Managing expectations part 2

Something small and unexpected made my day too. It was just a simple gesture, holding the door for me when I was quite a few steps away. It really made me smile to see such chivalry at 8+ am in the morning and you know it's chivalry in its purest when you see his wife and baby in pram walking on ahead. No other intentions, pure chivalry.

Yeah having no expectations can be a really good thing. This is especially so when having too low expectations can result in a self-fulfilling prophecy and too high expectations almost certainly leading to let-downs and disenchantment. In a nutshell,

Expect too much of yourself and you might stress to death, expect too little and risk not attaining ur full potential.

Expect too much of colleagues and you make a difficult/demanding boss,
expect too little and you end up taking everything upon yourself or ending up with inferior work.

Expect too much of friends/loved ones and you might become too high maintenance or too much of an obligation,
expect too little .. hmm.. no real harm done I guess (assuming friendship/love is supposed to be unconditional)