How to avoid the pain of unmet expectations
The solution is simple and effective but grossly unfair.
5 min readDec 23, 2022
Unmet expectations are a huge source of upset at home and work. I don’t mean expecting people to do what they say they will do (though that is tricky enough). I am talking about expecting people to do the ‘right thing’, the ‘sensible thing’ or the ‘obvious thing’ even though we never asked them…