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Enhance Your Leadership: Question the Assumption
Yash from Authentic Austin
August 30, 2024
This week’s issue is all about Question the Assumption. Jack Welch said, “The team that sees reality the best wins”. In our fast-paced world, the problems we face are often built on unexamined beliefs. By challenging these, we open up new possibilities and perspectives.
This week, we're diving into a powerful exercise that challenges us to look deeper and question the foundations of our issues.
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🎯 What’s Included
Skill Spotlight: Question the Assumption
Try This: Bringing Question the Assumption into your life
From the Community: A²: Authentic Austin community updates!
Resource Corner: 2 excellent resources on questioning the assumption
Join us IRL: A²’s Leadership from the Head Workshop is on September 11 at 6:30pm. We'll practice reflecting, connecting, and Question the Assumption together. It's a great opportunity to test out this tool in an intimate setting and make authentic connections. Tea will be served! 😁
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💡 Skill Spotlight
The components of Question the Assumption are:
Start with a problem you’re facing (if you’re in a group, give the speaker your full presence while they state the problem)
Identify an assumption underlying the problem
Think of a neutral, curious question that challenges that assumption
Questioning assumptions is like putting on a new pair of glasses – suddenly, you see the world differently. Remember, the goal isn't to prove assumptions wrong but to open up our thinking and discover new possibilities.
🏃🏾♂️Try This
This upcoming week, set aside 10 minutes with a journal to practice Question the Assumption. You can also do this in a conversation with a friend!
Are you interested in putting this into action?
🧑🤝🧑 From The Community
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Meditating
Leaders Unplugged was a refreshing breath of authentic connection. We meditated, connected, and got deep on our #1 challenge right now over a walk! Looking for more of that in your life? Check out our event calendar!
📚 Resource Corner
Article: 15 Cognitive Distortions, traps that we can fall into that distort our views of the world
Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, explores how our minds form judgments and make decisions, including the role of assumptions
📆 Join Us IRL
A²’s Leadership from the Head Workshop is on September 11 at 6:30pm. We’ll practice reflecting, connecting, and Question the Assumption together. It's a great opportunity to test out this tool in an intimate setting and make authentic connections. Tea will be served! 😁
📫 Subscribing to our calendar is the easiest way to get notified of upcoming events!
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