Morning Motivation for 4.20.11

Posted by Erin Brown on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 in 2011, disappointment, expectations, goals, morning motivation,

‘Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.’

~Ralph Marston

For me, it’s not the expectations that others have of me, it’s the expectations that I have of myself.  I am harder on myself than everyone could possibly ever be on me.  I used to think that I need to lower my expectations to keep from being disappointed.  I’ve changed my thinking.  I have learned that I should keep grinding until I achieve my goals.  It’s not the expectation that is so disappointing. The disappointment comes from knowing I could’ve done better to meet the expectations of myself an others.