Sometimes a problem feels enormous because you're standing too close to it.

One conversation becomes the whole relationship.

One mistake becomes your entire identity.

One bad day becomes evidence that everything is going wrong.

When you're inside the moment, perspective can disappear.

Use the View From Above explores the discipline of stepping back from immediate problems and seeing them within the larger picture.

Ask yourself:

Will this matter in a year?

Is this actually a pattern, or is it one difficult moment?

Am I reacting to what happened, or to what I think it means?

What would I tell someone I cared about if they were facing the same situation?

Stepping back doesn't mean pretending the problem isn't real.

It means refusing to let the problem become lar ...