Guarding Your Frame of Reference – Part 2

By Reg Scheepers

In Part 1, we spoke about guarding our moral and ethical frame of reference, but there is another type of framing we should be aware of.

The kind of frame I’m talking about is a concept from social theory. Frames are emotional filters by which we make sense of the world.

Frames are essentially templates we develop as we go through life. We use these templates to more efficiently interpret the meaning of a situation or event and as such these frames determine how we will respond to the situation or event.

To explain: As we go through life, events happen. In an effort to explain and understand the events we attach a meaning to significant or recurring events. Different people can attach different meanings to the same event. They develop a different filter through which they view that event.
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Success Killers: Feelings of Inadequacy

By Reg Scheepers

I’m writing a book. I’m not a Harvard graduate like Frasier and Niles Crane, hell I don’t even think I finished school. When I was expelled from school I later wrote my grade 12 exams but I haven’t bothered to check my results.

I started this blog not because I thought I’m an expert at anything. I just had thoughts running through my mind and I wanted a medium to express those thoughts and hopefully in the process help those who can relate to me.

Of course, I think more carefully about my blog entries because it is being “broadcast” internationally, but the point is, I just did it, despite all my apprehension and feelings of being unqualified, and it led to me writing a book.

I didn’t let the thoughts of “who am I to teach anyone anything”, or “what have I really accomplished in the grand scheme of things”, or “I don’t have the qualifications” stop me.

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