"Even if my expectations are unreasonable I would prefer to keep them"
"Even if my expectations are unreasonable I would prefer to keep them"
ON EXPECTATIONS AND…
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Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Either way, the upshot of the expectations research, for me, anyway, is during a period of change, be it big or small, I need to constantly be asking myself if I’ve updated my expectations to match reality, or if I am clinging to old expectations.
David Epstein • "Master of Change"
Our degree of satisfaction is critically dependent on our expectations. The greater our hopes, the greater the risks of rage, bitterness, disappointment and a sense of persecution. We are not always humiliated by failing at things; we are humiliated only if we first invested our pride and sense of worth in a given achievement and then did not reach
... See moreAlain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
if you truly appreciate that comms is lossy and that misunderstanding is the default state then it becomes necessary to give people room to revise their imperfect lossy misunderstood statements
it becomes necessary to be patient and kind in order to understand anything or anyone
I internally believe that anything i touch will turn to gold
making a million at 16 was a sub 1% chance, did it
bouncing back and starting an 8 figure company in 12 months at 17 was a sub 1% chance, did it
growing one of the biggest online money brands and programs in my niche before i turned 18 was a sub 1% chance, did it
my next company will ... See more