I do it all the time. I have to manage my customers expectations lest they think they can call me at 1am (I would answer however). I must manage my sister's expectations as I am in charge of her trust fund.

So... Perhaps you cannot manage other expectations.... But I do all the time.

@RiverRick haha not ALL the time. only when appropriate... i hope! but you're only managing their expectations of YOU. you cannot manage their expectations in general.

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@genessa True... Only when appropriate. But part of my job is sales training. A lot of that basis is managing other's expectations of what they want. Separating wants from needs, etc. Sometimes it is not changing their minds... But digging deeper to find what they really need.

@RiverRick so that part of your key to happiness is not always appropriate, and only specific to certain situations. so it might not be the key to everyone's happiness. it's important in your job (and elsewhere i am sure). it's not universal.

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Pretty sure all the people you quoted managed their own expectations.

You are making your own happiness by doing as I said. The fact that scientists choose to phrase it in ways difficult for most to understand doesn't change that.

@RiverRick They didn't "manage" their expectations..they CREATED them. Big difference. We are gods, not victims.

@birdingnut They created nothing.... I'd go for "discovered."

@RiverRick You need to reread the links. People make their own realities. If you believe your own opinion you are ignoring science, like all the alt-right wing nuts do.

@birdingnut You are quoting theories and calling them fact... Like all the left-wing nuts do.

How about speaking plain English and say what you feel.

"If you believe your own opinion you are ignoring science" (Perhaps I am creating MY own reality! But if that were the case, all my neighbors would be swimsuit models!)