Improving Your Perceptions

Improving Your Perceptions

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Making accurate perceptions can be challenging. For example, in the classic basketball film Hoosiers, Gene Hackman plays Hickory High basketball coach Norman Dale. Dale’s small-town players are intimidated by the cavernous arena where they’ll be playing for the Indiana state championship. Though they know the court is regulation size, it looks enormous to them. Dale uses a tape measure to confirm the height of the basket and the distance from the foul line. Only then do they believe that the court is the same size as the one they play on in their gym. This restores their confidence.

The following suggestions can help you improve your perception abilities and thus become a better communicator.

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