Check your assumptions. In fact, check your assumptions at the door.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Examine your beliefs before engaging with new situations.
- In plain terms
- Check your beliefs before you start.
- What can you take from it?
- Question your assumptions at the start.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What beliefs guide you?
- What are you assuming right now?
Another view
Some assumptions are necessary for efficiency.
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