Day 185 – The Presumption Problem


Day 185 – The Presumption Problem

At its core, presumption within relationship or communication is created out of a learned survival motion.

Presumption grants us the illusion of protection, jumping way ahead so the hindsight lesson isn’t required if things do go wrong…

AND…

…it takes away the notion of allowing people a clean slate.

It steals away the pleasure of getting to know people as individuals because presumption begins cutting and pasting previous experiences and placing them on someone…in essence, “stereotyping.”

It’s a tool we can do without if we want to enjoy relationship with others more fully, fairly, and cleanly…


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