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# Frames and Lenses
- URL: https://www.howardgray.net/frames-and-lenses/
- Published: 2020-12-14T13:32:03.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-05T14:03:13.000Z
- Author: Howard Gray
- Tags: Positioning, The Tension, Portfolio Career, Mindsets & Growth, Learning, Education & Growth

*“Don’t care what anyone else thinks about you.”*

Maybe.

But looking through the lens of others can sharpen up our own view.

*What do they see that I don’t?* 

*How do they explain what I do if someone asks?* 

*What would they omit that I’d like them to include, or add that I wouldn’t expect them to?*

Of course, too much of this and we end up chasing shadows, or contorting ourselves into a dislocated version of who we may seek to be.

But using the different lenses to get clarity? Not a bad idea at all.

Here’s one thing to help with focus:

*“How do they describe me to others?”*

Go on, ask them. Get the mirror turned back around

The gap between what they say now, and what we want them to – that’s a space for us take a closer look at, and get some frames to match.

([Pair this with ‘Life’s a Pitch’](https://howardgray.net/2019/11/26/lifes-a-pitch-but-for-who/?ref=howardgray.net))