{"id":90006,"date":"2016-07-18T19:14:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T23:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulsyng.com\/blog\/?p=90006"},"modified":"2026-10-10T15:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T19:23:18","slug":"chapter-6-what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulsyng.com\/blog\/chapter-6-what-to-expect\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 6 \u2014 What To Expect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I think it was Bruce Lee who once said, \u201cI\u2019m not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you\u2019re not in this world to live up to mine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruce has a point, but you and I know that it\u2019s easier said than done. And plus, we\u2019re never playing table tennis with nunchucks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today we\u2019re talking about, you guessed it, managing and setting expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When clients, who\u2019ve seen your existing work, come knocking at your door, they have expectations\u2014of what you can and can\u2019t do for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When prospective employees, who\u2019ve heard about your company culture come looking for a job, they have expectations\u2014to do good work and be challenged professionally on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When people of the opposite sex hear about your all-around likeable persona and voracious capacity to listen, they have expectations\u2014on how you could become a valuable asset in their life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And there you are centre stage\u2014juggling flaming bottles of expectations\u2014feeling the heat, putting on a spectacle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too\u2014many\u2014em\u2014dash\u2014huh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations on setting the bar on fire. Not only are people impressed, but they are lining up to shake your hand and grab a selfie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this mischievous character, on your far left, dressed in a blood red sheath<\/a>, itching to take you home\u2014cuts in line. It’s Scarlett Johansson meets Sofia Vergara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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I think it was Bruce Lee who once said, \u201cI\u2019m not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you\u2019re not in this world to live up to mine.\u201d Bruce has a point, but you and I know that it\u2019s easier said than done. And plus, we\u2019re never playing table tennis with nunchucks. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"paid_subscribers","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":true,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digest-archive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7CVvN-npI","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulsyng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulsyng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulsyng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulsyng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulsyng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paulsyng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90237,"href":"https:\/\/paulsyng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90006\/revisions\/90237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulsyng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulsyng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulsyng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}