{"id":71,"date":"2026-10-06T15:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icebergconcept.com\/?p=71"},"modified":"2026-10-06T15:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:07:39","slug":"the-iceberg-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icebergconcept.com\/?p=71","title":{"rendered":"The Iceberg Concept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The iceberg concept<\/strong> is the idea that only a small part of something is visible on the surface, while a much larger part is hidden beneath it.<\/p>\n<p>The basic idea . . . Think of a real iceberg:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Above the water \u2014 the small, visible portion<\/li>\n<li>Below the water \u2014 the much larger, hidden portion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The concept is used as a metaphor for several things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People: What we see\u2014behavior, words, appearance\u2014may represent only a small part of someone&#8217;s thoughts, feelings, experiences, and motivations.<\/li>\n<li>Problems: A visible problem may be only the symptom. The underlying causes may be much larger and harder to see.<\/li>\n<li>Success: We see someone&#8217;s achievements, but may not see the years of work, failures, sacrifices, and persistence behind them.<\/li>\n<li>Communication: Someone&#8217;s words may be the visible part, while emotions, assumptions, fears, or expectations are underneath.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An easy way to remember what the iceberg concept is: <strong>\u201cWhat you see is only a small part of what is really there.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iceberg concept is the idea that only a small part of something is visible on the surface, while a much larger part is hidden beneath it. The basic idea . . . Think of a real iceberg: Above the water \u2014 the small, visible portion Below the water \u2014 the much larger, hidden portion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"ggr129@yahoo.com","author_link":"https:\/\/icebergconcept.com\/?author=1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icebergconcept.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icebergconcept.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icebergconcept.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icebergconcept.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icebergconcept.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/icebergconcept.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/icebergconcept.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icebergconcept.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icebergconcept.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icebergconcept.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}