Quotes About Expectations

You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.

Fame is a silly business. People who chase it are almost always going to be disappointed.

I've learned the number one job of a pro manager is not to win championships but to keep their job.

My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one.

You have to shelf your excitement and be realistic about your internal and external strengths and weaknesses. (p.70)

When you become too predictable you lose your brand's luster.

Many companies expect loyal customers without providing loyal service. This has been the visionary failure of countless corporations.

When you look at movies, the lead girl is always gorgeous and thin. There is a stereotype that you need to look a certain way and when you get in the business you really feel the pressure.

When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

We have had two chickens in every pot, two cars in every garage, and now we have two headaches for every aspirin.

Being an actress is similar to trying to fit in with the popular kids in high school. You're expected to drive the right car, wear the right clothes and say the right things.

Roaring like a tiger turns some children into pianists who debut at Carnegie Hall but only crushes others. Coddling gives some the excuse to fail and others the chance to succeed.

I don't think people were betting on me, but they were giving me a chance. I think I rode a wave there, by being different in appearance than the girls who preceded me.

it's good to express our gratitude to others. It's helpful to express our appreciation of others. But if we do that with the motivation of wanting them to like us, we can remember this slogan. We can thank others, but we should give up all hope of getting thanked in return. Simply keep the door open without expectations.

You're either a child or a woman, and neither of them have any idea how to relax.

Clara, you ask too much. You are always asking for too much, even when you're not asking for anything.

It is the nature of humankind to idealize, to indulge in excessive praise as well as unjust condemnation.

Effective executives know that their subordinates are paid to perform and not to please their superiors. They know that it does not matter how many tantrums a prima donna throws as long as she brings in the customers.

Management by drive, like management by 'bellows and meat ax,' is a sure sign of confusion. It is an admission of incompetence. It is a sign that management does not know how to plan. But, above all, it is a sign that the company does not know what to expect of its managers – that, not knowing how to direct them, it misdirects them.

Indeed, everyone familiar with business today has seen situations in which a manager's attempt to avoid misdirection through changing his manners has converted a fairly satisfactory relationship into a nightmare of embarrassment and misunderstanding. The manager himself becomes so self-conscious as to lose all easy relationship with his men. And the men in turn react with: "So help us, the old man has read a book; we used to know what he wanted of us, now ,we have to guess.

En otras ocasiones ella hacía con sus relatos planes para el futuro: «Un día iré contigo a ese restaurante; a esa costa viajaremos juntos la próxima vez». Ahora callaba. Intentó conmoverla con recuerdos comunes, pero tampoco respondió a ellos. Las antiguas bromas, que siempre la hacían reír, la dejaron impertérrita. ¡No quería seguir los juegos tácitamente acordados!

When Chen Meizi had chosen her specialty, she didn't expect to find a job that matched her abilities; she expected to find new abilities that matched the available jobs.

He's long used to his parents' disapproval—of grades, career choices, girlfriends. What's new is that now they're dealing with his disapproval. He'd always thought them good parents—loving, stable, involved—and still does. It's their anxiety, their defensiveness, their guilt, after all these years, that shakes him. Will that be us? he asks his wife, but they both know the answer already.

Fantasies hurt. They hurt hard and deep. They lifted you up to places that you could never reach, then they let you down with a crash.