Challenge Your Assumptions

A Transformative Exercise for Design Possibilities

Tip: I highly recommend reading my articles on CORE Attributes and this article. They’re not required reading to understand this exercise, but they complement each other well.

C.O.R.E. Attributes

Exploring the C.O.R.E. Attributes

As a teenager, I was sure I knew everything. I was confident I would marry a nice Jewish girl, become a successful lawyer, and never face divorce or near bankruptcy. Of course, I was proven wrong in all of those certain beliefs. Over the years, I’ve observed that at any time in my life, I could look back five years and find a core belief I now know to be false. From this observation, I developed some needed humility and this assumption-challenging exercise.

Believing that you have the 'correct' answer can stifle your curiosity. While a particular answer may work for you now, better and more insightful solutions are often waiting to be discovered. Even if an answer serves you well at one stage of your life, it can transform from a valuable truth to a limiting belief as circumstances change. What aspects of your lif…