Observation / Confession from me.
It's so easy (at least for me) to get into a "assuming" things about other folks. I don't have a "notebook" but obviously, I see what's posted here and make assumptions.
In another thread, a poster wrote something that I would never have thought they might say.
The reality is I didn't have any real reason for thinking it was something they'd never say. It was because from the tiny bit of posting I'd seen from them, I assumed things that simply weren't true. And it's 100% my fault.
It's another good reason I think it's better to ask questions and listen more.
It's the old Stephen Covey thing about "Seek first to understand. Then to be understood". Good words there.
Bottom line: I think we do better when we assume less.
And bonus, if we do assume, err towards assuming the best of each other.
It's so easy (at least for me) to get into a "assuming" things about other folks. I don't have a "notebook" but obviously, I see what's posted here and make assumptions.
In another thread, a poster wrote something that I would never have thought they might say.
The reality is I didn't have any real reason for thinking it was something they'd never say. It was because from the tiny bit of posting I'd seen from them, I assumed things that simply weren't true. And it's 100% my fault.
It's another good reason I think it's better to ask questions and listen more.
It's the old Stephen Covey thing about "Seek first to understand. Then to be understood". Good words there.
Bottom line: I think we do better when we assume less.
And bonus, if we do assume, err towards assuming the best of each other.
