Confronting your unmet expectations can clarify what matters to you, strengthen your resilience, and spark creativity.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woman feeling disappointment looking out the window Life would be easier if things went our way. When they don't, it's natural to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unfortunately, we face a host of discouraging experiences in life, and it’s valid to feel disappointed by them. It’s fair to ask ...

Feeling disappointed is an inevitable part of life [Courtesy, Getty] Feeling disappointed is an inevitable part of life. Whether it is not getting that promotion you had been chasing, a relationship ...

Disappointment is part of life. You never welcome the feeling, but it is inescapable. The feeling of disappointment can stem from someone else getting something you felt you deserved or something not ...

When disappointment strikes, is your instinct to try to shake it off, forget about it and move on? My research and experience of many workplaces suggests this might be exactly the wrong response. My ...

Finding hope and having a positive attitude after disappointment isn’t always easy. Disappointment comes when you expect something to happen or be true, and your expectation is unfulfilled. You’re let ...

At the center of the American national narrative is progress. The supposed ongoing propulsion into the future is not only about direction or momentum; it is also suffused with moral meaning. Our ...

A new study is redefining how we understand affective polarization. The study proposes that disappointment, rather than hatred, may be the dominant emotion driving the growing divide between ...

We all feel it from time to time. Disappointment is something we learn about from a very early age: the feeling of being let down, someone not coming through for you, promises being broken, dreams ...

My interest in the science of disappointment began more than 15 years ago as a workplace consultant. I was struck by how often clients described episodes that left them feeling disappointed as deeply ...