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Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
What do you know?
Self-fulfilling prophecy
■ Our beliefs about what we think we can accomplish and what others tell us we can accomplish have a huge impact on how we interact with people and what we get out of those interactions.
■ We are more likely to become what we truly believe we are - whether it’s true or not.
What we
believe about ourselves
How we act
What others believe about us
How others
act toward us
(S)He believes it’s true
Child doesn’t
study and fails
Others form the belief the child is stupid
A child is told (s)he is stupid
For example…
We are what we expect
■ What we believe becomes our experience, not because it is the only option, but because we choose to act in ways that affirm our beliefs
■ Interrupting the self-fulfilling prophecy cycle at any stage can begin to change what we believe is possible.
Exercise
How do self-fulfilling prophecies play out in your life?
Let’s hear your examples…
What’s the good news?
■ Self-fulfilling prophecies aren’t always a bad thing (they are what we make them).
■ The more you orient to positive beliefs, the more your brain will use them (choose those beliefs) over the negative ones.
Find a buddy
■ What are you learning from this conversation?
■ How can you apply this to your team?■ To your life goals?
Homework Assignment
STEP ONEIdentify a self-fulfilling prophecy that you want
to begin to change to a more positive self-fulfilling prophecy
Homework Assignment
STEP TWOIdentify different qualities you would have
and/or things you would accomplish if you fulfilled this new positive prophecy.
Homework Assignment
STEP THREECreate something that illustrates what we would
see when you begin to live your positive self-fulfilling prophecy.
■ Include qualities and accomplishments■ Create something that you can show in class and
print a copy for your binder
Homework Assignment
STEP THREE: EXAMPLESA Vision Board
Homework Assignment
STEP THREE: EXAMPLESA Drawing or Painting
Homework Assignment
STEP THREE: EXAMPLESA Poem
Homework Assignment
STEP THREE: EXAMPLESA Collage
Homework Assignment
STEP THREE: EXAMPLESA Song
Homework Assignment
STEP THREE: EXAMPLESA Short Comic/Graphic Strip
Homework Assignment
STEP ONE: Identify a self-fulfilling prophecy that you want to begin to change to a more positive self-fulfilling prophecy
STEP TWO: Identify different qualities you would have and/or things you would accomplish if you fulfilled this new positive prophecy.
STEP THREE: Create something that illustrates what we would see when you begin to live your positive self-fulfilling prophecy.
Examples: Vision boardDrawing/Painting with wordsPoemCollageSongGraphic Comic Strip