The act of being so convinced that your worst
fear is going to come true that you force it to become true, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
Common Examples:
*
people who are so afraid they are going to be dumped, they dump their boyfriend/girlfriend/ spouse as a precautionary measure.
*companies who are in financial trouble who'
s managers run the company into the ground through their
lame attempts to prevent the company from failing;
*an employee who underperforms and gets fired;
Suzie: So, Lisa, how is it going with Ted?
Lisa: Oh, I dumped him last week.
Suzie: But it seemed like things were going so
well!
Lisa: Na, I felt like he was going to end it with me so I dumped him first.
Suzie: That's like the third
guy you have dumped in the past few months!
Lisa: Yeah but nobody wants to be with me, anyway!
Suzie: Sounds to me like you have mastered Paranoid Self Fulfillment!
-See also (offensive rebound)
CEO: Staff, sales are down so we need to determine how to save the company.
Employee 1:
Well first off we should reduce our commitment to quality customer service and customer satisfaction.
Employee 2: I also think we should put some serious pressure on our top sales performers to bring us more business, and make it clear to them if they don'
t we will show them the
door.
Employee 3: It would also be
good if we skimp on our ingredients and aren'
t so quality control oriented.
CEO: Great ideas, everyone!
Janitor: These guys are on their way to paranoid self fulfillment!
