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Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.
-- Julie Andrews
 

 

Monday, July 14, 2025

Set your expectations

You will almost always do what you expect yourself to do. So what do you expect of yourself today, this season, this year?

Whatever your expectations may have been in the past, you control your expectations going forward. You can raise them, lower them, move them sideways to focus on something different, or keep them the same.

Do you expect to walk three miles each day? What if you expected yourself to walk five, or ten, or to swim laps for forty-five minutes?

Do you expect to read a couple of books this month? What if you expected to read five or eight, or to explore a new topic you’ve never known anything about?

Sincerely, consistently expect it, and it’s highly likely to happen. You are a goal-seeking person, and the goals you take for granted are the ones you’ll achieve.

The life you live right now is based largely on the life you’ve come to expect. Set your expectations, and you set your way forward.

— Ralph Marston

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