Strengths are hypotheses and must be tested

from Diary 2024-08-04 Strengths are hypotheses and must be tested

• Understanding is a hypothesis and must be verified.
• Multiply this by “understanding your strengths”.
• → Strengths are hypotheses and must be tested.

Strengths Understanding Stage

• I don’t have a hypothesis.
• Hypothesized but not tested.
• Hypothesized but tested and rejected.
• Hypothesis stands, but has been verified and affirmed.

Strengths are cognitive gaps.

• I don’t find what most people find painful, etc.
• It’s hard to recognize yourself, because your cognition is misaligned.
• You see others who are different from you and you think there’s something wrong with the other side, but upon closer examination, you’re in the minority.

How do we formulate a hypothesis?

• Gather information without prejudice

  • Five Principles of Exploration

• Unexpected Success

• You didn’t make a hypothesis, but it was tested and a positive result was obtained.

• The fact that you didn’t make that hypothesis suggests the existence of a blind spot.

  • In other words, there is a high likelihood of cognitive misalignment.

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