Eckhart Tolle explains how anger management can help you manage self expectations, arguing that powerlessness is always behind anger.
Did you like this video about how you can manage self expectations? You may also want to check out this free worksheet about How to Set Realistic Expectations.
Mindfulness promotes our experience of happiness through our increased satisfaction, or contentment, with the present moment. Whatever situation we find ourselves in, mindful awareness of our direct experience can help to naturally lessen our propensity to hold expectations and increase our acceptance of whatever is occurring.
As we practice being more mindful in everyday situations and through exploring mindfulness meditation, we start to notice where our thoughts loop around in a continuous circle. By observing this cycle we take away some of the steam that fuels it, finding ourselves more deeply connected to the present moment.
