One of my favorite psychological effects is the Rosenthal effect. It is that the quality of our expectations affects the outcome of our actions.

Here is a simple example. In 1963, psychologist Robert Rosenthal proposed to his students to teach rats to go through labyrinths. He told half of the students that their rats were geniuses, the other half that their rats were stupid. Those who trained “capable” rats achieved better results than students who trained “stupid” rats. There was no difference between the rats.

This experiment has been repeated many times in different contexts. For example, teachers were given different classes and they were told that some were smart students, while others were not very smart. In fact, there was no difference between the students, but it was not difficult to guess which teachers they achieved the greatest success.

If I tell you, “Believe that you will succeed,” it will sound like the banal advice of a success guru. But I’m still convinced of the Rosenthal effect, so I’ll say differently.

If you do not have a drop of faith in what you will succeed, should you be surprised that in the end nothing has succeeded?

Natasha, hello to you! What is busy?
I watch football on TV.
Who is playing with whom?
I have no idea.
For whom are you sick?
Since I was a child, I have been involved with the team that defends the left gate.
So they change the gates after the first half!
It does not stress at all...

I had my birthday yesterday. But no one cancelled the working day, so at 11 am I go to the office. Here is a call from the department where I am working as a docent. I raise the phone:



Will you come to New Year’s Eve?

No, I say, not before that.

Do you have a doctor?



Well, I prepared for this all: “oh, thank you, oh, what are you...”

and me:

- Well, buy us then German cakes with a discount, they have an action for those who have DR!

Eeee...



Gothic

I went past the playground today, and there is a play area with hills, skyscrapers, etc. It is very light, not high and not scary. A little boy (3-4 years old) walked slowly along her, and a curved mommy followed him on his heels.

A grandmother was sitting next to the bench.

Alka and Alka? She called.

What is Mom? The woman stopped on the hill and held the child behind the hood.

Can you tell me what Andrew will be when he grows up?

A strange question. They will grow up and decide for themselves.

(My grandmother was laughing)

How will he decide if you don’t let him do it yourself?

The mother stumbled a little and reluctantly let the child play.

Sometimes they come from friends / acquaintances in the social network. in the grid messages, such as "vote in the contest by reference to *this-that*, the child very much wants to win". I always go through the reference and vote, but not for the one for whom they asked, but for the one whose work was the best, in my opinion.



We do not have the most talented leaders, but those who are loudest.

The straight line with the President is the curved mirror of our lives.

It was long ago. 1996 or 1997.
Those who lived in Crimea then remember this hungry and banditic time.

Early in the spring morning on the sea shore under Evpatria, a company of drunken half-boomers found a swallow, confused in the networks. A grown-up man released her, holding her firmly in his arms, like a panic goose in the film "12 chairs". The prisoner did not even resist, apparently overnight completely out of power.
Immediately began to discuss various commercial projects - to sell it alive to some rich man, to slay and then to sell, to roast itself.

And 30 meters from the shore, a second swan was swimming.
He swam quietly but somehow nervously, five meters in one direction, five meters in the other.
He just knocked down once, and everyone turned to him.

And here someone from the channels, remembering, apparently, the song of Yevgeny Martynov "Lebbin's Faithfulness", suddenly said:
If we take her, he will kill himself!

Everyone trembled immediately.
Panikovsky released the bird, and she, raising her wings and bending on her legs, bowed to the edge of the water to reunite with the narrow.
Touching their necks, the swan swam to the horizon.

It is a rare case when humanity has overcome greed.

The three-day negotiations came to an impasse.
The cat thinks the tree should lie.

Under the Soviet authority there were priests who were called popes, now a circle of popes who demanded to call them priests.

