Perception at play!

 

 

‘Sudha Murthy called 'cattle class'

‘Tanishq Ekatvam Deleted Controversial Ad Haters don’t want to see’

‘How will you manage your work now that you have a small child at home?’

‘Working from home is an opportunity to connect with family’

‘This place reminds me of Home’

These are news items, statement, bias and expressions which express either a perception of a person/community or the impact of that perception in general.  The way I see Perception is the outcome of what we sense vis-à-vis what we have learned and experienced. So in a way perception is given. It is like we see a movie we like it. Another movie releases with the same cast. What is our first reaction going to be, we will look forward to it. Bahubali, Terminator, Avengers, are all but perceptions converted to successes on box office.

Share Market, Educational Institutions, Corporate Industry, Social sector, Politics, right down to you and me work on the perception factor. Therefore all our efforts in life are to learn to make people perceive positively about us. There is another aspect and a rather unfortunate one. Sometimes efforts are not meant to create positive notions. More a bad one. Terror outfits and even governments sometimes strive to create a negative perception in people’s mind, one that instils fear and hatred.

Perceptions are a way of life. They give us a unique perspective of the world and ourselves. Even nature, colour and problems are perceived differently. So what do we understand by this

1.       Perception is Internal

2.      Perception is collective

3.      Perception is experiential

4.      Perception can be changed?

Can perception be changed? Women’s Right to vote, Civil Rights movement, our independence struggle, environmental change movement are all a sign of people changing their perceptions to accept what is new and what should be done.

Perception is your reflection on people and as you must keep yourself clean one needs to ensure that they are using the right object to reflect. A wrong object can make them feel misunderstood, closing off even before starting.

In this weekly issue, we will approach at a perception by how you and I perceive it and will also analyse the role of technology in this perceptive world. Interesting and intriguing as it may sound, we will also find how we have found ourselves a beneficiary or victim of perception. Looking forward to one of my favourite issues to discuss.