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2 min read Expectations

Impossible expectations

What the mind thinks it knows about change, gets in the way of change 🤦🏻‍♂️

Impossible expectations
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In one memorable conversation I had, I was helping someone get the most out of being on someone else’s change programme!

😂

(Giles is such a stand up guy.)

This person had gone into it with such expectations—really enthusiastic, chomping at the bit, couldn’t wait to see the changes they wanted to see—but once they got started, it all seemed a bit disappointing.

In their own words:

“I feel like I’m on a launching pad, but it’s beneath a willow tree… and I’m stuck in mud!”

We’ve all been there (I know I certainly have) and there’s very natural mental fallout from these disappointments: