Using Self-Fulfilling Prophecies to Your Advantage: Why "fake it 'til you make it" is good advice
Our expectation that we will see a particular outcome changes our behavior, which shapes the way others see us. In turn, others provide the feedback we’ve set ourselves up to get, which serves to reinforce the original belief.
Self-fulfilling beliefs can benefit a writer
Mines the psychology behind an author's self-fulfilling belief in the power of her writing, which can yield success in publication.
Notes that writing and sharing with confidence persuades others to believe in you and positively influences their perception of your writing. In other words, people tend to see your writing as powerful when you write and act with self assurance. They then act in positive ways toward you, which in turn feeds and boosts your confidence. A cycle of increasing success begins. So, believe you are a great writer, avoid arrogance, and you will free your best writing, paving a path to success.
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Source is Psychology Today.
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Notes that writing and sharing with confidence persuades others to believe in you and positively influences their perception of your writing. In other words, people tend to see your writing as powerful when you write and act with self assurance. They then act in positive ways toward you, which in turn feeds and boosts your confidence. A cycle of increasing success begins. So, believe you are a great writer, avoid arrogance, and you will free your best writing, paving a path to success.
Interested? Click the title or image to read on.
Source is Psychology Today.
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