What does "I had no perspective " mean?
Hi. I was reading a text and I can't understand the meaning of phase "I had no perspective".
There is how it looks in the text:
My teammates were literally playing for their livelihood. Their cars, their houses. I had no perspective.

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What does "I had no perspective " mean?
Hi. I was reading a text and I can't understand the meaning of phase "I had no perspective". 
There is how it looks in the text:
My teammates were literally playing for their livelihood. Their cars, their houses. I had no perspective.

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Means the writer 'had no idea / no understanding of the situation'

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Thanks j b!!! I thought about that too, but I wasn't sure.

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It sounds like it means that the writer has more money than their (the author) teammates and doesn't have to rely on sports while their (the author) teammates are relying on sports to make money and they (the author's teammates) don't have other sources of money that they need for their daily lives.

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