High Expectations…
I had the highest of expectations only to be let down in the biggest way. I had patience and endured the suffering until the end with high expectations. I worked my fingers to the bones and shared my sweat, blood, and tears with everyone in my life. I went in with the vision in mind but still I was let down in the biggest way.
Writing is my talent I was searching for and once I found It this whole new life emerged. This new life that revolved around my writing as it was my way to serve others. Outside of writing I have been working in the healthcare field for 11 years specifically in the business development sector of the industry. This part of the industry for me comes with high expectations and I am not talking about the ones from my organization. It is a given that any organization always has high expectations but over the past couple of years I have been setting higher expectations for myself. With these high expectations come high hopes and dreams, and there is nothing wrong with that.
A couple of years ago I started eyeing this one contract with this very specific insurance company. They caught my eye because they had a very specific niche of patients they served and many of their patients lived in the community my company served. I began to do what felt normal to me, research. I began to look into the insurance company learning as much as I could on the surface level, all the while picturing the benefits of getting this contract. The vision in my head of landing this contract was amazing in my head, and I began working. I had the perfect pitch and was ready to start making calls.
After a few calls and several emails to different people I finally got a response. Not only did someone call me back someone else emailed me back. Both statements made to me the exact same, I’m sorry we aren’t reviewing for new contracted providers at the time. I was ok with that as I was told by many people, a no just means not right now. The thing was not right now was lasting way longer than I expected. I went in with High Expectations of landing this contract, but I was let down in the biggest way.
My company didn’t let me down as they provided all the resources I needed, and I used them effectively. The insurance company didn’t let me down as they provided all the necessary resources I needed to ensure we met standards to obtain a contract. All my needs by every outside resource was met and I lacked for nothing. I had high expectations because everything placed before me was proof that my company could get a contract with the insurance company. We served in the same community as the insurance company, we checked all the boxes. High Expectations…
I had high expectations based off of what I knew, but I failed to understand the process that goes along with obtaining a contract. I saw the amazing end result of getting the contract but forget to set High Expectations for each stage of the process. My sight was only set on the end.
I set a High Expectation, but it was only focused on the end result. I was setting myself up for a big let down. I had to take some steps back and go through the process the right way. Making sure I have the right conversations with the right people at the right time, and that was only done once I focused on the process. I had to set High Expectations for each stage to ensure that all boxes were being checked on both ends. I had to keep those High expectations of completing each stage the right way so that the end result ends the right way with no issues. It took a couple of years but finally my company received the email we had High Expectations for. We would like to extend an invitation to become a preferred provider.
The High Expectations of each stage allowed the end result to organically develop the right way. In life we set very high expectations only to be let down in the biggest way. I let myself down in the biggest way by not setting High Expectations for every stage of the process. Just as in life we can go from riding a bike to driving an old car and still be let down. Failing to understand the first stage of owning a vehicle comes with its own High Expectation. One has to be able to afford all the cost of owning a vehicle. The High expectations of each stage builds faith so that you keep moving forward towards your end goal.
