Some persons gave lived all their lives with the weight of people's expectation on their back.

People have always expected them to succeed or be the best.

This has made many of them not pursue their dreams because they fear that if they fail, they'd have disappointed people.
I've been there.

From school, everyone expects you to be the first class student because 'you are brilliant.'

In life, everyone expects you to be successful and without problems because you have always been the 'go-to' guy.

Please don't put pressure on yourself.
And don't live trying to meet up with the expectations of people.

Run your own race, at your own pace.

Just be sure your pace is fast enough for you. But not as fast as people assume for you.
And to you whom it feels like no one is expecting anything good from you, you are at an advantage.

Yes, being underrated is such an advantage.

It gives you the chance to make all the mistakes (which is a part of success) till you hit the home run.
Understand that success will force you to come out of your shell.

It won't reduce its standard to accommodate you.

It'll demand that you rise to the occasion.

Don't live under the weight of people's expectation.

Run your race at your pace.
This message is also for you if you are the first born child.

People expect you to make money first,

Marry first,

Succeed first.

It can be overwhelming.

But you've got this.

Just run the race, at your own pace.

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