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What you expect influences the evidence you notice, the effort you make, and the standards you communicate. Those choices can reinforce the outcome you already anticipated.
I break down how expectations filter your attention, change your behavior, and affect the people you lead. Examine whether your expectations are supporting useful action or keeping an old pattern in place. Expectations need behavior behind them to produce a different result.
Show Notes:
[04:40] Umbrellas and gym clothes: Expectations show up in preparation
[06:20] Point 1: You notice what you expect to find.
[06:34] Pre-framing: Setting up what an audience expects to see
[12:10] Point 2: Expectations change your behavior.
[13:23] The Edison example: Treating setbacks as steps in the process
[16:12] Point 3: Other people will rise or fall to your expectations.
[17:05] Michael Jordan's sprint story: Standards without a speech
[19:30] Why I keep recording when the show is already months ahead
[20:39] Recap
Episodes Mentioned:
176: Great Expectations
457: You Get What You Expect
474: Wants Vs. Expectations And The Life-Altering Power of INITIATIVE
571: The Biggest Win: The One You Were Expected To Lose
972: You're Better Than That: The Expectancy Of Excellence
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