Are you getting results you hoped for … or are you slightly off track? If you’re seeing outcomes other than those you anticipated, here’s a quick way to sort out what may be going on.
Take a piece of paper and list all the assumptions you made… Assumptions about what you were aiming for, about how you decided to approach it, about the resources you took on or rejected, about the obstacles you anticipated and about those you ‘knew’ wouldn’t get in your way.
Then, one at a time as you read back through that list, ask yourself:
“If in reality this ONE factor were actually the opposite, what might that mean?”
Make a note of the implications of each of your assumptions, and the new insight and possibilities you have for your efforts.