What is the most effective way to deal with our assumptions and expectations?

The assumptions and expectations we develop over time can shape our identities and our perspectives of the world.

This is why we must find a way to handle our assumptions so that they don’t become expectations. In this episode, Thomas Lahnthaler talks ways in which we can deal with our assumptions of ourselves, others, and the world so that they don’t lead to disappointment.

Discussing how to test our assumptions to prevent them from turning into expectations, Lahnthaler explains that these expectations can be limiting because they restrict our perspectives as well as other people’s perspectives of us.

In breaking away from these assumptions, we also break from the categories they try to confine us in and keep them from developing expectations we cannot meet. In handling life with these ideals, we are encouraged to change assumptions, defy expectations, and maintain our identities.