Expectations And Possibilities

Joe Batten, one of America's leading management consultants, presents his dynamic can do philosophy of personal and professional fulfillment...a practical action guide based on years of working with successful, goal-oriented people. This isn't a book of nebulous advice, but a highly readable, time-tested, step-by-step program for changing your life!

Joe Batten, one of America's leading management consultants, presents his dynamic "can do" philosophy of personal and professional fulfillment…a practical action guide based on years of working with successful, goal-oriented people. This isn't a book of nebulous advice, but a highly readable, time-tested, step-by-step program for changing your life!

BEYOND EXPECTATIONS INTO A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES Insight, inspiration, life lessons and stories from working with children, teens and young adults with diverse abilities. Imagine the possibilities. Imagine the potential. No matter who they are or what their ability is, everyone deserves to reach for their potential through learning from new experiences, connecting with others, and taking a part in life. The possibilities are there, ready to be developed. From toddlers to teens, from neuro-typical children to children with diverse needs, the book brings life to issues, disorders, and syndromes that affect people the readers work with. Through real-life examples, the author shares insights, thought-provoking ideas, examples of techniques, practical strategies, and life lessons. This book is a springboard for the reader's ideas and inspirations. By sharing her 45-year journey working with children, the author becomes the children's voices and the readers' come away with a deeper understanding of their clients and themselves. Together we can make changes and enrich lives. "This book is beautifully written with relevant experiences from all sides of the education team. It is well organized and easy to follow. The experiences are framed in a real-life story instead of your typical educational instruction book. It will be valuable to parents, teachers, special education assistants, and students in college." - Val Cook, parent "This is a must-read informative resource book for all educators, care providers and parents who need to communicate and connect with individuals with diverse abilities. Patricia Bailey has given us a wealth of information bringing experience and theory to life, sharing personal insights into work situations and providing the reader with many examples of shared techniques and of practical strategies." - Linda Raskewicz, support teacher, retired "This book is a valuable resource for social workers, parents, and anyone trying to provide the very best service to our individuals. The author's experiences are invaluable and heartwarming. She has put her soul into the book." - Shannon Timms, administrator with Social Services and Community Living B.C., retired

Leads the reader step-by-step into increasingly higher levels of achievement by spelling out a complete philosophy of personal and professional fulfillment, providing charts, checklists, and specific techniques

For over 28 years we have been finding reasonable solutions to complex problems. What we have found is that most often the solution lies within an examination of expectations. Over the years we have found that these expectations can be divided into four basic categories. This book is about those four categories as well as the interaction and value of those categories. We then explore those categories through thoughtful conversation and mutual curiosity which leads to simple solutions. Examination of expectations leads to clarity and leads to a desire to focus on intelligent solutions without blaming. This is what it means to Expect Success.

How our fast-forward minds make something out of nothing We all know expectations matter—in school, in sports, in the stock market. From a healing placebo to a run on the bank, hints of their self-fulfilling potential have been observed for years. But we’ve never fully understood why. Journalist Chris Berdik offers a captivating look at the frontiers of expectations research, revealing how our assumptions bend reality. We learn how placebo calories can fill us up, how fake surgery can sometimes work better than real surgery, and how imaginary power can be corrupting. Mind Over Mind is a journey into the most exciting area of brain research today.

How our colleges and universities can respond to the changing hopes and needs of society In recent decades, cognitive psychologists have cast new light on human development and given colleges new possibilities for helping students acquire skills and qualities that will enhance their lives and increase their contributions to society. In this landmark book, Derek Bok explores how colleges can reap the benefits of these discoveries and create a more robust undergraduate curriculum for the twenty-first century. Prior to this century, most psychologists thought that creativity, empathy, resilience, conscientiousness, and most personality traits were largely fixed by early childhood. What researchers have now discovered is that virtually all of these qualities continue to change through early adulthood and often well beyond. Such findings suggest that educators may be able to do much more than was previously thought possible to teach students to develop these important characteristics and thereby enable them to flourish in later life. How prepared are educators to cultivate these qualities of mind and behavior? What do they need to learn to capitalize on the possibilities? Will college faculties embrace these opportunities and make the necessary changes in their curricula and teaching methods? What can be done to hasten the process of innovation and application? In providing answers to these questions, Bok identifies the hurdles to institutional change, proposes sensible reforms, and demonstrates how our colleges can help students lead more successful, productive, and meaningful lives.

“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.” -Sylvia Plath Expectations are the strong belief that something will happen or be the case. More than anything else, our expectations determine our reality and impact those around us. In a self-fulfilling prophecy, people may rise or fall depending on their expectations and beliefs. This anthology will discuss the disillusionment brought by our expectations. Recognizing the paradox of expectations, the invaluable lesson of learning about sufferings from disenchantments, and coming to a deeper understanding at the crux of the illusion of life, has encouraged the writers to share their stories. Through their work, they have portrayed that when we start to experience and understand the freedom in letting go of unrealistic expectations and embracing gratitude and the present. It doesn’t suddenly make the gap between what we have and what we want disappear, but it does allow us to regain our happiness. It also creates space in our head. Space that’s no longer absorbed by negative emotions and hostile thoughts. Learning to accept what is rather than what should be is powerful. Thus, enforcing the idea that the antidote to expectations may be cultivating gratitude. When we learn to let go of our unrealistic expectations, an open road unfolds right in front of us. One full of new possibilities, ready and waiting for us to create your own path.

Sandford C. Goldberg puts forward a theory of epistemic normativity that is grounded in the things we properly expect of one another as epistemic subjects. This theory has far-reaching implications not only for the theory of epistemic normativity, but also for the nature of epistemic assessment itself.

The psychological theory of expectation that David Huron proposes in Sweet Anticipation grew out of the author's experimental efforts to understand how music evokes emotions. These efforts evolved into a general theory of expectation that will prove informative to readers interested in cognitive science and evolutionary psychology as well as those interested in music. The book describes a set of psychological mechanisms and illustrates how these mechanisms work in the case of music. All examples of notated music can be heard on the Web. Huron proposes that emotions evoked by expectation involve five functionally distinct response systems: reaction responses (which engage defensive reflexes); tension responses (where uncertainty leads to stress); prediction responses (which reward accurate prediction); imagination responses (which facilitate deferred gratification); and appraisal responses (which occur after conscious thought is engaged). For real-world events, these five response systems typically produce a complex mixture of feelings. The book identifies some of the aesthetic possibilities afforded by expectation, and shows how common musical devices (such as syncopation, cadence, meter, tonality, and climax) exploit the psychological opportunities. The theory also provides new insights into the physiological psychology of awe, laughter, and spine-tingling chills. Huron traces the psychology of expectations from the patterns of the physical/cultural world through imperfectly learned heuristics used to predict that world to the phenomenal qualia we experienced as we apprehend the world.