Expectations can be really dangerous in business and in life. The truth is that expectations can absolutely kill your ability to achieve your goals and succeed if you do not manage them. It can kill our relationships, and your happiness. And we all have them don’t we? It can be difficult not to. Especially when you are excited, inspired and/or incredibly hopeful about a particular outcome. And if things do not work out the way you had planned, well, it can be really devastating.

Because we have the ability to create HIGH expectations for ourselves and for others and when those laid out plans, hopes and projections don’t work the way we had hoped, it can be really upsetting and deflating. And we can fall pretty hard.

.Well Amy Applebaum, life & business coach, media personality, author and speaker knows something about expectations gone bad. In this very honest episode of “Pitch Me Mom’s,” Amy reveals a very personal story about how her expectations cost her some very close personal relationships and nearly cost her her marriage. In this deep “reveal,” you will learn the dangers of expectations, how we have expectations even when we think we don’t, what it means to be human, and, finally, how to recover from unfulfilled expectations without destroying your spirit.

Amy will expose her deepest anger and disappointment when one of her greatest visions in life came crumbling down. Through this transparent expression of truth, Amy came out better and more poised for success on the other side. She will share with you where “truth” led her, as well as the two profound choices she believes you have when it comes to managing your own expectations – And no matter how bad it seems, it is possible for you to recover when you hit rock bottom.

Then… meet Emma from Arkansas. Now this girl is inspired. She is a natural entrepreneur with an idea she knows is THE IDEA. Now have you ever had an idea that you knew was THE IDEA? – An idea so great that it would have to succeed? You know what I’m talking about. An idea that you just know has to work – I mean, a real “how has it not been thought of before” kind of idea? Yep. Gotta love those ideas – the ones that just get you out of bed in the morning – running before your feet hit the floor. You get excited. Your passion flares. Your adrenaline starts pumping. And you’re immediately inspired to take action. Expectations are at an all-time-high. Unfortunately being attached to your idea doesn’t leave you open to the truth about the viability it. Sometimes your passioncan cloud your judgment.

So, laden with expectations of great success, in this episode of “Pitch Me Mom’s,” Emma reveals what she believes is her biggest idea – the idea that will get her out of Starbucks and into her dream life. Will Emma’s idea fly? Will she finally say goodbye to Starbucks? Listen and learn in this eye-opening episode of “Pitch Me Mom’s.”

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