A Game of Opposites

The world is a game of opposites, and we are constantly walking the tightrope in between.

Thin lines separate the bold and the reckless, the law-bending and the law-breaking, the genius and the insane.

You can argue that the customer is always right, or you can argue that they may not know what they want.

You can say a candidate has fresh perspective, but you can also say that she lacks experience.

It is often challenging to distinguish between complacency and contentment, care and obsession, ambition and greed.

Risk and luck are two sides of the same coin, Yin and Yang, one side carrying the seed of the other.

This is why framing through narratives is so powerful.

It recognizes the immense value in crossing that thin line between opposites. It revels in the natural duality of the world.

All it takes is a perspective shift to see the glass half-full, or half-empty.

All it takes is a good story to turn a negative into a positive, or a positive into a negative. (even though good stories are themselves often indistinguishable from good propaganda — again, two sides of the same coin!)

Framing has the power to turn things upside-down.

There have been many times in my life when I have used this power to my benefit. I am just learning to also guard against it.