On Setting the Right Expectations

Humans are incredibly adaptable.

We’ve survived wars, famine, disease and just about everything that nature has thrown at us.

Stress, however, still alludes us. Spikes of cortisol over long periods of time can wear the heart out to the point of failure.

Rather than address this issue, we let it fester and grow from a small pin prick to a large mass that engulfs our body.

This has to stop.

Setting the right expectations and voicing our uncomfortability will be the first step on the ladder to self-fulfillment.

These two core tenets of honesty are missed very often. They are the cause of many broken relationships and professional partnerships.

Simple rules set at the beginning of a friendship will serve as a map to the top of the mountain.

They will help us get through the obstacles along the path and give us the sustenance we need to make the ascent.

If we don’t know what the human on the other side of the conversation wants, we can’t move towards the peak.

We may end up taking separate paths.

The key is have the hard conversation first.

Cross that bridge early. If you don’t, stress and uncomfortability will wear away at the wooden planks of the crossing.

Eventually, it may be too treacherous to cross later in the relationship.

Remember, humans are adaptable.