#341 Happiness - Why Low Expectations Are Good
Happiness Podcast
Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 955 Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Even though high expectations sound good, in reality they can lead to depression, sadness, hopelessness and often are a path to anger. Low expectations, on the other hand, can help keep us calm and adjust to the unforeseen events in life. They keep our hearts happy.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. |
| 0:07.0 | Expectations. They are so powerful in affecting our level of happiness or sadness. |
| 0:15.0 | And we can carry them with us throughout our lives. |
| 0:19.0 | I remember when I was at university, I knew these two roommates who were women and they had |
| 0:25.0 | very different expectations. The one expected to get straight A's no |
| 0:30.0 | matter what and the other was just expecting to pass school and graduate. |
| 0:34.8 | Well I remember one semester they had the same class together, and I remember during the |
| 0:39.3 | semester the East took the same exam, and when they got their grades back they had very different reactions. |
| 0:45.8 | The one who expected to get A's ended up getting A-minus and she was so upset at herself and the teacher |
| 0:52.4 | and everything about the university. |
| 0:54.4 | She almost wanted to quit. |
| 0:56.0 | She was just so mad that she didn't get her A, her expectation that she would get an A in everything |
| 1:01.8 | that she did. |
| 1:03.4 | Well, her roommate ended up being so happy because she got a B, |
| 1:07.7 | which was a lot better than she expected to get |
| 1:10.0 | because she was hoping just to pass a test. |
| 1:12.2 | And she did, and even with a B, so she was hoping just to pass a test and she did and even with a B so she was so happy. |
| 1:16.4 | Now you may be thinking well the roommate that wanted to get A's I'm sure her life turned |
| 1:21.2 | out a lot better. Well I knew how their lives turned out. |
| 1:24.8 | And the one that needed to get A's all the time did go on and get her PhD. It is true. |
| 1:30.0 | But during the end of her coursework, she ended up having a psychotic break and has really struggled for the rest of her life. |
| 1:37.0 | It was very sad. |
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