Do you assume? And when you do, do you assume the worst or the best? The good or the bad? Assumption is such a pet peeve of mine (as many of you know), especially negative assumptions, but its a fundamentally human thing to do. I mean, we tend to do it....a lot. Unless we know what to watch for with ourselves, then we dont know what we dont know about changing our assumption mindset. Case in point today: Im at a drive thru in the middle of lunch rush hour today (hey you guys....it happens to the best of us health coaches LOL) and the lines were packed and long. Right when it was my turn to pay, the whole entire computer system went down. Management said 3-4 minute reboot time. Fair enough. Nobodys fault. Pretty soon I hear cars honking. The poor order taker was trying over and over again to tell a woman that he could not take her order that the system was down. She still tries to give her order being rude and loud. People started pulling out from the drive thru line behind me and slowly going around me, flipping me off and giving me some Im gonna hunt you down looks. I laughingly told the kid that all these people in line are assuming its my fault. He laughingly agreed (poor kid was so stressed out and nice). All those people, getting mad at someone (it has to be somebodys fault) and then going on to carry that anger with them throughout their day today....over an untrue, unreal assumption. And.....the system was indeed all back up and running in 3 minutes. I watched the clock. 3 min! So, I paid for the order behind me. Maybe they will pay it forward and break the chain. ;). When having an assumption, ask yourself are you assuming the worst or the best and why? Has it even happened? How do you know? Break the negative assumption cycle in your head. Things arent always as they seem. ;). Have an awesome day.
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 17:27:27 +0000
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