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Victim Mindsheet Swot Analysis

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The difference between having a Creator mindset and having a Victim mindset is the difference between success and failure. In his book, On Course: Strategies for Creating Success in College and in Life, Dr. Skip Downing defines Creators as people who make choices that result in the outcomes they want to achieve. He defines Victims, however, as people who leave their choices to chance, reacting to things that happen in their lives, instead of making things happen, which often has unfavorable results. If you wish to have a successful life and achieve your goals, you must adopt the Creator mindset. In Professor David Mirman’s blog, You are the Prime Mover, he has written a post on the Creator and Victim mindsets. In the post, he gives an example …show more content…

Having moved plenty of times before, my friends and I were used to maintaining our relationships over long distances. Even when we first arrived here I had ample opportunity to make new friends and form new relationships, but I was insecure and lazy. I used my old friends as an excuse to keep myself from making any effort to form new friendships with people. Anytime I was invited to go somewhere with a group of people I would use some excuse to get out of it and stay home to play video games with my friends. I told myself, “I don’t need to make friends here, because no one will be able to replace the ones I already have.” This mindset was purely that of a Victim. Instead of taking the initiative and trying form good relationships with the people that were in my life at that moment in time, I lazily settled those that were part of a previous life just so I could avoid awkward social interactions. This was a time in my life that I played the role of a Victim and it took the examples of Creators I respected to show me how to …show more content…

From there I’ll get a plan together of how I can achieve the transfer. Until then, I will focus on steadily improving my grades by not letting myself get behind on schoolwork. An effective way that I’ve been able to counteract getting behind on my work recently is by setting up a weekly study schedule and also studying with a friend of mine from time to time for accountability. The best way for me to move towards any of my academic goals is to put in the study time in each of my classes. Not only will this help me now, but it will set up good habits and a good foundation for the future of my education. I will need to do some soul searching to figure out what I would like to major in. I’ve narrowed it down to something music related, possibly a degree in musical engineering. It matches with my interests, but I want to get a little further into school so that I don’t completely settle on something before I know other possibilities. I believe that classroom experiences will change how I think about my future, as well as experiences out of the classroom with my professors and peers. So far, the best step I have taken this semester towards my goals is realizing that I have to take personal responsibility for the outcome of my education. My professors give me what I need in the classroom, and it’s my job to deal with it

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