Understanding How You Respond to Expectations
AKA ACCOUNTABILITY STYLE
Reflect on the difference between how you handle expectations from others and the expectations you place on yourself. This quick comparison can offer meaningful insight into your patterns, motivation, and support needs.
External Expectations
How do you tend to respond when others expect something of you?
For example: meeting your friend at the gym, completing a task for your employer by the due date, or following through on a commitment someone else is counting on.
For example: meeting your friend at the gym, completing a task for your employer by the due date, or following through on a commitment someone else is counting on.
Internal Expectations
How do you tend to respond when you expect something of yourself?
Consider what happens when the goal is self-directed—whether it feels energizing, easy to postpone, overwhelming, or difficult to prioritize without outside accountability.
Consider what happens when the goal is self-directed—whether it feels energizing, easy to postpone, overwhelming, or difficult to prioritize without outside accountability.
Keep Learning
Want to dig deeper? Listen to this episode of ADHD Crash Course for more examples and practical insight.
Choose any responses that apply to you.
Most of us are a combination of the accountability "types" or notice that certain situations bring out more of one type in us than others. There's room for you to add more thoughts/ explanation if you choose.
You can listen to an ADHD Crash Course podcast episode on accountability styles here.
