Category Archives: For Leaders

Let us examine a little more closely what we should do with other people’s expectations and our judgments of others. I want to in particular examine some of the negative consequences of our judgments on other people. As a pastor I have often been on the receiving end of living in a ‘fishbowl’ where nearlyContinue reading “What to do with others’ expectations, part 3”

So we each think we know what others should do. We are each convinced that if people would listen to us we could straighten people out, iron out the wrinkles in church, government, dining  establishments, retail, city services etc. We mostly think our judgments are harmless, but what if they aren’t? What if our “private”Continue reading “What to do with others’ expectations, part 2”

There is not a day that goes by in your life or mine that we don’t encounter a situation where someone expects something of us. Our kids expect us to feed them and love them, our bosses expect us to show up and accomplish the work, our spouses expect us to be loving and availableContinue reading “What to do with other people’s expectations”