Harvard Study And Law Of Attraction Match Up: We Get What We Expect To Get

Research at Harvard has found that the power of suggestion and expectation go a long way to determining the life we live. It's proof Abraham Hicks was correct: we literally get what we expect to get. When we learn to harness this power, we can direct it toward realizing our dreams.

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Please do not listen to this while driving or using machinery.

We are going to explore the theory that says we get what we expect to get and see how we can turn that to our advantage.

This theory suggests that nearly everything we achieve or fail to achieve is determined by the mindset we bring to the challenge from our health to our success to our happiness.

That is a radical idea,

But it is not a new idea.

It was first formulated in 1900 by William James,

The father of American psychology.

He said,

If you can change your mind,

You can change your life.

And he theorized that belief creates the actual fact.

Well,

More than 100 years later,

It's being called the expectancy effect.

And modern science now believes that if you can harness the power of expectation,

You can achieve much more in your life.

Meaning the expectancy effect may be the key to making your dreams come true.

It means there is more to rubbing a rabbit's foot than mere superstition.

Rubbing a rabbit's foot,

Crossing your fingers,

Knocking on wood,

Wishing on a falling star,

All have one thing in common.

The hope of something good happening.

The magic you imagine in a rabbit's foot invites into your mind the anticipation that an outcome you desire could actually happen.

The theory says your expectation affects your interactions with the world in a thousand invisible ways,

Tapping vast inner resources and directing those resources towards fulfilling your hope and your wish.

And it has been demonstrated across many studies.

People excel at challenging games when researchers give them a lucky charm to carry.

Golfers make more putts when they are told that a golf ball is lucky.

Researchers boost intelligence by administering a placebo and then telling people it is a smart drug.

Students improve their academic performance when their teacher expects them to excel,

All because researchers told the teacher that the students tested is gifted when in fact the students did not test as gifted.

All these studies show that the expectation empowers us in ways that achieve tangible results.

Perhaps nothing has illustrated the power of suggestion more than the research of Ellen Langer of Harvard.

Langer conducted an experiment with elderly men who were languishing in a nursing home where they were regarded as old in a nap,

Both by the nursing staff and their families.

These elders were declining both mentally and physically and little was being done to improve their condition.

They were basically waiting around to die.

So Langer took these men on a retreat during which the men were asked to imagine it was not 1979,

But 1959.

And the whole atmosphere was set up to make it feel like 1959.

The men wore clothes from that period.

They ate food.

They ate back then.

They carried photo ID cards with pictures of how they looked that year.

And they read newspapers and watched TV programs popular in 1959.

The results were astonishing.

These elderly men showed greater improvements in joint flexibility and manual dexterity.

Their blood pressure dropped.

Their arthritis began to retreat.

And their memory and IQs improved.

Their mindset became 1959,

Tricking their bodies into functioning at a younger level.

It turned back their biological clock.

So let's play with this.

Let's make a wish on a lucky star.

Make a wish you believe would make your life better if it came true.

Then write it down and you can put the video on pause while you do this.

I am going to take you through a guided process that builds the expectation that this wish will come true.

So here's how it works.

In doing this process,

Relaxation is key.

Nice and easy does it.

Don't be concerned with the details and means.

Simply relate to the end result that you want.

Positive emotion is also key.

So imagine the elation you would feel at having achieved this outcome.

The theory says we get what we expect to get.

So experience your wish as if it has already happened.

As if it is true right now.

In the guided process we are about to do,

You are mentally creating the moment when your wish comes true.

So you can pause the video while you get settled into a chair.

Let's begin.

Sit comfortably with your back straight and your hands folded and resting in your lap.

And tilt your head slightly towards your heart.

And follow your breath.

Now close your eyes.

Open to a feeling of unlimited possibility.

Now bring to mind the goal you wish to achieve.

Imagine the outcome you want as clearly as you can.

Broaden the picture with colors,

People,

And anything that is relevant to the goal.

Now imagine that your goal has already been achieved.

Make it real.

See your life as it would be at this moment of fulfillment.

Let go of all restraints on your thinking.

And surrender to how great it feels to have achieved this goal.

Feel the elation you experience as you realize that you truly have succeeded at achieving this.

If you feel happy over your success,

Allow your happiness to place a smile on your face.

If it makes you laugh,

Laugh out loud.

If it brings relief,

Let the relief lift your spirits.

Now let go of your wish,

Releasing it as if you were freeing a bird to take flight.

Have faith that your internal guidance system has now been programmed to reach your goal.

And open your eyes.

Einstein said,

Logic will take you from A to B,

Imagination will take you everywhere.

Reviews

More of a talk with a short meditation at the end. Fascinating and accessible! Bookmarking it!

I loved the story and the ending quote. A great reminder of how powerful our minds and thoughts are. Thank you!

Wow! That research on the elderly men was amazing!

What great info! I love placebo effect research and nice to have these ideas here in keeping with the manifesting stuff. I feel I've had many results of this in my life already, so thank you for this refresher and some science! 🙏🏽🌸

Really enjoyed the breadth of perspectives in this offering and the opportunity to create my own positive expectations. Thank you! 🙏🏼💗

Thank you for this beautiful insight and meditation, this was such a positive and aligned way to start the morning!🌞💚🌺

Absolutely brilliant. I love this. Thank you, thank you 👌

“Imagination will take me everywhere” I love this quote. I will bring this practice into my daily life. 🙏

Great quote at the end “ logic will take you from A to Z, imagination will take you everywhere “ Einstein.

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Much gratitude Don for sharing your joyful and inspiring words. Blessings to you.

Oh my this is the part I have forgotten. Thank you for the reminder. Now doors will open. I have had the keys all. Along.

Thank you! This will be my go to meditation on a regular basis...so inspiring & practical. Many blessings 🙏

Just what I need while going through 4 weeks of covid. I will be active and run again!

Fabulous! I am vibrating with hope and positive expectation. I cannot wait for the fulfillment of this, my heart's desire! ♥️ 🙏😁

I love this. I’ve been playing with manifestation and also the idea of building my reality based on expectation and this is a powerful yet short way to remind myself. I plan to revisit daily. Thank you 🙏🏻

Great presentation of the concept and meditation, thank you, I feel great! 🙏😊

Accessible and easy to imagine my intention. Thank you!

Exactly what I needed, thank you🙏🏼 logical takes you to point A to B, imagination takes you everywhere!

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