When our Expectations in Life or Investing, have been higher than the End Reality; it invariably leads to Disappointment.
When our Expectations in Life or Investing, have been lower than the End Reality; it invariably leads to Happiness.
When our Expectations in Life or Investing, have been equal to End Reality; it invariably leads to a state of ‘OK’ ness or maybe Confusion.
But,
When we go ahead without attaching any kind of Expectations to the End Reality, in Life or Investing; we most likely end in a reasonable state of Peace or Blissfulness.
Be it a score on a test, the taste of a chosen ice cream or a return on an investment – all our Feelings end this way.
Please do mind, having no attachment to the end result’s expectation doesn’t equate to either having No Goal or having No Ambition.
They are quite different.
So, where do we focus on
We focus on the Ideas
We focus on the Process
We focus on the Systems
We focus on the People
We focus on the Problems
We focus on the Journey
We focus on the Everything Else other than the Expected Outcome
Take the real outcome as it comes through and start the process again, in a better way