Your Standards Are Way Higher Than They Should Be
In this episode, Dr. K explains why lowering your expectations is the key to mental peace, while emphasizing that you should never settle by lowering your standards. He breaks down the neuroscience of "prediction errors" and reveals why the gap between what you expect and what you actually receive is the primary source of emotional suffering.
What to expect in this episode:
Expectations vs. Standards: A technical breakdown of how an expectation is a prediction of the future, while a standard is the minimum level of quality you are willing to accept.
The Survival Brain: Why our brains evolved…
The skinny
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