Of expectations and speech..

2 big things I’ve been realizing over the past few days –

1) When I spend lots of time with people who are aligned and share a similar wavelength, my expectations of everyone else suddenly shoot up. Suddenly, I expect everything to be the same everywhere..

And that never happens, of course. The key, here, is not the other people, but my own expectations. I should learn to temper them, especially where necessary..

2) I found myself wishing to myself – wouldn’t it be nice if everyone around you asked themselves the following before they said something –

a) Is what I’m going to say adding value to the conversation?
b) Have I thought through this?
c) Do I believe in this?

And then, I realized I was being reactive by saying thus. I should aim to do this all the time as well!

Here’s to both!