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Lower your expectations to succeed

I've never been good at not dreaming big. It's just not my style. I love having a goal to work hard for, that requires months of hard work, patience and dedication.  I realize that with big goals comes the chance of big disappointment. However, regardless if I meet a goal or not, it's knowing that I made the commitment to try that counts at the end.  It's really hard to regret trying something.  But it's really easy to regret not getting started for fear of failure or disappointment. The other day on the news I heard about the secret to happiness. Low expectations.   Lowering expectations make it more likely that an outcome will exceed those expectations.  How true is this you ask?    When was the last time you felt under-prepared for something (ex. project, race, talk, trip) and the outcome turned out better than expected? When you did succeed, did you find yourself happier at the end than when you started? Or, when wa...