Richmond DinhCreator & Founder of Tiny Challenges™

How Often Are You MISLED or LET DOWN By People

7 May 2025 · 1 min

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Richmond Dinh explains that feelings of being let down by others often stem from self-imposed expectations. He argues that perfectionism and expecting oneself to be perfect leads to expecting others to be perfect, which causes relationship disappointments. The recommended remedy is to remove expectations from oneself to stop being affected when others "let you down."

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How many times have you been let down by other people, particularly the ones that you care and love? And the reality is, it's not fair on them. Because the only reason why you've been let down is because you had an expectation of how they should be, and you impose your rules onto them. And the deeper meaning behind that is you probably had some expectations on how you should be. So if you're a perfectionist, and you like to get your ducks lined up in a row, and you like to have everything all prim and proper, chances are your relations around you are failing because you expect yourself to be perfect. Hence you expect others to be perfect. And so the only way to stop being affected by people letting you down is to remove the expectations upon yourself and to stop letting yourself down.