, sometimes when pieces that seemed

hopelessly mismatched, they can

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suddenly start interlocking perfectly.

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And that's a gift of hindsight.

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The gift of looking back

and joining the dots.

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The same is true for other

puzzles that life throws our way.

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By shifting our viewpoint, say for your

business, we can find meaning, lessons,

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and even unexpected gifts in the most

challenging and difficult situations.

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So maybe you didn't land that client,

but you were really pinning your hopes

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on And yet, there's a better one around

the corner, and you couldn't have signed

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with them if you'd signed that first one.

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Maybe you didn't buy the house, that

dream home you were after, and yet there's

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another one around the corner, which is

even better, in an even better location,

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and is perfect for you and your family.

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What once looked like a hopeless

jumble starts coming together in

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a beautiful way when we adjust

our lens, adjust our expectations

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and allow life to show us the way.

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Another great analogy for this concept

is the game of Scrabble, and we're

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dealt a random bunch of letter tiles.

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Some players might look and

see only the limitations.

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You know, you might say, I

can't make anything, any good

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words with these letters.

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But the skilful Scrabble

player sees the possibilities.

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They find ways to creatively

combine and rearrange those letters.

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into high scoring words.

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Not just the ones that are already on the

tiles, but they look at the big picture.

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If you like, they look at the jigsaw,

they look at the scrabble board, and

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they know where just adding one The low

scoring letter can create a massive high

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score with what's already been played.

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And in life, we can't always control

the circumstances and challenges

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that get tossed our way any more

than we can pick the letters

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we're given in the Scrabble game.

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But we can decide how we make use of them.

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We can decide that.

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Okay, this one random letter,

maybe I've been landed with the Z.

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Yeah, what am I supposed to do with that?

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But if I look at what's actually

around me, what's available to

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me, where in my life I can add

that Z to compound the results.

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That's especially true in business.

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When we think about when everyone

went into lockdowns, businesses had

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to really think laterally to come

up with new and innovative ways.

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If there's something that's happened

over the last two, three years,

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it's the amount of innovation.

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The new types of businesses, the new

ways of doing business, the new ways

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of marketing, the additions to existing

businesses to make them work online and

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remotely that were never there before.

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So what can you do with the letters

that you hold in your hand, either

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in your business or your life,

to create new combinations and

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craft something new, interesting?

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and high scoring.

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The happiest people are the ones who

approach life's letters and jigsaws with

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creativity, openness, and a willingness

to spell out fresh perspectives.

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They don't get flustered by seemingly

random tiles or random things that the

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universe sends their way, but they see

them as opportunities Possibilities

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and the gift of having a chance

for novel thinking, for thinking

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out of the box, for disrupting.

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How can we start looking at life's

jigsaws and scrabble racks in a new way?

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Here are a few suggestions.

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Question your assumptions.

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Question how you're looking at the world.

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The lens we view the world through is

largely shaped by our beliefs, our values,

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our experiences and habits of thought.

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But those can distort reality or

cause us to miss important details.

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They can limit what we see.

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Regularly questioning your assumptions

about people, situations, and yourself can

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reveal new angles and new possibilities.

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Seek out viewpoints.

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Make it a point to have conversations

with people from different

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backgrounds, cultures, walks of life.

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People with different opinions who cause

you to question, to examine, to explore.

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The way they see the world can

expose you to new perspectives

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you'd never consider on your own.

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Change your routine.

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Routines are psychological lenses

that can keep us stuck in a

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narrow way of perceiving things.

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So, switch up your daily patterns.

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Take a new route.

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Visit an unfamiliar

place or try a new hobby.

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These different experiences can

shake up your viewpoint and even

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introduce you to new synchronicities.

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Reframe challenges.

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As I said earlier, rather than reflexively

seeing obstacles as negative, reframe

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them as opportunities to innovate,

grow, or re evaluate your approach.

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Remember that.

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There's a great perspective

on seeing the universe.

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It's always for me.

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So what are the lessons

and insights you can gain?

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By looking at this challenge from

a different angle or perspective.

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Practice gratitude.

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This one's always there.

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When we appreciate the small,

positive details in our lives, it

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helps us see the bigger picture in

a more balanced, optimistic light.

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Gratitude and appreciation gives us a

lens of abundance rather than lack and

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can shift the way that we see things.

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That can show us the opportunities and

possibilities that we may not be able

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to see from a limited perspective.

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And finally, the one I started with.

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Remember that you're an

important piece of the puzzle.

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You're an important letter

on the Scrabble board.

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You're an important piece of the jigsaw.

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The world is never

complete without you in it.

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And God, Creator, Universe

never makes mistakes.

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You're as important as any other piece of

the jigsaw from the Creator's perspective.

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And the bottom line is that our level

of happiness is greatly impacted by

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the lens we choose to view the world.

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And being able to put on a new pair of

glasses to adjust our perspective and

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start looking for the possibilities,

the opportunities, the different ways

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of doing things, maybe the possibility

to disrupt can always bring everything

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into a clear, more exciting, more

interesting and vibrant focus for us.

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So take a moment to really look

for the connections, the unexpected

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meanings, lessons, or even gifts

hidden within our challenges.

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Approach obstacles with an open,

creative mindset instead of getting

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stuck in one rigid perspective.

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I hope you found this helpful.

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And I look forward to

seeing you again next week.

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Thank you so much for taking the time

to listen to this week's episode.

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week on the Choosing Happy podcast.

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