Ep# 128: [Pep Talk] Why You Feel Disappointed + How to Fix It

I have a theory: Disappointment doesn’t come from failure alone, it comes from our expectations not being met. I know plenty of people who set their sights on achieving something really big and impactful, but they also expect to fail along the way. And they do! I watch these people face their failures head on, learn from them, and continue on their path to greatness without being derailed, simply because they expected to fail along the way. They don’t fall victim to the expectation gap: that terrible feeling we get in our gut when something doesn’t go the way we expected it to go. The expectations we place on our business and our lives often set the stage for the level of disappointment and negativity we feel.  It’s important to understand this, because sometimes when we have those negative feelings, we don’t know where they’re coming from, so we can’t get rid of them or flip them to the positive. www.elizabethhartke.com/podcast/128