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176: When High Expectations Debilitate You
14th January 2019 • Always A Lesson's Empowering Educators Podcast • Gretchen Bridgers | Education Podcast Network
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Having high expectations isn’t a bad thing, until they no longer are achievable and as a result, debilitate you. Tune in to hear my story of how I dealt with the reality of not being able to live the life I once had and adjusted my mindset and action steps to reach new heights in a more manageable way under those new circumstances.

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  • I am going to treat myself better and give myself space to be imperfect.
  • I take my worst attribute and do what I can to avoid it coming to the surface and in doing so that behavior becomes my best attribute.
  • High expectations are great but when they don’t match and take into consideration the circumstances of the moment, they are dead expectations.
  • It’s not that I am LESS THAN, I just have a different set of circumstances that alter my expectations.
  • I came into this moment of clarity on a pity party and left on a party bus.
  • I am not incapable of doing what I have done before. I just have to do it differently.
  • The best thing you can do is be real about what you’re facing.
  • I am not a lesser version of me, I am the best version of me in this circumstance.

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