Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS
People with 
mechanical
mind-sets tend to jump to conclusions. They
see a problem and they immediately decide on a solution.When two
events happen close together, they assume that one event is the rea-
son for the second event.
They confuse correlation with causation.
Once they have made a decision, they look for evidence to confirm
what they have already decided. Their egos quickly become in-
volved, and they then become reluctant to change their minds.
There seems to be a direct relationship between the quantity of
ideas and approaches you develop to solve a problem and your like-
lihood of coming up with the best idea that will solve the problem in
the very best way. For this reason, you must discipline yourself to
resist the temptation to jump to conclusions, or to rush to judg-
ment.You must proceed more slowly, like a genius, and keep asking
questions.You must keep your mind open.
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