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title: Perception
description: Perceptions impact how we respond to our colleagues, our family and our friends. It is through perception that we understand and make sense of the world around us. Once the mind sees things one way, it can be difficult to see them another way. If the data we perceive is incomplete, we ‘fill in the blanks’ in our mind to enable us to make sense of what we see. The mind may also distort what we see in order to fit in with our current understanding. Different ways of seeing things are not right or wrong – they are just […]
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### Perception

 

Perceptions impact how we respond to our colleagues, our family and our friends. It is through perception that we understand and make sense of the world around us. Once the mind sees things one way, it can be difficult to see them another way. If the data we perceive is incomplete, we ‘fill in the blanks’ in our mind to enable us to make sense of what we see. The mind may also distort what we see in order to fit in with our current understanding. Different ways of seeing things are not right or wrong – they are just different perceptions.

 By [RicHayden](https://blog.learningcog.com/blog/author/richayden) | April 29th, 2020 | Categories: [Coaching Tools](https://blog.learningcog.com/blog/tag/coaching-tools), [Coaching Skills](https://blog.learningcog.com/blog/tag/coaching-skills), [Perception](https://blog.learningcog.com/blog/tag/perception) |  Comments Off

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