Insight & Action: Guessing Games
Why mind reading is making you miserable
If you want to be happier, don't expect others to read your mind. Even in close relationships, humans tend to do a poor job of accurately guessing what other people want. Too often, people's wishes go unexpressed. Leaving what you want up to chance sets you up for disappointment.
The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
- George Bernard Shaw