Here’s an interesting problem: the challenge of high expectations.
If you’re anything like me, you expect a lot — sometimes too much — of others and of yourself.
I co-founded My Social Game Plan in 2011 as a senior in college with the expectation of being the go-to digital marketing agency in Louisville and beyond. Idealistic? You could say that.
I hadn’t even figured out how to be the go-to digital marketing agency in my neighborhood, and here I am expecting to dominate an entire industry. How could I reasonably expect to go from nothing to everything overnight?
We’re taught to have high expectations for ourselves and to constantly strive for never-ending progress. However, there’s a fine line between working to be better and establishing expectations so high that they become demotivating and self-defeating.
This is true in every aspect of life I can think of: your personal relationships, education, career, hobbies, financial habits, and fitness/physical health. You name it and I guarantee the threat of expectations that are too high exists.
