and your actions are what brought about the so-called evidence for your belief.

This happens because our brains generate self-confirmatory biases—meaning that if you think something is true, you are more likely to act in a way that will bring about the results of what you believe. If you say to yourself I am stupid, you are likely to not try as hard because you don’t believe effort will make that much difference. When you don’t succeed, you then say to yourself - See, I am stupid. You have confirmed your belief not because it was actually true, but because you acted as if it were true—

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