Assumptions
“If I’m not getting
the result I want, what are my assumptions?”- Tim Ferriss
In past post I told a story of being stressed out about a
change and asking myself a powerful question, ”What is that I would have to
believe for this to be true?” It immediately
took me out of the mindset that I had of, “Ohh no this is happening to me” into
examining what needed to change. Once I
identified the base of my fear I was able to challenge it and find a way to
resolve my issue.
Tim’s advice is for getting yourself to overcome a
limitation. In my opinion and Tim’s
quote most of the time the limitation in the result that we are getting or not
getting is in the assumptions that we make.
For example, if my assumption is that I can not touch a basketball rim
then my result is always going to be less than touching the rim.
The key is to stop at the result and to ask yourself to
identify what are those assumptions. If
I realize that that is my assumption that I might need a training program that
improves my vertical jump until I comfortably reach the rim. After all if a 5
foot 3” inch former basketball star Spud Webb could reverse dunk a basketball
then clearly my assumptions are holding me back.
Assumptions are not always physical but they are always
mental. If I do not believe I can, then
no matter how easy the task is I will not accomplish it. It is mind over matter.
Today’s question is:
“Do you ever question
your assumptions or do you just blindly accept them?”
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