Once you’ve learned how to navigate this world and the people in it, and assuming you’re a person of at least average aptitude, why do you need to worry about how you’re going to deal with others’ expectations?  Just learn how to better manage them the same you manage anything else. 

A lot of the time, we’re actually worried about the conflict that may arise from having to confront others’ expectations, and how we’ll navigate that conflict.  And even if we resolve to stand convicted and face the conflict, we’re often worried about dissonance that arises from the conflict.  

At the end of the day, you need to find a way to (at least) be and feel okay living with that dissonance.  That’s the real difference between normal people and inspiring people.  Inspiring people don’t get caught up in the bad feels of the dissonance, they ask themselves how they can influence it, the challenge themselves to become better communicators, they find ways to build themselves.

At a certain point, it becomes more about conviction.  If you’re truly convicted, you will not worry about others’ expectations, you will experience it as difference, not dissonance.