Make sure you realign your expectations and cut these six phrases from your vocabulary.
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We thank you for your cooperation, very confident that i'm Watch will fully meet your expectations.
Keep your expectations low -- it's better to be pleasantly surprised than deflated and alone, right?
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And that means, wherever you can, hire that talent that you think is beyond your expectations.
You have two choices: Either change the reality around you or change your expectations.
If changing your expectations proves too hard, your next best move is to get some perspective.
Yet it is a widening gap between your expectations and what you actually have which predicts unhappiness.
Most VCs see decreases in clean technology investment, medical devices and biopharmaceuticals, so tune your expectations accordingly.
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Perks: Let your workers use company equipment for personal use as long as their productivity meets your expectations.
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Visual tricks can play with your expectations just as cleverly as verbal ones.
So, now that your expectations are fully deflated, what are we looking at?
And when you keep spitting out great news and stats like Apple, your expectations go up as an analyst.
Share your expectations of the team and outline what needs to be delivered.
To do it right and match your expectations to a model portfolio, advisors need your truthful disclosure about risk tolerance.
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With people who let you down, talk straight about your expectations for their performance and your hopes for their improvement.
First, one caveat -- I will not be good -- as good as Michelle. (Laughter.) So keep your expectations lower.
Above all, grit your teeth and lower your expectations for higher yields.
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But not when your expectations have been raised to extinction-event-size asteroid objects.
Recognize the risk when you decide to part with your money, and manage your expectations when it comes to highly ambitious projects.
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If you set your expectations low enough, you will not be disappointed.
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Talk to me about your expectations for gross margins and ASPs for the company next year, again, your baseline view vs. an upside view.
In practicing remote work, you are expanding your repertoire of skills, as well as your expectations of how you want others to work with you.
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She also reminded us of how rare it is when your hero not only meets but also exceeds your expectations, as Bernstein did for her.
Be sure to clarify your expectations (specifically around things like confidentiality).
"The more you can communicate directly about your expectations to your employees, the more apt they are to follow your agenda than their own, " Ms. Brown says.
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Once you leave the comfort of your home, whether or not other people will conform to your expectations on various types of etiquette is out of your control.
Instead of changing yourself, try changing your expectations of yourself.
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So what are your expectations as the entrepreneurial person?
If you are in a leadership position and want to shakeup the status quo make sure to communicate clearly your expectations and how you in vision it playing out in the work place.
How has the firm met your expectations?
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