In our last post, we talked about the first two levels of catabolic perspective: The Victim and The Conflict Perspective. So let’s do a quick recap. The Victim Perspective is the feeling of no control, the constant inner dialogue that says, “There is nothing I can do anyway.” This perspective can leave us feeling depressed, unmotivated and crippled by our own inability to make changes. The second level is the Conflict Perspective, when we believe the world is against us. This

As we continue with our ongoing series on the 7 levels of perspective (derived from iPEC’s 7 Levels of Leadership) as introduced in my last blog, we’re going to start in the ickiest place: the bottom. We’re going to get into the first two perspective levels, which are often described as ‘catabolic’ because they are destructive and ultimately break us down. We’re going to identify them, learn the characteristics of them and how they can really affect our lives. This is not for