Did you ever have a teacher, parent, or even a coach who believed in you so deeply that you began to believe in yourself? They saw your raw talent and potential even before you did, which helped guide you to success and self-confidence. Essentially, their belief in you became your own self-belief.

University of Pennsylvania professor and psychologist Angela Duckworth explains a renowned study that supports “The Pygmalion Effect.” This idea, she says, is that “if you truly believe in someone else, it will transform them. It will bring them to life.”

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In an Instagram reel, Duckworth sits with Lewis Howes, host of the School of Greatness podcast, to discuss the studies and theories behind this phenomenon.

“Little kids at an elementary school in California. And they’re just going to elementary school. And before the beginning of the school year, this Harvard psychologist Bob Rosenthal who came to this hypothesis that belief is borrowed. That self........

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