Freedom From Expectations

We think failure is the reason for us to not to try out things which are different when compared to the regular flow of things. I don't feel this may be the only reason. More prominently i feel that its the expectation to succeed or fail that's what is the reason for us not trying. We are afraid of what we expect and more prominently we are afraid of what others expect from us and how we would actually live up to what they expect from us. If we were free from these expectations i think we would have much better chance of doing things in a different way and may be a better way.
Generally, its a tendency for any sports person, destined for greatness as per others, to take a lot of time to win the first cup or tournament at the highest level. But once the first one is done everything else just becomes simple and comes so very fast.
We definitely cant say that the particular person is afraid of losing or is not playing at his best because of the pressure in those situations. They may be applicable to some extent but more prominently i feel its the price to pay when someone becomes too great too early as per the general perception of people.
Anyway if there was some way in which we could get rid of this expectation factor then it may just show us what we think we are capable, what others think we are capable of and most importantly what we actually are capable of .
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