http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2007/01/you-know-what-they-say-about-assumptions/ Customers, Marketing, Work, and Thoughts on a Creative Life Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:29:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2007/01/you-know-what-they-say-about-assumptions/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Chris Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:22:06 +0000 http://baileyworkplay.com/2007/01/22/you-know-what-they-say-about-assumptions/#comment-471 Jamie, you've added some really important ideas (btw, it's great to hear from you). In particular, your advice to be easy with yourself when making faulty assumptions is dead-on and good to remember. Just something we reforming perfectionists struggle with from time to time. Jamie, you’ve added some really important ideas (btw, it’s great to hear from you). In particular, your advice to be easy with yourself when making faulty assumptions is dead-on and good to remember. Just something we reforming perfectionists struggle with from time to time.

]]> http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2007/01/you-know-what-they-say-about-assumptions/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Jamie Notter Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:33:35 +0000 http://baileyworkplay.com/2007/01/22/you-know-what-they-say-about-assumptions/#comment-470 Your awareness questions are great, because that is the key. Be compassionate with yourself when you make assumptions. That's how your brain works. It fills in the gaps of "reality" with assumptions to make sense of the world. The trick is being aware of assumptions as you make them, and then test them as necessary. But you can't NOT make assumptions. Your awareness questions are great, because that is the key. Be compassionate with yourself when you make assumptions. That’s how your brain works. It fills in the gaps of “reality” with assumptions to make sense of the world. The trick is being aware of assumptions as you make them, and then test them as necessary. But you can’t NOT make assumptions.

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