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Have you heard about the Pygmalion effect?

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Published on January 20, 2016

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Pygmalion or Rosenthal effect is a phenomenon whereby higher expectations lead to an increase in performance ( Based on Wikipedia). This has been a practice among schools.

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The diagram above clearly shows that if a teacher has a strong belief that his student has a potential, he will give him positive expectations and encouragement which will allow the student to engage and show more interest in his learning. This will result in high student performance giving him better grades. A perfect example of how well we can achieve in Wealthy Affiliate(WA). If we will have a strong belief or determination that we will succeed with our online business, this will have a great influence among our WA Community giving each other inspiration to stay focus in every lessons and be determined to achieve our individual goals. Our self-fulfilling prophecies...


We need to inspire each other through Education, Engagement and Empowerment and focus on the four D's ( Discovery, Dream, Design and Destiny). See diagram below.


"Let me end by giving you this final food for thought "…….

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