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# Assumptions usually reveal the person making them....
> Assumptions usually reveal the person making them. When someone assumes a drink must be alcohol or a joke must mean something sinister, they are projecting their own experience, and remembering that lets you stop being defensive.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Cultural Conditioning and the Work of Self-Determination - Workbook|Cultural Conditioning and the Work of Self-Determination]]
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“Assumptions usually reveal the person making them. When someone assumes a drink must be alcohol or a joke must mean something sinister, they are projecting their own experience, and remembering that lets you stop being defensive.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-assumptions-usually-reveal-stop-being-defensive
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