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THE LAW OF EXPECTATIONS
by Brian Tracy
I've found that whatever you expect, with confidence,
becomes your own self-fulfilling prophecy.
When you confidently expect good things to happen,
good things usually happen to you. If you expect
something negative to happen, you are usually not
disappointed.
Your expectations have an inordinate effect on the
people around you as well. What you expect from
people and situations determines your attitude
toward them more than any other factor, and people
reflect your attitude right back at you, like a
mirror, whether positive or negative.
Dr. Robert Rosenthal of Harvard conducted dozens
of controlled experiments over the years to test
the power of the expectations of teachers on
student performance. In his landmark book,
"Pygmalion in the Classroom," he tells of case
after case where teachers were told that a student,
or sometimes a whole class, was extremely bright
and was predicted to make a quantum leap in
academic performance in the coming year.
Even though the students were chosen from the
school population at large, as long as the
teacher believed that the student or students
were exceptional, and the teacher expected the
student to do well, the students performed
vastly better than other students in the same
or similar classes, and vastly better than could
have been predicted by previous grades or behavior.
In your own personal life, your expectations of
your staff, your boss, your customers and even of
your own future tend to come true. Your expectations
exert a powerful influence on people and events,
for good or for ill, so be careful!
by Brian Tracy
I've found that whatever you expect, with confidence,
becomes your own self-fulfilling prophecy.
When you confidently expect good things to happen,
good things usually happen to you. If you expect
something negative to happen, you are usually not
disappointed.
Your expectations have an inordinate effect on the
people around you as well. What you expect from
people and situations determines your attitude
toward them more than any other factor, and people
reflect your attitude right back at you, like a
mirror, whether positive or negative.
Dr. Robert Rosenthal of Harvard conducted dozens
of controlled experiments over the years to test
the power of the expectations of teachers on
student performance. In his landmark book,
"Pygmalion in the Classroom," he tells of case
after case where teachers were told that a student,
or sometimes a whole class, was extremely bright
and was predicted to make a quantum leap in
academic performance in the coming year.
Even though the students were chosen from the
school population at large, as long as the
teacher believed that the student or students
were exceptional, and the teacher expected the
student to do well, the students performed
vastly better than other students in the same
or similar classes, and vastly better than could
have been predicted by previous grades or behavior.
In your own personal life, your expectations of
your staff, your boss, your customers and even of
your own future tend to come true. Your expectations
exert a powerful influence on people and events,
for good or for ill, so be careful!
