Tag: Expectations

Will you overwhelm or underwhelm?

Disney Business Advisor jeff noel
A large volume condensed to simplicity.

 

Business chain of excellence
A business chain of excellence

 

There is always the chance that what we offer can be overwhelming to the recipient.

There is always the chance what we offer isn’t nearly enough.

 

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If you don’t expect it, you settle

UPS package tracking email screenshot
“The check is in the mail.” Receiving payment in advance is wonderful. And expected.

 

If you don’t expect it, you settle.

You may still have to settle, but without trying, you will always settle.

With trying, you may surprise yourself at how readily the Universe meets you where you are.

Be careful where you hang out.

It’s called (midlife) karma.

Karma attracts fairness and unfairness, but mostly karma is fair.

It’s the less frequent unfairness that tempts us to believe karma is just a lucky break.

 

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Expecting magnificent?

Mountain cabin morning view from bedroom
A college buddy’s North Carolina mountain top cabin.

 

The first thing we see each day is relatively unchanging because of our routine. Break our routine, break what we see.

And with a different view, we can easily see differently.

Our expectations on what we see are also prone to habitual repetition.

This is what i saw after opening my eyes this morning from the second floor loft. Arrived last night at 10pm. Expected it to be magnificent.

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The insane notion about our daily midlife expectations

High lift replacing parking lot lightbulb

 

(photo: Life has five big choices – represented by five palms – and each carries a different set of expectations… that’s a lot of expectations)

Yesterday. How’d it go?

  1. As expected?
  2. Better than expected?
  3. Much better than expected?
  4. Worse than expected?
  5. Much worse than expected.

What’s interesting in all five questions is the notion that what we expect is the measure against what actually happens.

And what actually happens is probably insanely influenced by what we expect.

And this goes on day after day until we die.

Today’s mental thought continues with a physical thought for the day at the Next Blog