# NPR: How others' expectations of you can impact your performance

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/npr-how-others-expectations-of-you-can-impact-your-performance/4967
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**Created:** [September 12, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/npr-how-others-expectations-of-you-can-impact-your-performance/4967 "2018-09-12T19:19:52Z")
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### Author: ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/npr-how-others-expectations-of-you-can-impact-your-performance/4967/1 "2018-09-12T19:19:52Z")

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[https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/07/644530036/watch-can-you-affect-another-persons-behavior-with-your-thoughts](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/07/644530036/watch-can-you-affect-another-persons-behavior-with-your-thoughts)

Pretty interesting video/article about how researchers’ expectations of rat performance impacted the rats’ results at completing a maze.

Maybe we’re all positively impacting each others’ diabetes self-care not just through direct information exchange, but also through positive expectation of each other at FUD.

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### Author: ![ardipa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/ardipa/32/3570_2.png) [@ardipa](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ardipa)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/npr-how-others-expectations-of-you-can-impact-your-performance/4967/2 "2018-09-14T16:57:20Z")

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We sure affect one another, in thoughts and in deeds. Deep down, we all came from the same Source.  
 ![we%20are%20one](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/8/84718247780c27af7333c847f7fc9e5dc2a5b8ba.png)
