Beliefs and expectations of the future in part determine what happens in the present by contributing to how people think, feel, and behave. Once the Ghanaian soccer team believed that it could defeat its more highly ranked competitors, it began to beat them. The soccer team’s belief in its own strength and high level of performance may have made the members all work harder and longer in anticipation of success. In short, the team believed that it could influence the future by working hard in the present. When you want to achieve something and you believe that you can, you work harder.
