THE ELIZA DO A LITTLE MORE EFFECT by Gina Meyers

 THE ELIZA DO  A LITTLE MORE EFFECT

 by Gina Meyers

©2022

POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS

•    I have done this before, I can do this again!

•  This too shall pass. 

• I am a child of God.

• I enhale peace and I exhale worry.

• This feeling is only temporary.

• I trust myself.

• I am capable.

• I am love. 

• I am loved and accepted. 

• I am capable and assertive.      

• I see the glass as half full of wonderful experiences and memories.

• I am positive.

• I’ve got this.

• I am the support I need to get through this.

• I believe in myself.

While at Fresno State, circa 1992, I was selected to be a part of an elite marketing/management class headed by the late Dr. Vic Panico. Dr. Panico introduced me and my classmates to the term Pygmalion Effect. The Pygmalion Effect was introduced by Rosenthal and Jacobsen in 1965 and is  defined as: a teachers’ expectations of his/her students has a profound effect on the way the student performs. In other words, positive expectations influence the performance of the individual positively and negative expectations influence a person’s performance negatively. Fast forward to 2022, while having dinner with friends, one of the friends was hired by the Navy to improve pilot’s performance. Out of the pilots, who were already at the top of their game, it was learned that each individual improved from their optimal peak performance by 60%. Though the concept and method were applied differently, it can be correlated that high expectations (not unrealistic) can improve a person’s belief of his/her abilities in a positive light. In other words, I believe that anyone who is self-motivated, and thinks highly of him or herself can achieve their goals if given the proper tools towards achievement. The sky is the limit. This application can go for not only teachers, but parents, friends, co-workers, friends, supervisors, and even family members.

THOUGHTS ON THE PYGMALION EFFECT

DO I BELIEVE THAT POSITIVE EXPECTATIONS FROM OTHERS CAN MAKE ME PERFORMANCE TURN OUT POSITIVELY? 

"When we expect certain behaviors of others, we are likely to act in ways that make the expected behavior more likely to occur." (Rosenthal and Babad, 1985)

DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE ABOVE STATEMENT AND WHY OR WHY NOT?

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MY ELIZA DO A LITTLE MORE EFFECT

THE ELIZA DO A LITTLE MORE EFFECT Eliza Do Little was the main character in the movie, My Fair Lady. My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story centers around an unmannered, poor, Cockney dialect flower girl who takes speech lessons from Professor Henry Higgins, a phoeticist, so that he can get her to pass for a well mannered, sophisticated wealthy well-bred lady.  The Pygmalion Effect is defined as your expectations of people and their expectations of themselves as key factors in behavior. Do you believe this to be true? If we can all take the Eliza Do A Little More Effect into account each and everyday, we can be the change we hope to see in the world. Do you believe this to be true? There are a few simple steps to take in your life to Do A Little More. Take responsibility for thoughts, feelings and actions.  Set up boundaries that are healthy and make you feel good about yourself and others. Learn to be interdependent, not dependent or independent, but interdependent upon outcomes, expectations, and life in general.  Believe you are good. Believe you are capable.  Believe you can achieve. Take risks. Try and try again, don’t give up. Believe that failure is not an option. Set high goals for yourself. Create a vision board.

    

Remember, you are your own cheerleader, you are bright and clever, don’t beat yourself up, live and be happy!