I’ve often written and spoken about the power of our expectations, because I’ve understood this for a while now:  Good or bad, we tend to gravitate toward the outcomes we expect. 

Rather than harness this quiet, amazing force to achieve what they want, I think most people tend to ignore its influence, and by default it works against them.

But even more powerful than expectation, is the phenomenon of knowing. 

It holds infinite—and certain—abilities to manifest absolutely anything you want.

The catch?  The slightest shred of doubt will nullify the power of your knowing—in the presence of doubt, knowing ceases to exist. 

Because it’s so fragile, virtually none of us are able to fully tap into the force of knowing.  For it (more…)

Expectations are a thing of duality:

1-Your expectations of what you’re capable of will actually determine what you’re capable of. 

So beware:  Your expectations of yourself will always be accurate—even when you have them too low.

2-But your expectations of what others are, or will be, won’t be so accurate.  In fact, we all routinely misjudge others when we have little to go on. 

And the real kicker?  The less we have to measure them by, the more inaccurate our assessment will be.  That’s because of a little thing called distraction that I wrote about a few weeks back—even before the emergence of Susan Boyle last week on Britain’s Got Talent.

Even if you’ve seen the video, you might want to watch it again now, because I’m going to call (more…)