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Pygmalion Effect

Business & Strategy · Robert Rosenthal / Lenore Jacobson

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Higher expectations lead to higher performance — a self-fulfilling prophecy where beliefs about potential shape actual outcomes.

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Faster Than Normal. “Pygmalion Effect Mental Model.” fasterthannormal.co/mental-models/pygmalion-effect. Accessed 2026.

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