Gary Vaynerchuk on LinkedIn: When you have zero expectations, everything else is just a pleasant… | 1,033 comments (2024)

Gary Archambault, MBA

AVP Sales and Key Accounts - IMS DATAWISE

4d

huge believer in this statement.

Sean Slaby, MBA

Banking Professional; HR; Project Management

3d

Not having expectations is like having no standards. You can expect nothing and still get a bad outcome whether you expect it or not. I get the point of your post, but a lowered expectation doesn't make people happy. It makes them complacent. You are mostly talking about not having everyone and everything judged at the highest level. I get that. But removal of expectations isn't the answer. A measured approach of motivating people and making positive change and letting things go is where you are going with this. If I go to a soup kitchen and my soup comes after my dinner and is cold, I'm not happy about it. Even if I let go of expecting soup at all. But working on yourself and picking your battles, everything doesn't have to be a battle. Is it worth a blow up over bad service or poor quality? Probably not. Pick the right fights and pick the fights that can make the most change for the positive.

Rob Liano ✪ Rockstar Sales Trainer ✪ Bestselling Author ✪

Call Center Sales Growth Strategist! Using Innovative Training & Coaching Models Guaranteed to Improve Onboarding, Conversions, Referrals, Retention and lower your CPA.

4d

How sad it must be to think so little of yourself and others that you don't expect success, joy or trust (among other wonderful things). I'll stick with the other gurus on this one.Expect the best and get it.~ Norman Vincent PealeYou were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.~ Zig ZiglarExpect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.~ Dennis WaitleyWhatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.~ Brian TracyWhen you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen.~ J.P. Morgan

Martin Kenney

4d

My peace of mind is inversely proportional to my expectations

Jeff Perry

Partner at Quest Commonwealth | Author, "Safe Money Mindset" | Co-Host of "Safe Money Mindset" TV Show | Defender of Wealth: Championing Holistic Wealth Preservation and Retirement Planning

4d

Happiness is intricately tied to our expectations—how we perceive and measure our experiences against what we anticipate. Consider this: if you visit a grocery store on a quiet Tuesday morning, expecting a swift in-and-out, but instead find yourself stuck in a 45-minute checkout line, frustration would likely wash over you.Yet, imagine waiting only 45 minutes for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disney World. You would be thrilled, perhaps even feel as if you had won the day.This contrast is something I reflect on often. It’s not that we should diminish our expectations of one another or the world around us, but we should recognize the power they hold over our emotions. When you understand that your expectations shape your happiness, it might be worth pausing to ask yourself: Are my expectations fair and reasonable for this person, for this moment, for this experience? In that awareness, we find a path not to lower our expectations, but to align them with reality, cultivating peace and understanding within ourselves.

Michael Ramalho

Marketing & Strategic Partnerships

4d

Forget zero expectations of others—I’m doubling down on having ridiculous expectations of myself. After all, who better to challenge than the one person who can’t hide when I don’t deliver? Let’s see how high I can fly!

Joseph Citrano

North American Business Development Leader @ The Lubrizol Corporation | TPU and Polymer Expert

7h

This is a negative energy position. With this mind set you can’t effectively team, aid the development of others, or effectively lead . This is a self-centered apathetic position that leads to losing and isolation.

Maini Homer

🌟💥 94 Million Views on Google! 🚀 27 Years Business Experience 📚 Author of "Lockdown Took My Income!" Google & LinkedIn Expert 🎯 Master Intranet Reviver 💥Content Creation Genius.

4d

I agree. The best thing I ever did was release my expectations of others. People consistently surprise me. I often shine bright and many people can't handle that. By letting go of how I expect others to treat me, and by learning to treat myself that way first was a ground-breaking concept, one I've embraced. It doesn't mean I stand for fools. One shot with me.. Blow it and we're done. 😁

Dan Bar Enasha

A Humble Student of A Great Teacher

4d

Somebody said: "Only When You've Done Your Best, Expect God to do The Rest" ...However, I have learned ("The Hard Way") that when You Don't Have Any (or few) Expectation, You Do Not Have Any Disappointment ...

Priscilla Dsouza - Irani

Transformational Success Coach | DEI Champion| Corporate Trainer | NLP & TLT Master Practitioner| HR Generalist| HR BP| HR Manager| Transformational Change Agent| Improve Operational Effectiveness| HR Operations|

4d

Interesting perspective.