Still Better Than a DUI If your perspective is that the world is coming down around you and that you’re hopeless to make any kind of productive change then you’ll make that your reality. However, this also goes the other way. If you decide to take a fresh perspective and see that you have the ability to change or that things really aren’t as bad as you once thought they were, that perspective will influence everything else that happens to you, giving you a sense of relief through mastery of the mind.