Getting What You Want In Life Is More Likely When You Raise Your Expectations

By Karl Rogan

You can accomplish more than you ever thought possible, you just need to raise your expectations. The key to this technique is to learn how to push yourself forward without going over the top.

Why raise your expectations?

If you're perfectly happy with your current situation in life, you might be wondering why you'd want to raise your expectations. Well, when you expect more, you'll drive yourself to achieve that much more.

Consider a time when you expected very little out of a situation. You probably weren't unhappy with the result because you weren't bothered, but I bet you weren't really fulfilled either.

While having greater expectations opens you up and make you more vulnerable to failure, there are also big rewards too. It's worth it in the end because a negative experience is still an experience that you can learn from. A positive experience may provide you with one of those life-defining moments that make you happy to be alive.

Here are some excellent ways to raise your expectations of yourself:

1. Do difficult things. Pushing your limits can only be achieved by doing difficult things. You might not find success right away, but when you do, it can be the starting place for doing even bigger and better things in the future.

2. Increase your comfort zone. If you stick with comfort your are playing it safe. Learn to increase your comfort zone and you will open yourself up to new and exciting experiences. You'll soon come to expect more from yourself because your comfort zone is larger and you can take on more.

3. Challenge yourself. Set yourself up with a specific challenge and share this with someone else. If you've publicly declared to do something, you pretty much have to do it!

4. Go on an adventure. Try a survival training course, this will show you how to get back to basics. You'll discover more about your abilities and your natural limits. You can then use this self-awareness to challenge yourself to new experiences in future.

5. Self Improvement. Never pass up the chance to improve yourself, in fact, make it a habit to learn new things. When you do this you will better prepared than ever with the skills and knowledge required to raise your expectations and achieve greater things. You'll also find that new opportunities present themselves in almost magical ways.

Higher expectations will also help raise your self-esteem. What you think you can achieve is very important because it decides what you will achieve. When you raise the bar, you enable yourself to do more and be more than before.

What you think is very powerful, always remember to use this to your advantage. When you raise your expectations you improve your overall sense of self and you are better prepared and able to take on the world.

Try these techniques to help you get what you want by raising your own expectations, and enjoy the increased self-worth and fulfilment that come with achieving great things! - 32543

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