Hey Guys,

Q) What is an Expectation? 

A) An Expectation is predicting the future behaviour of the other person. e.g: “I expect you to treat me with respect.” hence the next time we would be meeting I would expect you to respect me, as I have predicted your future behaviour and if you fail to do so, I will be hurt and in pain. 

Now ask yourself is it right to predict the other person’s future behaviour? Is it being fair on them?

Q) What is wrong in having Expectations?

A) The wrong approach towards having a bundle of expectations is that you end up basing your happiness on the expectations. e.g: “If the work is not done according to my liking, I will get angry”- WRONG! 

1. Expectation means predicting the future behaviour of other people. Letting our happiness be dependant on their behaviour and then feeling let down if they do not behave as we had predicted.
2. People around us will behave and work according to their capacity, we can share with them what we feel is right, but cannot expect that they would always follow our approach. 
3. When we do something for other, we do it according to our values and capacity. To expect the same from others is unfair to them. We need to understand that they will behave only according to their capacity. Let us not give up our qualities because other did not respond the way we expected.

Kind Regards,

Gaurri A Kadam.

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