"Even if my expectations are unreasonable I would prefer to keep them"
"Even if my expectations are unreasonable I would prefer to keep them"
But life isn’t any fun without a sense of enough. Happiness, as it’s said, is just results minus expectations.
Morgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
Additionally, clients often have expectations, or demands, that are far from what would be considered a Google best practice, so concessions need to be made on our end for the good of the relationship.
PATRICK GILBERT • Join or Die: Digital Advertising in the Age of Automation
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
If you didn’t make an expectation clear, you can’t hold people accountable for it not being fulfilled. Don’t assume that something was implicitly understood.
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
of me, but if I say so, understandable.
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
“If expectations are unrealistically high they could be the basis of disappointment and low life satisfaction,”
Brad Stulberg • The Practice of Groundedness
The key to happiness, then, is managing one’s expectations. (This seems like the right time to warn you that you are reading a very mediocre book.)