I was trying to gain some 'perspective' on the things that I learned in college. [=I was deciding which things were important and which things were not]
Seeing how difficult their lives are has really put my problems 'into perspective'.
He helped us see the problem from a new 'perspective'. [='angle', 'point of view']
(..) General, care to comment on this? Well, Pat, We had Vietnam, we had Iraq we had Afghanistan, Never again. From a military perspective this has been invaluable. We can accomplish our objectives without any loss to American lives. And I think the honest people over there really appreciate it. (..)2014 RoboCop