What you believe is what you will become (a scientific perspective)

I'm fascinated with the brain and its power to literally shape our future. I ran across an interesting article in Discover Magazine called "NeuroQuest: What you believe is what you will become" that illustrates how our expectations shape the reality we experience.

It offers a couple simple perceptual experiments for you to do, and sums up saying:

The way that expectations shape perceptions has important implications for education. The developing brain processes complex perceptions, such as how difficult an academic subject is, in much the same way it handles simpler sensory information. If a student is led to expect that mathematics is difficult, even simple numerical problems may be perceived as unsolvable. Plain as the nose on your face, what you believe determines what you achieve.

Now let's bring it back to your career, and its potential to become an incredible Occupational Adventure. What are your expectations? Are they getting in the way of what you want to become, or are they creating an irresistable pull toward making those dreams reality?