My friend from FFNow gave me a very nice quote:

“How happy a man is, is not by how much he has, but how little he needs”

I thought that is largely true. It translates back to the following:

Reality is something you can control to a certain extend but part of it is up in the air.

Expectations on the other hand can be controlled. Lower it  and anything unexpectedly more will provide more joy.

Here is a good example that went viral recently of a Dad showing extreme happiness on finding out his son got a C for Math. Right expectations can be pretty amazing. Had he expect an A, we won’t have such a nice reaction:

When low expectations are actually rather high

There are much dissatisfaction in many folks when they don’t realize that the expectations are rather lofty:

1. You pick up an investment book, feel ...