great expectations
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Just have realistic expectations about what rushing in will get you.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
They stress the need for top-down system design, open scientific collaboration that avoids early fragmentation, and realistic expectations.
From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026
If they’re the ones taking leave, enforcing work-life boundaries, and setting realistic expectations, the middle managers and their employees can follow suit.
From Slate • Aug. 1, 2024
“How do we reshuffle, restructure and set more realistic expectations about what we can deliver on the rest of the program?” he said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023
He added that the department and local authorities would "need to work together to unblock projects which are delayed or have not started and set realistic expectations for delivery".
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2023
