Expectations

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And You’re Not Here To Meet Theirs

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia, Expectations, People, Philosophy, Quotes on June 4, 2026| Leave a Comment »

People are not here to meet your expectations.

— Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia

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Trained To Expect

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Adversity, Animals, Behavior, Effort, Expectations, Gregory Lukianoff, Happiness, Health, Jonathan Haidt, Locus of Control, Pain, Philosophy, Psychologists, Quotes, Success, The Coddling of the American Mind, Training on August 31, 2025| Leave a Comment »

The concept of “locus of control” goes back to behaviorist days, when psychologists noted that animals (including people) could be trained to expect that they could get what they wanted through their own behavior (that is, some control over outcomes was “internal” to themselves). Conversely, animals could be trained to expect that nothing they did mattered (that is, all control of outcomes was “external” to themselves). A great deal of research shows that having an internal locus of control leads to greater health, happiness, effort expended, success in school, and success at work. An internal locus of control has even been found to make many kinds of adversity less painful.

— Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
From their book: “The Coddling of the American Mind“

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Point The Way

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Duty, Expectations, Foundation, Ideas, Nikola Tesla, Philosophy, Quotes, Scientific Man on November 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way.

–– Nikola Tesla

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Picky, Picky, Picky

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged C.S. Lewis, Expectations, God, Philosophy, Quotes, Ungratefulness on July 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »

It seems to me that we often, almost sulkily, reject the good that God offers us because, at the moment, we expected some other good.

— C.S. Lewis

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A Very Few

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Clerks, Computers, Expectations, Operators, Peter Drucker, Philosophy, Programmers, Quotes on January 27, 2023| 1 Comment »

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations… They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them ‘operators’ or ‘programmers.’

— Peter Drucker

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Exceed YOUR Own Expectations

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Expectations, Human Spirit, J. Barry Griswell, Measures Of Success, Philosophy, Quotes, Resiliency on September 5, 2022| Leave a Comment »

The resiliency of the human spirit is no less present in one walk of life than another. We must all find the most meaningful measure of success for ourselves, and then set out to exceed our own expectations.

— J. Barry Griswell

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Why I Play The Lottery

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Arnold H. Glasow, Expectations, Hope, Lottery, Philosophy, Quotes on October 31, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope.

— Arnold H. Glasow

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They Are All Perfect

Posted in Health, Philosophy, Quotes, Running, Workouts, tagged Exercise, Expectations, Health, John "The Penguin" Bingham, Journey, Miles, No Need For Speed, Philosophy, Quotes, Running, Steps on July 24, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Try to keep your expectations reasonable. You’re beginning the journey of a thousand miles with a single step. Each step is important; every step counts.

— John “The Penguin” Bingham
From his book: “No Need For Speed“

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In The Moment

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Enlightenment, Expectations, Herman Kauz, Philosophy, Push-Hands, Push-Hands: The Handbook For Non-Competitive Tai Chi Practice With A Partner, Quotes, Reality, State Of Mind on July 21, 2020| Leave a Comment »

As for increasing or furthering your understanding of reality, if you practice push-hands without attachment to results and without expectations of any sort you will gradually come to a state of functioning without the use of your discriminating intellect. Your mind will not and really cannot draw distinctions of any sort as you push, because your reactions in attack and defense will then slow or stop altogether. It is this state of mind, of being fully in the moment, which prepares the ground for flashes of enlightenment or of seeing the world more clearly.

— Herman Kauz
From his book: “Push-Hands: The Handbook For Non-Competitive Tai Chi Practice With A Partner“

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Seeing Rainbows

Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Expectations, Hugh Prather, Living In The Now, My Journal, Pots, Quotes, Rainbows on December 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »

The rainbow is more beautiful than the pot at the end of it; because the rainbow is now. And the pot never turns out to be quite what I expected.

— Hugh Prather

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Just Reminded

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Andrew Tilin, Expectations, Outside Magazine, Philosophy, Quotes, Reminders, The Flat-Tire Project on June 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »

I now continually remind myself that life is really a series of unpredictable episodes punctuated by the expected.

— Andrew Tilin
From his article titled: “The Flat-Tire Project“
Which appeared in: Outside magazine; dtd: April 2014

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Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Bill Walsh, David Harris, Expectations, Family and Friends, Happy Birthday Sarah, Philosophy, Quotes, San Francisco 49ers, The Genius, What Matters on March 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »

What matters most is what you expect from yourself. The players who do the best are those who expect the most. They play every down matched against their own expectations. That’s how you win games and sustain a season.

— Bill Walsh
Former 49er Head Coach
As quoted in: “The Genius“, written by: David Harris

[Happy Birthday, Sarah!

The quote above is also about how you live your life without regrets…

Love, Dad — kmab]

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Timid And Fainthearted

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Business Transformation, Disappointment, Expectations, Learning, Philosophy, Quick Results, Quotes, W. Edwards Deming on March 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Long-term commitment to new learning and new philosophy is required of any management that seeks transformation. The timid and the fainthearted, and the people that expect quick results, are doomed to disappointment.

— W. Edwards Deming

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