Expectation vs. Hope- Example for Work:
A friend shared this example - thank you J!
He was interviewing a candidate who wanted a management position. So he asked what he EXPECTED for his salary.
He said he "HOPED TO GET" X.
He knew immediately that the candidate had doubts and was weak on whether he could get or deserved the amount he was asking for!
Super application of the lesson.
Expectation vs. Hope: Life or Death Situation
A dear friend called me sobbing, telling me that her aging father was being taken to the hospital too weak
to stand, speak and unable to breathe well. She told me that she only "hoped to talk to him again".
I told her to EXPECT to talk to him. He indeed became lucid enough for them to talk. I then reminded her to stop and be grateful, as like all of us, she was already onto the
“next” hope, worry & fear taking her miracle for granted.
Next she told me that she "hoped he could be sent home for hospice care". Because I love her, I then did the only right and courageous thing at that moment, I screamed at her. I told her to knock it the hell
off!