How to Understand What You Cannot See

There are two sides to every story

I remember being in a seminar when the speaker, my boss, used an analogy to make the point: there are two sides to every situation, and one’s perception of the scenario differs based on what lens they are looking through. 

He held up a dollar bill to an attentive audience. “What do you see?”, he asked of a willing participant. The audience member describ…