EPISODE 72: THE PYGMALION EFFECT

The Daily Discipline from Project MNDST · Apr 9, 2026 · 2m

In 1968, psychologists Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson conducted an experiment that changed how we understand human potential. They told teachers that certain students had been identified as "intellectual bloomers" who would show dramatic improvement. In reality, these students were chosen randomly. By year's end, the "bloomers" had significantly outperformed their peers.This is the Pygmalion Effect: people tend to perform at the level others expect of them. This episode explores how you are both the teacher and the student in your own life—and how your self-expectations shape your…