They are also able to see the big picture without losing sight of the little pieces. I like to point out that excellence comes from a passionate commitment to a single perspective. In order to become good at something, one must stay associated in one's own first position and focus. This is an important way to learn and progress, but it is not necessarily wise. Sometimes it produces un-ecological repercussions.
Genius comes from a passionate commitment to the integration of multiple perspectives.
The implication is that when one has become excellent in several different areas and is able to synthesize them, one begins to approach genius. Hall and Bodenhamer argue that this comes from the ability to go meta. We could also say that wisdom comes from a passionate commitment to the constant process of taking multiple perspectives. Since the world is in constant change, we cannot rely on yesterday's answers as being true for tomorrow. Michael and Bob have done NLP a great service by refocusing on its theoretical roots in the work of Bateson and Korzybski, and by re-placing its attention on the important and seminal notion of the ability to go meta.