Expectations, positive or negative. have a powerful effect on your personal policy. Consider the dilemma the guards in jails and prisons face each day. Charged with the job of incarcerating people they have the ability to make a dramatic impact on the prisoners. Most often the guards have negative expectations of the inmates and get bad behavior in return. Too often prisoners are released only to return. At one prison in Kentucky prisoners are given the opportunity to train dogs and horses that are sold or placed in needy homes. The guards are trained to expect good behavior and guess what, everybody wins. Inmates learn a skill that keeps many from coming back, guards get to treat people like humans.
Affirmation: I get what I expect from people
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