From Kevin Eikenberry, This continues a number of posts here on the nature of reality. Unlike the others, Kevin sidesteps the epistemology in favor of good advice. To change your actions or the actions of others you have to start with perceptions. The simplicity of this idea is brilliant.

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Perception is More Than Reality by Kevin Eikenberry on November 12, 2010

We’ve all heard, and said. that “perception is reality”.  This profound truth, while believed, is sometimes hard to remember or put into practice.  This fact also makes interpersonal communication and interaction far more complex than we wish it were.  Let me take this idea one step further. People tend to operate and behave in the world, based on what they believe to be true.  In other words, people behave, and communicate, and react, and choose (among other things) based on how they see the world (i.e. their perceptions). Read more at blog.kevineikenberry.com