Empower Newsletter – July 2017
| Welcome to the July 2017 edition of the Empower Newsletter. This month the focus is on how our expectations can play an integral part in our results.
|
Did you know? |
‘what you expect can determine the outcome’
Are you someone who expects the best or the worst?
More specifically do you think a situation will turn out the way you want it to or do you think something will go wrong?
Some people expect something to go wrong so they won’t be disappointed when it does. They may even think the worst, so on an unconscious level when things don’t turn out, they can say they were right, that they knew it would happen or to maintain some sort of perceived control. And there are people who expect things to go according to plan or a bit of both depending on the situation.
No matter how you think there is no right or wrong way, there are just different ways of thinking.
If you are someone who sometimes or never expects things to go well and this thinking isn’t working for you, I wonder if the outcome would change for the better if you started thinking the best. In other words if you expect things to go well if the whole experience would change!
You see this change in thinking not only affects your confidence, enthusiasm, passion, the way you hold yourself when speaking and with interactions with others but also your results.
This is because your focus and energy is on what you are thinking, which is what you want and expect will happen instead of what you don’t want to happen.
Enjoyment energy comes from the degree of pleasure you experience from seeing, hearing, doing, feeling and imagining what you want. The level of excitement is a measure of the level of energy that feeds your expectation of more good. A decent metaphor would be that of turning yourself into a powerful magnet for good.
Give it a go! What do you have to lose besides the results (or should I say the non-results) you are currently getting. And if you like your new results continue to consciously think that way until it becomes a habit. Things may not always go according to plan but the way you feel and your mood during to whole process will be so much more beneficial to your wellbeing.
Definition |
Expectation
Expectation is defined as believing that something is going to happen or believing that something should be a certain way.
Something to Ponder |
The Power of Expectations
One of the most famous studies I have come across demonstrated the dramatic effects teachers’ expectations can have on their students’ performance. Elementary school teachers were told that some of their students showed great potential compared with other students based on an IQ test. In reality, no such test was taken. That is, some students were randomly selected for being labelled as having great potential while others were labelled as not having this potential. Despite the positively labelled students having no genuine advantage in potential over the rest of the students, they significantly outperformed the others during the school year. This was one of the key studies which brought to the forefront the power of people’s expectations in influencing performance. In this case, the teachers’ belief that certain students would excel was enough to bring about the expected result even though there was no legitimate basis for their positive expectations.
Quote of the Month |
‘Expect the best and get it.’
~ Norman Vincent Peale ~
Affirmation Corner |
‘I expect the best!’
Newsletters | Di | 
June 30, 2017 3:09 pm
Subscribe