Every time someone says, “I am trying to manage your expectations,” they are trying to sell you short.
Every time you say, “I am trying to manage my expectations,” you are trying to sell yourself short.
Managing one’s expectation is akin to putting a cap on future possibilities. It might sound well meaning, but it is not, it is limiting.
Lived reality might show the boundary of what is probable, but it must never be a boundary for what is possible.
– Osasu Oviawe