Ep# 128: [Pep Talk] Why You Feel Disappointed + How to Fix It

I have a theory: Disappointment doesn’t come from failure alone, it comes from our expectations not being met.

I know plenty of people who set their sights on achieving something really big and impactful, but they also expect to fail along the way. And they do! I watch these people face their failures head on, learn from them, and continue on their path to greatness without being derailed, simply because they expected to fail along the way. They don’t fall victim to the expectation gap: that terrible feeling we get in our gut when something doesn’t go the way we expected it to go.

The expectations we place on our business and our lives often set the stage for the level of disappointment and negativity we feel. 

It’s important to understand this, because sometimes when we have those negative feelings, we don’t know where they’re coming from, so we can’t get rid of them or flip them to the positive. 

So let’s think about this in the context of business. Are you someone who is constantly feeling stressed and behind and like you’re constantly failing in your business? So many of us do. I would be willing to bet that a lot of these feelings stem from the fact that we are constantly comparing ourselves to everyone else’s wins (thanks, social media) and expecting to have that same constant stream of success in our own businesses. 

Let me make this abundantly clear: I’m NOT saying that we need to lower our standards so that we never feel disappointed. Keep your standards high, but reevaluate your expectations of what the journey to that high standard should look like.

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