Man is what he thinks about himself!

That would get into passers-head and see yourself through their eyes. That's dress slim? A walk is enough light? We fantasize, and Sir Francis Galton, the famous statistician and sociologist, he took and conducted an experiment. The results surprised even him. < Website shares with you his conclusions.



Once Sir Francis Galton decided on a kind of experiment. Before heading out for a daily walk through the streets of London, he persuaded himself: «I'm a disgusting man who in England hate everything!» It is a few minutes concentrating on this belief, and then went, as usual, for a walk . However, "normal" it just did not work.

At every step Francis caught on itself and fastidious contemptuous glances of passers-by. Many have turned away from him, and several times in his address sounded coarse language. The port is one of the porters, when Galton was passing him, as a scientist slammed his elbow that he flopped down in the mud.

It seemed that the hostility was passed even animals. As he passed harnessed horse, he kicked scientist in the thigh so that he again fell to the ground. Galton attempted to elicit sympathy from eyewitnesses, but, to his surprise, he heard that people have begun to protect the animal. Galton hurried home, without waiting for his thought experiment will lead to more serious consequences.

This story is described in many textbooks of psychology. But it shows not about magical materialization of thought. Deeply permeated with dangerous performance, Galton began to behave in accordance with it: changed his appearance, mannerisms, facial expressions. So he signaled the world, a relationship deserves.

From this story follows two important conclusions:

The man - what he thinks about himself Change your thoughts - and you will change yourself and the attitude of others. ! There is no need to inform others about their self-esteem and mental state. They feel this is so.

via www.adme.ru/svoboda-psihologiya/udivitelnaya-istoriya-frensisa-galtona-1262815/

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