How Your Expectations Can Hold You Back and Keep You Unhappy
“My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportions to my expectations.” ~Anonymous
I used to be quite the model student. I thrived at university and seemed to be meeting all the expectations of our milestone-society.
Having chosen a Business Masters at a well-established university in the Netherlands, I was being schooled for a corporate career in a multinational firm, which I thought was what I wanted for myself.
I was led to believe that a shiny-bright future was waiting for me as soon as I acquired this magical piece of paper, and who doesn’t want …