The true warrior has two ways to look at everything, if not more. The true warrior asks, what is your perspective? Where are you standing? What is your position relative to this issue? Do you see the physical correlation between the issue and your state of mind? What is the issue? Define it and step back. Move to a new position or perspective, and view the issue from there. Is it the same? Has it changed?

Can you see opportunity in a roadblock?

Picture this: it’s the 1920s, and two shoe salesmen are on safari in Africa. One says to himself, “There’s no prospects here. No one wears shoes.” The other says, “Wow, look at the opportunity here! No one wears shoes!” Same observation. Different perspective. Two different views of the same landscape.

The true warrior recognizes the trap of thinking that what you see is all there is (WYSIATI). They know that once a thing has been labelled in your mind, and the moment happens, you cannot see anything else. The one-world view has taken hold. You can only see one way of looking at things and have trouble considering any other alternative perspective. Here is where you must let go of your opinion, belief, perspective, and understanding … and then conjure up a new perspective (or multiple perspectives) so that you can properly consider the ramifications of the situation.

True warriors are, at all times, vigilant in their mind, and engaged in an advanced level of mental fitness, which allows them to see through the veil of obfuscation that is instantly created by the one-world view—by the magic, magnifying powers of our very human minds.

To the warrior who is a salesman, every objection is (in fact) the reason for the prospect to move forward, as the warrior sees how perfectly his solution fits the prospect’s need, and is able to demonstrate that vision to his prospect. To the warrior who is a marketer, every customer action and reaction shows him (or her) the beliefs in the mind of that customer, and adjusts the manner in which he stalks his prey accordingly.

WYSIATI is a trap. That is not all there is! It just seems that way. Warriors, open your eyes and marvel that there is so much more than what you see!

You are warriors. And you discern the full spectrum of opportunities and alternatives in every situation, and with that power of truth you will prevail where so many fail. So it has been written.