Add fresh angles to see solutions hiding in plain sight

You’re trapped in a two-dimensional world, staring at the same window of possibilities every morning. Your office desk points one way, your daily commute another. But in the Louvre’s medieval gallery, you suddenly feel disoriented. Paintings hang flat but their scenes lack depth—everyone and everything look the same size. You blink in surprise and realize the artists never learned perspective, never shifted vantage points to imbue distance and dimension. The painting is honest but blind to reality.

This museum moment feels silly until you catch yourself replaying yesterday’s project review at work. You saw only the missing budget line items, not how sales were actually outperforming competitors. You noticed only one struggling team member rather than the three others quietly innovating solutions. Like those medieval artists, you’d stuck to one static viewpoint and missed the depth.

Mindfulness research tells us your brain’s silhouette is too quick to ignore 99.999 percent of visual data. But every new angle you adopt—literally or mentally—reveals previously invisible signals. By slowly turning a painting or literally walking around the building, you force your brain to recalibrate “down” and discover shortcuts around stuck points. With a simple vow to add three fresh vantage points, you’ll find yourself gathering a mosaic of insights, each piece leading you closer to overlooked solutions.

Imagine your challenge as a painting missing its third dimension. Now, shift closer, step back, swing your gaze to the side, then turn your chair and observe from behind. Each new vantage reveals a hidden detail: a resource you underutilized or a pathway you hadn’t noticed. Use these fresh glimpses to reweave your strategy with 3-D clarity, spotting opportunities you once overlooked.