The Incredible Cost and Loss from Making Assumptions
Episode description
Recently while trying to monetize YouTube an assumption was uncovered mistakenly believed for 11 years.
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.” ― Isaac Asimov
It easy for me to recall when I was first introduced to the idea of blind spots.
Our blind spots cause a failure to recognize that emotions, such as fear and distrust, change how we and others interpret and talk about reality. We think we understand and remember what others say, when we really only remember our thoughts about about what gets said.
And that is not all…
Today, I was working on my YouTube presence trying to attract enough followers and subscribers to monetize my channel.
I uploaded the first video there 11 years ago! Wow. Over a decade and it only has 625 views.
It’s kinda whimsical, one of my first attempts at making a video from sill pictures.
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