There’s a version of your life you want.

But if you’re honest, you probably don’t fully let yourself go there.

Because hoping for it feels risky. If you really want it, and it doesn’t happen, that disappointment hits harder.

So instead, you stay somewhere in the middle. You work hard, you show up, but you don’t fully expect things to work out.

In this episode, I sit down with Blake Barney to talk about a phrase he lives by:

“Hope for the highest.”

And not in a cliché way—but in a way that actually changes how you think, act, and build your life.

In this episode you'll learn:

• Why we default to expecting the worst (especially in our 20s)
• How your expectations quietly shape your actions and opportunities
• The difference between measuring your life by outcomes vs. ef ...