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We all have blind spots

We all have blind spots

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We all have blind spots

- Have you ever been behind someone who has a label sticking out of their collar, you know, in the back where they can't see it? It's awkward to let them know or fix it for them but I know I'd appreciate it if someone let me know. That's an example of a blind spot, something that we can't see but is often evident to others. We all have blind spots. We live our lives through the filter of our own experiences and biases. We each see things a certain way framed like a picture by our own particular point of view and sometimes we forget that there's a frame. Rather than acknowledging that the picture is our unique perspective or our experience, we treat it like the truth and a blind spot is born. In the domain of creativity, blind spots can limit our thinking and behavior. Years ago, my husband and I bought a large high definition TV before they became thin flat screens. Outside the electronics store, we struggled to fit…

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