Assumptions, Assumptions
Just came back from tea brk with some friends of mine. No idea how the topic came about but was talking to assumptions and how it runs people's life. Like I mentioned in my blog before, our life needs assumptions (reasonable that it) so that we can run our life without considering too much.
For example, when you are sent an email and was required to reply, the assumption here is that the sender is waiting for an email reply. But this is not necessary what is required because the other sender may actually want to talk to you in person.
If there are no assumptions in life, life is going to be tougher than what it is. Because there are so many things that you need to verify before you can make your decision and by that time, circumstances could have changed, especially in this dynamic world! And you will need another round of verification again to start making the new decision.
But sometime, we really need to sit down and have a look at the assumptions we made once in a while. Are they relevant now? On what basis these assumptions are made? How far is reality away from what is assumed?
A few mths ago, I have been a victim of a string of assumptions made, most assumptions were made by me of course. The thing is I should have realised that the assumptions that I have made need verification. These particular assumptions need verification. If they had been verified, things would not have took a down turn. But that has happened so on the bright side, at least I have learned a valuable lesson. There are many types of assumptions, some critical that really need verification, some not so critical and you can just assume to be that way, some that may change with time and other that may need changes depending on situations. People must really sit down and think it through which grp each assumption is in and is it time to move it to another grp.
Food for thoughts? Of cos, coming from me. Cheers!
For example, when you are sent an email and was required to reply, the assumption here is that the sender is waiting for an email reply. But this is not necessary what is required because the other sender may actually want to talk to you in person.
If there are no assumptions in life, life is going to be tougher than what it is. Because there are so many things that you need to verify before you can make your decision and by that time, circumstances could have changed, especially in this dynamic world! And you will need another round of verification again to start making the new decision.
But sometime, we really need to sit down and have a look at the assumptions we made once in a while. Are they relevant now? On what basis these assumptions are made? How far is reality away from what is assumed?
A few mths ago, I have been a victim of a string of assumptions made, most assumptions were made by me of course. The thing is I should have realised that the assumptions that I have made need verification. These particular assumptions need verification. If they had been verified, things would not have took a down turn. But that has happened so on the bright side, at least I have learned a valuable lesson. There are many types of assumptions, some critical that really need verification, some not so critical and you can just assume to be that way, some that may change with time and other that may need changes depending on situations. People must really sit down and think it through which grp each assumption is in and is it time to move it to another grp.
Food for thoughts? Of cos, coming from me. Cheers!
posted by Strategist at 5:38 PM
2 Comments:
Assumption is the mother of all wrongs. Such quotes don't exist for nothing.
In many cases, assumption is needed in order to keep things going. However, when we have to make assumption, do it wisely :) some assumptions are wrong because we read the situation inappropriately, either too much reading or too little reading. Too little reading leads to high overlooking the situations. Too much readings leads to complicating the matters. So, the key is to strike balance between reading the situations and what actually happens.
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