CHAPTER 10

Perspective

Develop Your Own, Unique Common Sense

I like to use the word perspective because it makes it possible for anyone to have one. When you say vision, it feels like only a few selected visionaries of the world can have one.

—Jensen Huang

Perspective is an individual’s personality blended with their point of view. A person’s perspective is the foundation of all aspects of their strategic thinking: the way the person senses and makes sense of their unique situation and programs the choices of ways, means, and ends.

An innate part of personality is temperament. Parents know that their children are different from each other in fundamental ways and have been so since birth. Temperament is a source of personal strengths and weaknesses. ...

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