Comments on: The $1,200 mistake: what I learned about assumptions http://www.paulhirsch.com/blog/2008/the-1200-mistake-what-i-learned-about-assumptions/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:25:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sneak Peak of Upcoming Posts & Link Love - Jamie Harrop - Young Entrepreneur http://www.paulhirsch.com/blog/2008/the-1200-mistake-what-i-learned-about-assumptions/#comment-18 Sneak Peak of Upcoming Posts & Link Love - Jamie Harrop - Young Entrepreneur Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:52:21 +0000 http://www.paulhirsch.com/blog/?p=44#comment-18 [...] First and foremost is from my good friend and former business partner, Paul Hirsch. Paul talks about assumptions and how they almost cost him over $1,000. Useful for both life and business, this is an excellent post. The $1,200 mistake: what I learned about assumptions [...] [...] First and foremost is from my good friend and former business partner, Paul Hirsch. Paul talks about assumptions and how they almost cost him over $1,000. Useful for both life and business, this is an excellent post. The $1,200 mistake: what I learned about assumptions [...]

]]> By: Jamie Harrop http://www.paulhirsch.com/blog/2008/the-1200-mistake-what-i-learned-about-assumptions/#comment-16 Jamie Harrop Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:54:16 +0000 http://www.paulhirsch.com/blog/?p=44#comment-16 Fantastic post, Paul. In the last few projects I've taken on, I've tried to use the phone as much as possible as opposed to email. I've done this for two reasons: 1. One of the problems I was experiencing previously was a lack of contact and loneliness while working from home. The phone combats this somewhat. 2. To avoid confusion like you saw in your example. There's just so little emotion and so much room for assumption when it comes to email and other forms of Internet communication. Jamie Fantastic post, Paul.

In the last few projects I’ve taken on, I’ve tried to use the phone as much as possible as opposed to email. I’ve done this for two reasons:

1. One of the problems I was experiencing previously was a lack of contact and loneliness while working from home. The phone combats this somewhat.

2. To avoid confusion like you saw in your example. There’s just so little emotion and so much room for assumption when it comes to email and other forms of Internet communication.

Jamie

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