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From Lou Tice:

Do you know what a self-fulfilling prophecy is? If you do, do you know how
it works?

Most people know that a self-fulfilling prophecy is an event, which, because
it is predicted and expected, is therefore more likely to happen, and even
be caused to happen.

Here's one of my favorite examples. According to "Success Magazine," two
different groups of psychologists were asked to observe the same child at
play. One group was told beforehand that the child was emotionally
disturbed. The other group was told that the child was a genius. When the
psychologists were asked to report on their observations, each group had
found evidence to support their preconceived ideas.

Now, it is important to realize that self-fulfilling prophecies are everyday
experiences - not just laboratory experiments. What do you expect your day
to be like when you get up in the morning? How do you expect your kids to
behave? How much success do you expect for yourself?

If you predict failure, failure is generally what you'll find, and if you
expect excellence, excellence is very likely what you'll see. How we think
about a situation determines how we behave, and how we behave, more than
anything else, determines the results we get.

That's how self-fulfilling prophecies work - there is nothing magical about
it. What you get in life is pretty much what you think and believe coming
back at you. So, what do you expect for tomorrow?