Don't Assume

We once had a presentation cum training in personality development from our office, in our office. The lady was a very fluent and influential speaker. Her Training did good for some, while some got bored, cause they didn't to learn new things. I was a person who came in between the 2 types of users.

Of all the things she taught, there is just one thing i have taken to heart. This is what she said.
"Never Assume anything, because, if you Assume, you make a ASS of U and ME"
A simple thing, but a very valuable thing. I have quite many friends, who are great at understanding me. But they do make this mistake. They sometimes assume, what i want to say or what i intend to do. Being a Gemini its difficult to say what i will do next, so its utterly worthless trying to second guess what i will do.  But they have stuck with me so far, and one of them being my best buddy for life, it shows who understanding they are.

Rants over. Well assuming means you picture something about someone based on your knowledge about that person or thing. Mainly its guess work, which will have a percentage based success ratio. But what not be able to tell clearly what he will do, instead of trying to guess it. Whats even more problematic is we assume and keep it to ourselves, instead of confirming it with the concerned person. And make more assumptions based on an assumption. How complicated that is.

So Dont Assume anything, and ask straight away. You may look like a direct person or a rude person asking away questions, and many times stupid (because you can't understand a little hint), but it would be better to ask rather than assume.

Let me know what's your opinion on this.