![]() ![]() It's easy to manipulate the language of expectations and turn it into a bootstrapping, you're-on-your-own sort of abandonment. It's a clear-eyed awareness of what's possible combined with a community that shares your vision. We need teachers and leaders and peers who will help us dig in deeper and discover what's possible, so we can push to make it likely.Įxpectations aren't wishes, they're part of a straightforward equation: This work plus that effort plus these bridges lead to a likelihood of that outcome. And expectations that are too small are a waste. Positive thinking doesn't guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking.Įxpectations that don't match what's possible are merely false dreams. Disneyesque dreams are a form of hiding, because Prince Charming isn't coming any time soon.Įxpectations are not guarantees. And (almost as bad, in the other direction) when they substitute the reality of expectations for the quixotic quest of impossibly large, unrealistic dreams, we lose as well. When people are pushed to exchange their passion and their effort for the false solace of giving up and lowering their expectations, we all lose. How can our society (that's us) say, "we don't expect you to graduate, we don't expect you to lead, we don't expect you to be trusted to make a difference?" Stealing from people capable of achieving more, and stealing from our community as well. When our culture (our media, our power structures, our society) says, "people who look like you shouldn't expect to have a life like that," we're stealing. "Eventually" gives us the energy to persist. Second, like a placebo, they subtly change our attitude, and give us the resilience to make it through the rough spots. First, they give us the enthusiasm and confidence to do hard work. Read Seth’s riff on it here.The tragedy of small expectations (and the trap of false dreams)Īsk a hundred students at Harvard Business School if they expect to be up for a good job when they graduate, and all of them will say "yes."Īsk a bright ten-year old girl if she expects to have a chance at a career as a mathematician, and the odds are she's already been brainwashed into saying "no."Įxpectations aren't guarantees, but expectations give us the chance to act as if, to trade now for later, to invest in hard work and productive dreaming on our way to making an impact.Įxpectations work for two reasons. Seth: “These are the blogs that are changing the face of marketing, journalism and the spread of ideas… they’re viral blogs because the goal of the blog is to spread ideas.”ĭownload Who’s There here. These are business or corporate blogs, of course. It made it easy for me to keep the parents who cared about our project up to date… ” Another way to describe internal blogs whose purpose is project and knowledge management. ![]() I used one when I produced the fourth-grade musical. He writes: “A boss blog is a fantastic communications tool. ![]() He writes: “A cat blog is about your cat and your dating travails and your boss and whatever you feel like sharing… ” Hmmm… being a dog person myself I’m wondering if a dog blog is yet another category. I’m wondering if he’s a “dog person” as opposed to a “cat person.” (They’re very distinct, IMHO.) The reason… he identifies three types of blogs: And of course lots of useful tips on blogging and why it’s good for your business. Included are his riff on CEO blogs and his riff on why “small is the new big” (his most popular post ever, he says). A blog is the perfect place to test out your ideas and just “get it down.” Interestingly, (for those of you out there wondering what to do with all that stuff you write in your blog) he pulls a fair amount of this e-book straight out of his blog. Take out all those clauses and that clutter.įrom the intro to his new e-book: “This is not a faq and it’s not the blogging bible and it’s incomplete… ” Of course he packs plenty into 45 pages. ![]()
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