Perception Box
As humans, we’re influenced by our unique experiences.
We each live inside a ‘Perception BoxTM’ that informs how we view the world.
There’s no escaping it, but you can learn how to expand it.
Sometimes all it takes is a single unlikely question.
We each live inside a ‘Perception BoxTM’ that informs how we view the world.
There’s no escaping it, but you can learn how to expand it.
Sometimes all it takes is a single unlikely question.
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“I was incarcerated well before I was in prison and I was free before the gates of prison opened up and let me out.”
In 1991, Shaka Senghor pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and spent the next 19 years behind bars, seven of them in solitary confinement. Today, Senghor has become a vocal advocate[…]
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“I was locked into this narrative that said my life could only have limited outcomes: an early grave or a prison cell.”
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