A story about a real young adult.
Together with my wife, we try to make the world better. Not only in the word, in which we are all masters, but also the flower/tree plant, the garbage in recycling... Wife, breaking through my active skepticism, still an active volunteer "in the world of animals", on the topic of saving cats-dogs. She also saw in her forums a request to take, to a non-close children's home (according to the new fashion - Center of social assistance for children) in the Kaluga province, New Year's gifts for children.
And what, there is time, 350 verses in one direction - not at all for a crazy dog. I supported.
The organizer was a miniature girl Elena. She has no cars herself. I saw Elena a couple of times, a year ago, when on a similar occasion brought and unloaded in her garage (as it turned out later - rented) things on a similar occasion. I remembered that it caused unfathomable irritation. Everything seems to be right and the thing is good, but when you wait for an indication from it: where to unload, what to do - can think, freeze for an instant-other thing.
Well, okay, agreed, not easily loaded (this is in a healthy crossover!) Wealth is gone. They were warned that the girl is stepping, sat next to him. The wife, periodically overwhelmed with toys, reconciled with the corner from behind. All the way, Elena was silent, sometimes it was noticeable that she was hard on the road, but she did not complain.
Arrived in the children's home, the children expected immediately hanged on a visitor known to her. The gifts have begun, everyone is happy! The children’s home was surprisingly wellined. The leader is a wonderful woman who puts all her soul into children, and this explained a lot (I don’t write names, those who know will understand). She has adopted/adopted a lot of children and what is important (!) It brings everyone into people! Everyone has education, everyone works, everyone loves it!
On the way back to Moscow, the tour organizer spoke. Elena has been an active volunteer for several years and currently oversees about 30 children’s homes away from Moscow. All children's homes are selected for her if necessary in providing assistance. Every month I personally travel to three of them, all on translators. The rest is provided as it can, through the same volunteers with personal cars. Collect on the network what can, sort and transmit. It is not difficult, but troublesome.
The usual, in general, story for the volunteer worked out, but something was embarrassing. And it turned out:
Girl 17 years old. A total of 17 years. The schoolgirl. She had previously been in a group with other volunteers, but they learned that she was a minor and refused to take her with them. So it was organized on the same day and for several years (!) They provide assistance to three children’s homes. One one! Three Dozens! Far from the capital! A small, fragile introverted girl, incredibly shy and modest, raised in a complete Moscow family, in love with her parents, talented in many ways, she decided to give love to those who need it. Alone and contrary. The word to me, a healthy (for her) uncle for 50 years was afraid to say at the meeting, but when I gathered and spoke, I did it as an adult - in business, collectively and concisely. I saw her as equal to myself. She walks alone in cities and cities. A lot has happened. Parents are no longer protesting. They reconciled. He also participates in mass events. He sings songs at the city festivals. In front of thousands of audiences! He plays ballet. When my wife and I understood everything, we could not even discuss it. As they drove out Helena, they kept silent to the house. Imagine the degree of responsibility and motivation of a person. Your kids can do that, and you?
N.B Anyone who knows who I am – be sure that at least 101% of your help reaches the recipients. On the way to the children only adds. Thanks to this young adult!

All the best for you! Stay like that, Elena.

and Fima! I see you’re not in the mood today.

So... we went with Sophia to divorce... we didn’t get there...

So how is it?

They fought...

Somewhere 15 years ago, immediately after the divorce, found a job in a gas station, an operator. There was no choice at all. No education, no experience, my daughter is 3 years old. There is not much work in our small town. Asking for help was not convenient. I worked a day in two, from 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. The daughter was brought to the kindergarten at 6, was taken to the cook to the kitchen, in the evening asked one parent from the group and she brought her to me for gasoline, there and spent the night, and in the morning from work back to the garden or home. And this was learned by the educator, Love Anatolievna, a very good woman, aged 55. The kids adored her. She approached me, asked about everything and offered to take my daughter to sleep with me when I had 24 hours. She recently buried her husband and, as she said, she needed someone to take care of. I have agreed. Love Anatolievna told her fairy tales every night, taught her to read, they were sewing and drawing. She even bloomed. And everyone was pleased. So it lasted for six months, and then I changed work, but the daughter continued to visit the teacher, sometimes with a night stay. Of course, I gave her gifts (the money she categorically did not take), bought foods, guests and congratulated with all the holidays. We loved her like our grandmother. Years later, I remember her with great warmth. Unfortunately, she died a few years ago. He was the best teacher.

