The stories we tell ourselves through self-talk and narrative create a series of mental boundaries that can influence our lives dramatically.
In fact, what we believe often comes true.
This is called the self-fulfilling prophecy: something that becomes true because you’ve willed it into existence by telling yourself it exists.
Your inner voice tells you a given outcome is so certain and absolute that, eventually, it becomes so.
You almost give yourself no other option but for the prophecy to become real.
Technically, a self-fulfilling prophecy could be positive—but way more often, it’s not.

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