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1 " It's always your assumptions about you, about others, about future that make reality worse than it actually is. "
― Dragos Bratasanu
2 " Always assume your assumptions about others are wrong. Because often, they are "
― Savania China
3 " Remember, always, that everything you know, and everything everyone knows, is only a model. Get your model out there where it can be viewed. Invite others to challenge your assumptions and add their own. "
― Donella H. Meadows , Thinking in Systems: A Primer
4 " In order to master the ability to lead, develop and deliver innovation at speed systematically, you must challenge your assumptions and expectations that influence your actions. "
5 " Positive assumptions are needed only when you have negative assumptions that you’re trying to overcome. But when you drop your assumptions altogether, your soul stands naked in the open fields of possibility. And what you choose to create from that space is up to you. "
― , Freedom Without Permission: How to Live Free in a World That Isn't
6 " Over time, I discovered that learning new things doesn't always liberate you. Instead, it makes you wonder if your pants are on backward or if the trees are holding the sky up -- it makes you question all of your assumptions and conventions. "
― Dee Williams , The Big Tiny: A Built-It-Myself Memoir
7 " Over time, I discovered that learning new things doesn't always liberate you. Instead it makes you wonder if your pants are on backward or if the trees are holding the sky up - it makes you question all of your assumptions and conventions. "
― Dee Williams
8 " Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail. "
― Brandon Sanderson , Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
9 " [B]egin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while or the light won’t come in. "
― Alan Alda , Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself
10 " It's not the things you don't know that trip you up. It's the things you think you know, but you don't. You fail to ask a certain question because you believe you know the answer. Separating your information from your assumptions can be very tricky business. "
