Quotes about Expectations

Accept the children the way we accept trees—with gratitude, because they are a blessing—but do not have expectations or desires. You don't expect trees to change, you love them as they are.

If a leader shows strong discipline, others will see it and cooperate with the expectations placed on them. At this point, leadership by example is crucial.

People tend to become what the most important people in their lives think they will become.

Sometimes we are afraid because success puts pressure on us to continue to succeed.

Don't settle for poor performers. Keep in mind that one great person will always out-produce and out-perform two mediocre people.

Disappointment comes when reality falls short of our expectations. But nothing falls short of God's expectations because He knows everything.

And as novelist Robert Louis Stevenson advised, "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

People don't expect their leaders to be perfect, but they do expect them to be honest. If

Ben Franklin quipped, Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall receive it. Negative expectations are a quick route to dead-end thinking.

A leader cannot demand of others what he does not demand of himself.

One of the most important things you can do as a leader is make sure you and your organization are delivering what you promised. The question I ask to make an assessment of this is "Did we exceed expectations?" This ensures my future success and that of my organization. The future is dim professionally for anyone who doesn't exceed the expectations of customers or clients.

Character communicates consistency Leaders without inner strength can't be counted on day after day because their ability to perform changes constantly. NBA great Jerry West commented, "You can't get too much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good." If your people don't know what to expect from you as a leader, at some point they won't look to you for leadership.