Check and re-validate your assumptions!

Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking at the rear-view mirror!
Herb Brody
  

We live in era of change and change is the only thing which is permanent! Everything we believed to be true some years ago are wrong.  
Some of our classic assumptions proved to be wrong are:
• That the world is flat
• That human beings cannot fly 
• That an article made of iron cannot float on water
• That no human beings can run a mile in less than 4 minutes
• That ‘Made in Japan’ means poor quality and cheap products
• That it is not possible to speak through wire
In the era of change and perfect competition, we should re-validate and check some of our important assumptions which will decide the quality of our life.
In India, until the 1990’s everyone assumed that their jobs are permanent since their appointment order said so! Based on this assumption most employees had planned the standard of their life. But with the onset of world class competition, many lost their jobs due to cost cutting measures by organisations. 
Over this weekend, write down three assumptions regarding your job and career based on which you have planned your life style and check what will happen if your assumptions go wrong.  

N C Sridharan
www.thetimefoundation.com
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