E012: Releasing Expectations

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One of the biggest reasons people start to fail is because of their expectations – and this applies to your business, your family, your friends, and your life.

Hopefully, today, I can help you start thinking deeply about how often you're actually relying on your expectations of others – and why you need to start letting those expectations go.

Do it and it will free your life up. You'll start to take far more responsibility for your success, your happiness, and your future. Because it's all about you!

Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:

• Three reasons you need to release expectations
• Distinguishing areas where you have expectations
• Expectations from texting people
• How to release expectations
• Releasing expectations as a leader

Episode Highlights:

[02:46] 3 Reasons You Need to Release the Expectations of Others

First, it's human nature, however, everybody's different. Second, nobody cares about you as much as you care about yourself. That's why you have to care about yourself.

Lastly, we cannot control people. Everybody is in control of themselves. You only get to be in control of yourself – and what you can control are your expectations. But it's going to take practice. It’s going to take time, and some of them are going to be hard.

[04:22] Places/Situations Where You Have Those Expectations

See which places you have those expectations, where you may not realize you have them, and you'll start to see whether you're living based on your expectations of other people.

We have expectations when we text people. For instance, we expect them to respond a certain way. Either we want to get a quick response or a specific response. And then we get disappointed when we get something different.

[12:39] How to Release Expectations

When somebody can't live up to your expectations, especially in a conversation where you need help and support, just separate yourself from that and move on. You cannot live by your expectations of other people. Be able to set boundaries. It's not about them, not living up to your expectations. But it's about knowing what's good for you.

Don't take it personally, otherwise, this will consume you and your thoughts. And that's because you had expectations tha

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