I don't expect anything from you.
And that is great.
Hello, dear German learners, I am Mark.
Today, it's about
how you can free yourself from expectations
and how it can
create a much happier life for you.
As I said, I don't expect anything from you.
I don't expect from you
that you buy something from me;
I don't expect you to donate;
I don't expect you to answer me,
I don't expect you to continue
to watch my videos
or stay a newsletter subscriber,
if you are one.
I sometimes get messages
from German learners who seem to think
that I expect somethingthing from them
and it breaks my heart every time.
No!
I don't expect anything from you.
I'm grateful for the fact
that you are watching my videos.
I'm thankfull,
if you subscribed to my newsletter.
I'm thankfull,
if you buy something from me
or donate something.
But this idea,
that I expect something
from anyone
or am "angry",
if they don't do something,
is very strange to me.
Please take what I say at face value.
I always mean what I say,
not more and not less.
Some people read a lot into
what one says.
Sometimes I say something
and someone apologizes to me,
as if he had done me harm
or as if he would think
I would feel hurt somehow.
Has this ever happened to you?
No, it's very difficult to offend me.
It's really, very, very difficult
to offend me.
And no matter what,
you can always talk to me.
I answer every message
and I am always ready
to talk about things.
I recently received an e-mail from a gentleman,
who had received my emails
for a month.
He thought I would expect from him to
that he buys something.
He said that he will unsubscribe
and will never watch my videos again,
if I want that.
No, on the contrary, it is good
if I have more views!
I don't expect,
that you buy something from me.
In fact, I am glad that people
who can't afford my products
or don't want to
can use all the free content
which I publish.
That's the beauty of the internet:
Once created, the costs
for the provision of a resource are
practically zero.
So don't worry
there is no problem,
if you don't buy from me.
I offer my products
and let people decide
whether they want to buy them or not.
Some people think
just because you talk about your products,
you are pushy –
again such a wrong interpretation,
in my view.
I'm "pushy" just in the sense
that I tell the people
about my products
(like any other business),
because I know that they can be
very, very useful for people.
Personally, I think
that they are better
than my freely available content,
but I respect people,
who are happy to
just consume that
which I publish freely.
I ask these people,
to consider a donation.
Of course I
rely on purchases and donations
to earn a living
and work therefore almost every day
to provide valuable resources,
which are both freely available
as well as paid.
Every donation, every purchase allows me
to offer even more value.
However, I never want
that somebody
because of the consumption
of my freely available content feels guilty!
A short addendum, obviously:
I talked with a friend
about this topic
and he said to me:
"But it's good
if your viewers feel guilty
because that means
that you have given them a lot
And those feelings of guilt
are easy to fix:
They can just buy something
or donate something!"
Well, in a sense he is right too.
My point was, of course,
that nobody
should feel guilty irrationally.
OK?
I just would like
that people pay
if you want to pay.
And I even give them back their money
if they have bought a product
and are not 100% satisfied.
As I said, I don't expect
that somebody buys something.
Although I am very passionate,
as far as my work is concerned –
as you may have already noticed –
and are very emotional
with regards to the success of my business,
I am very, very emotionless
with regard to every single viewer
or reader.
I realize that I don't know
what's going on in your life.
Maybe you don't have much money.
Maybe you only learn German on the side
and it is not that important to you.
Maybe you like to learn German
as an amusing hobby
that you can do for free.
Maybe you are afraid
to learn for real
and to commit yourself.
Maybe you have once
bought an online product
and it was a bad experience,
it was a bad investment.
There are probably a thousand other reasons
why some people
don't invest in their education.
Just as I have no expectations for you,
I do not want any expectations from you
such as
that I announce it every time
if I don't publish videos for a while.
More about that in a next video.
As I said, I don't expect anything from you
and that feels really good.
Because if you
expected something from someone
and this person
does not meet these expectations,
then you are very frustrated.
I offer German learners the possibility
to book an appointment with me.
About 70 % of all people
who book an appointment with me
are online on the agreed date and time.
The rest skips out on me
and some don't even respond anymore.
At first, that made
me a bit angry
– just a bit.
I thought
"Man, I took the time
and now they are just not there!"
But at some point I just accepted it.
I stopped to expect
that the person will be there
and now I brace myself for the fact
that the person may not be there.
And I'm not angry anymore.
I get it.
I mean, I'm like that, too –
we are all like that!
Who has not been
too late somewhere once?
Who had not at some time
had something come up?
It is normal
that you don't keep appointments.
It is also normal
to use freely available resources
and to give nothing back!
That is normal
because you can't or simply,
because you don't want to.
It is liberating
to have no expectations
because no one
can fulfill the expectations of another person
completely.
I am not saying
that you shouldn't do certain things.
You should give back if you can.
You should show up to appointments.
You should be on time –
at least, if you are dealing with Germans.
But you should, above all,
live by your own values –
according to your own values!
The expectation that counts
is the one you have of yourself.
That's the expectation that counts –
the only expectation that counts.
Do your best
and free yourself from expectations.
This way, you will never be disappointed,
only often positively surprised.
Bye.
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