Idealism and Unrealistic Expectations Are Holding You Back

How letting go of ideals could get you closer to happiness in 2023

Steve Glaveski
4 min readDec 29, 2022

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One woman grows up dreaming of living in Italy. She dreams of rolling hills, classical architecture, vineyards, and Mediterranean delights.

For whatever reason, she winds up in Holland — and spends the rest of her life resentful…

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Steve Glaveski

CEO of Collective Campus. HBR writer. Author of Time Rich, and Employee to Entrepreneur. Host of Future Squared podcast. Occasional surfer.

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