The space grew, the space grew and ceased to grow.

A million in beer.
It happened in the United States.
The 24-year-old Carson King came to the NCAA student basketball league match with a poster on which it was written: "My Bush Light beer stocks need to be replenished!" On the poster he indicated his account in the payment system Venmo.
The game was broadcast by the largest American TV channel ESPN. Before the match, they began broadcasting the show "College GameDay", during which the hosts periodically made inscriptions from the stadium. One of them was King with his poster. The guy did not know that he was shown on national television, and was very surprised when after half an hour the amount of donations exceeded $400. And after the amount began to grow rapidly, he decided to transfer the money to the local hospital, which is headed by the University of Iowa.
This action was learned in the payment system Venmo and in the beer company, which produces "Busch Light". Both organizations promised that each of them would give the hospital the same amount that King would collect.
A week later he that the total amount collected exceeded a million dollars. From her, he left $15 to buy her a pack of beer.

An alcoholic is also a shopping alcoholic, only highly specialized.

It was 7-8 years ago, my grandfather was a veteran of the WOW in 1924. R., lived then with his granddaughter (my cousin) with his family. As it is believed on the New Year bought presents for her child, and did not forget about grandfather. And now is the New Year’s Eve, the children with whispering and shouting are dealing with gifts. From the face of my sister.

Father Christmas has brought you a gift.

How did he know I live here?

I think about myself: "young man, supports the legend of Santa Claus"

He knows everything about everyone.

Santa has never given me gifts in my life.



Sitting down and crying...

The adoption of new laws makes life easier for those who adopt them.

After graduating from the Kaliningrad Polytechnic in 1984 as a technician-electric, I worked on the distribution in Altai in the forest farm. And as we were looking for a short on one street, it was asked by the forestry house and from a short switched out the seals at us.

Everyone was asked to turn off the food.

The idea is simple, alternately after enabling to check the KZ at home.

Including, anyway, there are KZs, the next floating inserts naturally flew to their paradise. Again, they went around, checked everything, but there people are clever and even twisted the traffic jams, and the traffic jams were completely "yellow", in the houses there were rosettes asked by the counter.

So, we go, look, everything is turned off, and KZ is there. We are already borrowed, tired, angry to impossibility.Soon the end of the working day, and we can't find one shortcut all day. They warned that "happiness will be worse" if the "left" connectors are not turned off.

We take two nails and insert them into the clamps.

Crossed, the rubber up. The nails burned to the raspberry color, then cooled.The nails were pulled out of the clamps, the calibrated protectors were placed at 100 ampères, everything is okay.

Go to watch. And on the street, the bathroom is already dampened.There the self-propelled apparatus was on hollow electricity.

– Veniamin Illarionovich, the dearest! Why do you load bricks?! to
- Unfortunately, dear Ivan Nikolaevich, in our hospital now there is an acute shortage of personnel... And you, as the chief doctor, should be well aware of this...
and yes! You are a surgeon! The Surgeon!! And the bricks should be loaded by an anesthesiologist!!! Your business is cement. The car has just arrived...

When he moved to the elite, he told me.

In the first week, a neighbor knocks at the door in the evening - help, there the husband of the bomber cannot drive out of the entrance!

Look, at the bottom of the site, a man in a jacket with an umbrella beats off from some unshaken fat man in a jacket and treni.

A friend, a boxer with a brigade past in history, instantly got out of the situation. He flies to the bomzhu and leaves him two - ba-bam like from a stand!

He fell under the whisper of his neighbor:

and Aaa! Are you really stupid? ! to Aaaah!

The man in the jacket also shrugged and, saying “Thank you, brother,” ran down the stairs. The neighbor whispered in full siren, stands, sounds already ultrasound.

The Euphoria Collections! It turned out that the acquaintance stumbled his neighbor from below, and the real bombish escaped! True, at the gates he was still bound by guards and caused ments. And after a long time justified that they missed, he was really stylish such a look.

In general, in front of a neighbor familiar is still uncomfortable, he walks, cuts.

And what here, it would seem, to be offended, became an elite - correspond.