Some Good Thoughts on Goal vs Expectations

Posted on July 1st, 2009 by Keith Ferrazzi

...from an unlikely source: Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds, in Men's Health Magazine.

"Whether he's talking about inhabiting characters or running races, there's a theme that arises frequently in Reynolds's conversations: goals versus expectations. He has plenty of goals, both professional and personal, but as much as he can, he tries to avoid having expectations -- simply assuming that something is going to happen without doing the work. "When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment," Reynolds says. "I didn't expect to finish the marathon; I trained to finish it."

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