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What effective decision makers have learned is to start out with the assumption that the way the problems looks, in all likelihood, is not what it really is.
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A serious cause of business failure is the common assumption that conditions… must be what we think they are or at least what we thing they should be.
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The new venture… needs to start out with the assumption that its product or service may find customers in markets no one thought of…
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…it’s crucial that you never assume why users are behaving as they are…
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…no company… can simply assume that customers will continue to be actively engaged.
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Information is so powerful that the assumption of information, even if the information does not actually exist, can have a sobering effect.
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If you were to assume that many experts use their information to your detriment, you’d be right.
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Asking ‘why’ and ‘why not’ questions can help you recognize hidden assumptions and self-imposed constraints.
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The practice of being with the way things are calls upon us to distinguish between our assumptions, our feelings, and the facts – that is, what has happened or what is happening.
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Inexperienced yet smart people with initiative will almost always exceed your expectations. But when you’re super experienced, it is harder to bypass assumptions and learn new things.
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