11.19.25 ~ Pygmalion Effect
Good morning!
What you see is what you get. It's known as the Pygmalion Effect. It’s a ‘humanistic title’ but its concept is everywhere in Scripture. In practicality, the Pygmalion effect is a type of self-fulfilling prophecy where your mindset will produce a matching outcome; this viewpoint may unconsciously make it happen through your actions or inaction.
It occurs in every corridor of life and is most evident when an individual raises his or her expectations for the performance of workers, family members, peers in every walk of life, and this actually results in an increased performance. Ironically, it works exactly the opposite also.
It can be summed up by stating ‘expectation leads to manifestation’; expectation manifests into creative behavior. What you expect you create. Your expectation is the source code of your creative possibilities. Everyday we find ourselves sitting in a soup of limitless possibilities and/or we find ourselves wallering in a soup of limitless yuckity-yuck.
Statistically speaking, and since all statistics are biased, 99% of the potentials that are available in this life, we don’t even register, because we always look for what we want to find (at least that's how this pygmalion brain sees it :-). More times than not we live this undeniable, self-fulfilling prophecy. We see and hear what we want to see and hear. We read books, watch videos, listen to 'the experts', our favorite preachers, pursue information, etc., with a normalcy bias that blinds us and keeps us deaf to so much more than what is actually happening.
Sometimes we become so myopically focused that we miss the realities that could set us free. We only find what we are looking for. We are good at what we look for.
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. (Rom. 4:17)
If you want to find racist people you will.
If you see people as sexist, you will.
If you're homophobic, you’ll see certain people that way.
If you see people as warm, generous and kind, that will become your daily reality.
If you see individuals as falling short because they don’t match up with your scriptural mindset, then you’ll see all individuals through those lenses.
Once someone offends you, we are bent on looking for offense.
You will always find what you expect to find.
Your expectations will always produce what you are looking for!
Be careful what you expect, it will come true for you. Your expectations will become your destiny.
Set your expectations on others as the Father sets His expectations on you.
Look for the best and prepare for the best.
Give people the opportunity to rise to another level and you’ll see it happen before your eyes.
Limit your expectations and you’ll find the same.
What do you expect to see in your spouse? Children? Co-workers? Employees? Boss? Assemblies? The city? The nation? The World?
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. (Rom. 4:17)
Pygmalion Effect is a heart condition, based on our life experiences, and we all practice it. Scripture tells us that the heart is more deceitful than anything and very sick. It’s incurable/anash (Jer. 17:9). Heart surgery won’t cure it, because the entire organ is sick. When we try to determine the heart of the matter based on our external judgments (1 Sam. 16:7) we fall very short of seeing what Yahweh sees or is doing. Our judgments in the flesh fall terribly short (John 8:15). Only Yahweh knows what’s operating in the heart (1 Kings 8:39). Our eyes of flesh only see as men see (Job 10:4) and it often leads to final judgments that miss the mark (John 7:24). When men operate on one another’s hearts to try to fix a problem it’s no better than drinking Gatorade to gain more energy when you have leukemia. The right diagnosis is important before the right treatment can take place and Yahweh will always bring about the best diagnosis and only He can change the heart, which leads to different actions.
Try to convince a man against his will, he will be of the same opinion still.
Yahweh doesn’t just do ‘by-passes’, He does heart replacements (Psa. 51:10; 139:23,24). He’s the only One Who can fix the human heart. People will always falter and fail, welcome to life in the 21st century. How it’s handled will determine future health in the lives of individuals and communities.
See the victory! Expect the victory! Live the victory! The victory is coming! What future are you creating for yourself? For others?
Shalom,
Alan
What you see is what you get. It's known as the Pygmalion Effect. It’s a ‘humanistic title’ but its concept is everywhere in Scripture. In practicality, the Pygmalion effect is a type of self-fulfilling prophecy where your mindset will produce a matching outcome; this viewpoint may unconsciously make it happen through your actions or inaction.
It occurs in every corridor of life and is most evident when an individual raises his or her expectations for the performance of workers, family members, peers in every walk of life, and this actually results in an increased performance. Ironically, it works exactly the opposite also.
It can be summed up by stating ‘expectation leads to manifestation’; expectation manifests into creative behavior. What you expect you create. Your expectation is the source code of your creative possibilities. Everyday we find ourselves sitting in a soup of limitless possibilities and/or we find ourselves wallering in a soup of limitless yuckity-yuck.
Statistically speaking, and since all statistics are biased, 99% of the potentials that are available in this life, we don’t even register, because we always look for what we want to find (at least that's how this pygmalion brain sees it :-). More times than not we live this undeniable, self-fulfilling prophecy. We see and hear what we want to see and hear. We read books, watch videos, listen to 'the experts', our favorite preachers, pursue information, etc., with a normalcy bias that blinds us and keeps us deaf to so much more than what is actually happening.
Sometimes we become so myopically focused that we miss the realities that could set us free. We only find what we are looking for. We are good at what we look for.
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. (Rom. 4:17)
If you want to find racist people you will.
If you see people as sexist, you will.
If you're homophobic, you’ll see certain people that way.
If you see people as warm, generous and kind, that will become your daily reality.
If you see individuals as falling short because they don’t match up with your scriptural mindset, then you’ll see all individuals through those lenses.
Once someone offends you, we are bent on looking for offense.
You will always find what you expect to find.
Your expectations will always produce what you are looking for!
Be careful what you expect, it will come true for you. Your expectations will become your destiny.
Set your expectations on others as the Father sets His expectations on you.
Look for the best and prepare for the best.
Give people the opportunity to rise to another level and you’ll see it happen before your eyes.
Limit your expectations and you’ll find the same.
What do you expect to see in your spouse? Children? Co-workers? Employees? Boss? Assemblies? The city? The nation? The World?
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. (Rom. 4:17)
Pygmalion Effect is a heart condition, based on our life experiences, and we all practice it. Scripture tells us that the heart is more deceitful than anything and very sick. It’s incurable/anash (Jer. 17:9). Heart surgery won’t cure it, because the entire organ is sick. When we try to determine the heart of the matter based on our external judgments (1 Sam. 16:7) we fall very short of seeing what Yahweh sees or is doing. Our judgments in the flesh fall terribly short (John 8:15). Only Yahweh knows what’s operating in the heart (1 Kings 8:39). Our eyes of flesh only see as men see (Job 10:4) and it often leads to final judgments that miss the mark (John 7:24). When men operate on one another’s hearts to try to fix a problem it’s no better than drinking Gatorade to gain more energy when you have leukemia. The right diagnosis is important before the right treatment can take place and Yahweh will always bring about the best diagnosis and only He can change the heart, which leads to different actions.
Try to convince a man against his will, he will be of the same opinion still.
Yahweh doesn’t just do ‘by-passes’, He does heart replacements (Psa. 51:10; 139:23,24). He’s the only One Who can fix the human heart. People will always falter and fail, welcome to life in the 21st century. How it’s handled will determine future health in the lives of individuals and communities.
See the victory! Expect the victory! Live the victory! The victory is coming! What future are you creating for yourself? For others?
Shalom,
Alan
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