“When creativity has become your habit; when you've learned to manage time, resources, expectations, and the demands of others; when you understand the value and place of validation, continuity, and purity of purpose, then you're on the way to an artist's ultimate goal; the achievement of mastery.” WayPurposeArtistValuesGoalCreativityHabitDemandAchievementExpectationsResourcesUltimateManagePurityMasteryContinuityValidationUltimate Goal Author:Twyla Tharp
“My expectations-which I extended whenever I came close to accomplishing my goals-made it impossible ever to feel satisfied with my success.” FeelsMadeGoalImpossibleExpectationsSatisfiedMade It Author:Ellyn Stern
“Some people get certainty by working harder and saying I'm going to master something. Some people get certainty by lowering their expectations, going 'it will never work. And they lose their dreams, but they get their needs. The needs are not like goals. They're not like belief systems that are built into you.” PeopleNeedsDreamBeliefGoalLosesMastersExpectationsBuiltHarderCertaintyBelief Systems Author:Tony Robbins
“The goals and expectations that people have for me are pretty high, but ... if I were to have to compare their expectations to mine, I would say mine are ten times higher.” PeopleIfsGoalMinesHigherTenExpectationsCompare Author:Reggie Bush
“(Because) the notion of absolute truth is difficult to sustain outside the context of religion, ethical conduct is not something we engage in because it is somehow right in itself but because, like ourselves, all others desire to be happy and to avoid suffering. Given that this is a natural disposition, shared by all, it follows that each individual has a right to pursue this goal. Accordingly, I suggest that one of the things which determines whether an act is ethical or not is its effect on others' experience or expectation of happiness.” DesireSufferingIndividualGivenDifficultGoalNaturalEffectsTruth IsExpectationsEthicsAbsolutesNotionDeterminePursueEthicalDispositionAbsolute Truth Author:Dalai Lama
“We are expected, somehow, not to offend anyone on our way to liberation. There's an absurd expectation that the women's movement must be the first revolution in history to accomplish its goals without hurting anyone's feelings.” WayFirstsFeelingsGoalHurtMovementRevolutionExpectationsAccomplishExpectedAbsurdLiberation Author:Mary Blakely
“Whether you sell hamburgers or computers, we’re all in the customer service business. Our goal must be to exceed our customers’ expectations every day.” GoalComputerExpectationsSellsCustomersExceedHamburgersService Business Author:Dave Thomas
“Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations.” GoalEffortSucceedExpectationsSettingSettingsEach DayExceedSpecific Goals Author:Les Brown