Any strategies for objectively viewing a position OTB?

Any strategies for objectively viewing a position OTB?

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There are times during a game when I have a plan (make an exchange on this square, in order to open that file, so I can attack the king, etc.) and I get "tunnel vision" and I cease to see the board objectively.

What strategies do you use to look at a given position?  How do you look at the board with fresh eyes?