What if the way you expect your day, your workout, or even your relationships to go is already shaping the outcome?

In this episode of Optimizing Beyond, Josh Negron explores the Expectation Effect — the powerful way our beliefs and predictions shape our performance, mindset, and growth. From placebo responses to decision fatigue, from misbeliefs that limit us to frameworks that free us, this conversation is all about learning to spot the scripts running in your head — and rewriting them.

You’ll also hear Josh’s BELIEF Framework, a practical way to challenge false assumptions and replace them with beliefs that drive growth and clarity.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why the brain is a “prediction machine”
• How expectations can fuel energy — or drain it
• Real-world examples of the placebo and nocebo effects
• Why decision fatigue may be more about belief than biology
• The BELIEF Framework for reframing false expectations into growth-oriented truths

Listener Challenge:

Identify one limiting expectation you’ve been carrying. Write it down. Then, apply the BELIEF Framework to rewrite it into something that drives you forward.

• B – Break down the belief (name it clearly)
• E – Examine the evidence for and against it
• L – Look for alternative perspectives
• I – Implement a new, healthier belief
• E – Experiment by living it out in real situations
• F – Frame the results and reinforce the truth