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Overview
What if you could release all your preconceived ideas about, well, everything and everyone? How would this change your life? DeVon Franklin is here to explain how this one adjustment to your thought processes would result in major life changes for the better.
The bestselling author returns with his biggest book yet in which he teaches us the secret to living a happier life: get rid of as many expectations as possible—of ourselves, our future, our relationships, our career and our family.
Expectations are the secret software, running on the hardware of our minds, controlling our emotions, decisions, and actions. How?
Think about your life. How much of the sadness you feel derives from what you think should have happened—than with what actually happened?
Think about your career. How much of the discontent you feel comes from your belief about where you’d be at this point—than with the progress you’ve actually made?
Think about your relationships. How much of your dissatisfaction with friends, family, significant others, or spouses has to do with your unspoken presumptions—than with the people themselves?
Having so many expectations is distorting your perspective, decreasing your happiness and disrupting your joy.
You can live a life of true freedom, greater peace and less stress: release as many expectations as possible.
This, DeVon Franklin argues, is the secret to a better life now.
In a culture obsessed with more, Live Free is a bold counterintuitive book that can start a cultural revolution, Franklin contends.
Everyone struggles with unnecessary expectations. But once you learn to let go of them, you can set the stage for the life you’ve always wanted.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780063031197 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Publication date: | 02/27/2024 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 281 |
Sales rank: | 916,148 |
File size: | 1 MB |
About the Author
DeVon Franklin is a media multi-hyphenate. An award-winning producer, a New York Times best-selling author and a renowned motivational speaker he is followed by millions around the world for inspiring content, encouragement, and advice. On Air with Ryan Seacrest calls him a "self-help master," and Oprah calls him "a different kind of spiritual teacher for our time." DeVon is a produced of hit inspirational films like Breakthrough and Miracles from Heaven. He is also the author of multiple bestselling books, such as The Success Commandments and The Wait, which he cowrote with his wife, Meagan Good. He sits on the Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and he's a graduate of the University of Southern California. DeVon lives in Los Angeles with Meagan.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Are You Living Free? 1
The Expectation Revelation 3
Are You Living Free? 4
Set Yourself Free 7
Part I Personal Expectations
1 The Dangers of Expectations 11
What Are Expectations? 16
2 The Secret Software Running Your Life 27
Expectations 2.0 29
R.I.P., Mr. Perfect 31
Get the Bugs Out of Your Operating System 35
We Are How We Think 37
The Choice Is Yours 38
3 Set Yourself Up for Success 41
What's in It for You? 44
You Be You for You, Not for Them 47
Get Out (of the Box) 49
4 Your Expectations Are Unrealistic 55
What Is an Unrealistic Expectation? 57
Unrealistic Expectations Are Future Resentments 58
The Pressure to Live Up to What Isn't Real 60
The Cost of Striving Too High (Parents, Be Careful) 62
Expectations from the School of Rock 64
What You Actually Can Control 65
5 Your Expectations Must Be Communicated 69
Learn Your ABCs 70
It's Not Always Easy to Hear No 73
Expectation Reset 75
Part II Cultural Expectations
6 Don't Do It for the Culture, Do It for Yourself 81
Canceled? 84
It's Your Life to Live 87
Follow Your Heart, No Matter Where You're From 90
You Have to Pay the Bill 92
7 Faith: The Real Sixth Sense 97
Get into the Position of Faith 99
Participation Takes You to Your Destination 102
Don't Live on Autopilot 104
Where Art Thou, God? 106
See with Godly Vision 109
Expectations Exceeded 110
8 Get Your Hope Back 113
The Devastation of Disappointment 116
Gotta Have Hope 119
The Information Prescription 121
Dare to Hope 123
Part III Relational Expectations
9 It's Not Them, It's You 129
Are You About to End It All? 131
The Myth of the Perfect Relationship 133
Only You Can Make You Happy 136
Let's Talk About Sex 137
The Expectations of "I Do" 143
Don't Get Married Because You're Expected To 145
Expectationships 146
10 Silence is Deadly 151
Communicate, or Else 152
How Baked Chicken Taught Me My Greatest Lesson About Relationships 153
Clean Your Glasses 159
What Lies Beneath 160
Explain Instead of Expect 162
You Control Only Yourself (and the Remote) 163
Talking Is All About Listening 165
11 There's No Cure for Singleness Because It's Not a Disease 169
The Upside of Being Single 171
Be Here (and Happy) Now 173
Love Affirmation for Singles 174
No Sex. No Problem. 176
Set Expectations Early in the Relationship 178
Dating 101: Where Is This. Going? 179
Release the Past 181
Part IV Professional Expectations
12 The Process is the Result 187
The Path to Mastery 191
My Expectation Breakdown 192
Break Your Addiction to Results 195
Perfect Your Process 197
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work 199
The Richer the Soil the Better the Growth 202
13 Fix Your Goals 205
Get Real About Your Goals 206
Setting the GPS System of Your Life 212
Life Is to Be Lived 215
You Control the Now but Not Always the When 216
The Secret to Achieving Your Goals 217
Become a Better Boss 219
14 To Succeed You Must Exceed 225
Become Addicted to Information 226
Learn Your Boss 230
Think Outside of Your Perspective 231
Communicate, Communicate, and Communicate Some More 233
Don't Just Meet Expectations, Exceed Them 236
15 Feel Your Feelings 239
Hear What Your Spirit Is Saying 241
Count the Cost 244
Unlock Your Potential 249
When It's Okay to Quit 250
Epilogue: Expectations! 253
Accomplish More 255
Go with the Flow 256
Expect the Unexpected 257
Unexpected Events Can Reveal Unexpected Gifts 260
Find Treasure in Tragedy 262
Get Your Joy Back 263
Be Free to Be You 265
Acknowledgments 269